Customs Seize 34 Containers Of Rice At TinCan Port   The Nigeria Customs Service has announced the seizure of 34 containers of rice smuggled through the Tin Can Island port in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali (retd), disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday. He said...

Customs Seize Rice Smuggled Inside Motorcycles Petrol Tanks   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has announced that it intercepted foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country through the fuel tanks of motorcycles (also known as Okada). Speaking to newsmen in...

Customs Continue Raid, Shut 272 Car Marts   The crackdown by the personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service on car marts suspected to harbour smuggled vehicles has continued nationwide. Our correspondent gathered on Monday that so far, the Customs Comptroller General’s Strike Force and the Customs Federal...

Customs Records Higher Seizures Of Rice, Petrol   Barely three weeks into the intensive joint border patrol, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday, declared that the joint border security agencies have recorded massive seizures and arrests from its North West, North Central, South West, and South-South...

Customs Urged To Urgently Evacuate Overtime Cargoes In Lagos Ports To decongest the terminals, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has been urged to urgently evacuate overtime cargoes that litter the seaports in Lagos, even if it means auctioning them. Cargoes are classified as overtime when they...

Fraud: Customs Suspend 300 Clearing Licences The Nigeria Customs Service has reportedly suspended 300 clearing licences due to alleged fraudulent activities. It was gathered that licences belonging to members of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents including that of its National President, Tony Nwabunike, were...