Stakeholders Fault Govt Over N1.5trn Revenue Target For Customs   Stakeholders have faulted the government for setting revenue target of N1.5trn for the Nigeria Customs Service this year. They insisted that the job of the Customs was trade facilitation and not revenue generation. They said this yearly annual...

Customs Probe $8.07m Seized At Lagos Airport   The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it intercepted $8,065,612m (N2.92bn) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), said the cash which was in $100 denomination, was found sealed in...

Customs Intercepts N80m Worth Of Smuggled Goods In Kano   The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, has impounded goods smuggled into the country worth over N80million in different parts of Kano. The impounded items included 8,407 bags of fake mosquito coils with a duty paid value...

Customs Intercepts N67m contraband In Just One Week   The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, has announced the interception of N67m worth of contraband between January 7 and January 14 along different unapproved routes within its area of coverage. The Acting Controller of the...

Customs Tackle Smugglers, Seize 1,000 Litres Of Petrol Daily   Sixty days into the implementation of the directive on suspension of petrol to filling stations located 20 kilometres to the borders, over 60,000 litres of petrol have been seized from smugglers by the Nigeria Customs Service. The...

Customs Comb Lagos-Abeokuta Road, Hunt For Smuggled Rice   Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service have laid siege to the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway and other locations in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State in search of smuggled rice, frozen poultry and other contraband brought into...