Customs Impound Explosives, Contrabands Worth N3.1bn       The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it has impounded 42 drums of explosives in the form of calcium carbide and other contraband worth N3.1billion smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic. The...

Uncertainty Trails N8.47bn Customs Cargo Scanners       The Federal Government has realised the urgent need to deploy cargo scanners at the ports after four years of failed promises. Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, had in January 2017, disclosed plans to replace faulty scanners...

Customs Impounds N10bn Vehicles, Rice In Oyo       The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday said it impounded exotic cars and bags of rice valued at N10 billion. The PRO of the unit, Peter Duniya, in a statement cited the acting...

Customs Rake In N3.2bn From Seizures In Katsina     The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina, said it seized various goods with Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N3.2 billion, between January and May 2020. The sector coordinator, Aliyu Mohammed, said the sector which...

Importers, Agents Decry Customs’ Server Failure At Tin-Can Port   Operations of importers and clearing agents at the Tin-Can Island `Port, in Lagos, are being frustrated following the collapse of the Nigeria Customs Integration System (NICIS2) server in the past fortnight. The server failure, which has crippled...

Customs Get Approval To Spend N623.7m On Computers     The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N623.7m for the Nigeria Customs Service to buy computers for its zonal and area commands. The council also approved N2.92bn for the construction of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme...