Nigeria’s Border: A Case for Customs Modernization By Gift Wada   With a total land border of 4,045 Km, and 853 Km of the maritime domain, statistics show that there are about 1,500 identified land border crossings into Nigeria, but only 84 (covering 4,000 sq km) have...

Buhari to Commission N19.6bn Customs Headquarters Tuesday  President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to inaugurate the new headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja, on Tuesday. The building is located behind the headquarters of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in...

NCS Intensifies Onslaught Against Smugglers, Impounds 33,597 Rice Bags In the aftermath of a special report done by Economic Confidential, a sister publication of PRNigeria, on rice smuggling into the country, officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have impounded no fewer than 33,597 bags...

Change in Monetary Policy Caused Drop in Import Volume - Customs The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal has attributed the drop in import volume to the effect of the monetary policy. A statement signed by the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Timi...

FEC Approves N142bn e-Customs Project The Federal Government had approved an e-Customs modernisation project worth at least N142.24bn amid reports of an existing court order restraining it from proceeding with the project. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, who said he was...

FIRS, Customs Generates N12.7trn Revenue in 2022 Revenue collection by two key agencies of the Federal Government (FG), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), rose to N12.7 trillion in 2022 representing a 46.8 percent increase from N8.7 trillion collected...