A study by a leading accounting firm, Akintola Williams Deloitte, showed that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) processes are responsible for about 82.1 per cent of the charges incurred by consignees. Specifically, the accounting firm blamed the high cost of doing business at the nation’s...

The Senate has summoned the Comptroller General of Customs, Hamid Ali, to appear before it unfailingly on Wednesday, 15th of March, 2017 to answer questions on the new Customs policy on retrieval of delayed duties on all automobile in the country. The resolution is sequel...

• Grants 60% rebate on vehicles imported before 2016 Despite the Senate resolution directing the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stay action on its month-long grace to owners of all vehicles in the country whose customs duty had not been paid to do so, the...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has warned the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) from collecting duties on old vehicles. In its resolution, the Senate said that Customs should drop the proposed move until its Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali appeared before it, to explain the...

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the Shippers’ Association Lagos State have disagreed over the one-month grace given by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) concerning payment of vehicle duties. Both bodies expressed diverse views in a chat with newsmen in Lagos. The National...

Nigeria Customs Service has seized 661 pump action rifles imported into the country from China illegally. They were packed in 49 boxes and concealed with steel doors and other merchandize goods in a 40ft container. The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) made...