Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has banned camp boys and girls from its premises. Camp boys are those engaged by some Customs officers as middlemen to extort clearing agents, collecting bribes and indulging in other corrupt practices at Lagos ports. Worried by their illegal activities, a memo signed by the command’s Staff Officer, A. […]
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Customs rakes in N13.1bn, processes 18m tonnes exports at Onne Port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 11 Command, Onne Port, Rivers State, has collected a total of N13.1 billion in the last one month and has processed 18.08 million tonnes of exports. The amount, according to the command, was the highest revenue recorded since its creation over 37 years ago. It was also gathered that […]
Kwara: Customs generates N2.3bn in six months
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, yesterday said that it has raked in a total of N2.3 billion as revenue from January to June this year. Briefing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Controller of the command, Comptroller Ahmed Hussaini Bello said: “It is no longer news that COVID-19 has affected virtually every […]
‘Customs, Air Force’ll collaborate more for greater efficiency’
The Commander, 303 Medium Airlift Group, Nigerian Air Force, Ilorin, Kwara State, Air Commodore I. V. Ajiboye, has expressed the desire and preparedness of the Nigeria Air Force to further promote and enhance the long standing cordial relationship and understanding between the Nigerian Air Force and Nigeria Customs Service for more efficient service delivery, to […]
Customs seizes N1.2bn contraband in joint border operations
The North Central Joint Border Drill Operation comprising Kwara, Kogi, Niger and Benue states, has impounded contraband goods worth N1.2 billion between May and July 2020. Also, it arrested 53 suspects that would be prosecuted in court after investigation. Briefing journalists in Ilorin yesterday, Coordinator of the operation, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba, said: “Within the […]