Osinbajo Says Reducing Customs Procedure Can Lift Nigeria, Others By $250bn       Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that despite the monumental challenges posed by climate change, especially energy transition and related issues, the coming decade anchored on the African Continental Free Trade Area offers great...

EFCC Working With Customs To Recover N10.6bn – Reps       The House of Representatives Committee on Customs said on Wednesday that it was working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and others to recover the N10.6bn customs and excise duties collected by five commercial banks. The...

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...