Border Closure: Customs Make N7.4bn Seizures, 697 Arrests   The Nigeria Customs Service says it has arrested about 697 illegal immigrants and seized contraband goods worth N7.4bn seven months into the partial closure of the nation’s borders. The Comptroller General, NCS, Hameed Ali, (retd), said this in...

Customs Sets N83.19bn Target For Port Harcourt Command   The Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt, said that it has been given a revenue target of N83,190,666,510.35 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. The Comptroller of Area 1 Command Port Harcourt, Awwal Baba...

Onne Port Customs Targets N140.2bn Revenue In 2020   The Nigeria Customs Service, Onne Port, declared on Wednesday that it must achieve or surpass its revenue target of N140.2bn for the year 2020. This is as stakeholders in port operations called on Customs to acquire scanners that...

Customs Raid Mubi Market For Foreign Rice, Others   Officers and men of the Adamawa/Taraba Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Friday raided Mubi town market for foreign rice and other contraband. The raid, led by the Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumoh, resulted in the seizure of many...

Reps Investigate Missing N14.8bn In The NCS   The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts yesterday began a public hearing on the “improper” audit of the account of the Nigeria Customs Service for years. The investigative hearing focused on series of audit queries raised against the...

Customs Seize N2.5m Fake Currency   The Ogun Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it intercepted fake currency notes worth about N2.5m. Also intercepted by the command were 40 drums of smuggled ethanol. The command’s Controller, Michael Agbara, told newsmen that the fake currency...