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Customs Requires N50m Bond to Licence Vehicle Terminal

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it is ready to licence operators who have secured a N50 million bank bond to operate a vehicle terminal. The spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, in an interview yesterday said the service was ready to begin issuance of licence...

Customs Bans Rice from Free Trade Zones

  The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has directed a restriction on the exit of rice from the Free Trade Zones (FTZ) into the country’s market as Customs tackled smuggling through the land borders. NCS spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, in an interview...

Customs seize vehicles worth N7.75bn in two years

A total of 3,190 vehicles were seized by the Nigeria Customs Services in 2015 and 2016 as part of its anti-smuggling activities, figures obtained from the agency showed. The 3,190 vehicles for the two-year period, according to the NCS, have a total duty paid value...

Customs Responsible for 82% of Ports Charges-Report

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...

Senate summons CG Customs on Violation of Its resolutions

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...

Nigeria Customs Insists on Payment of Duty by All Vehicle Owners

• 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...