The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has initiated a collaboration with the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN to tackle petrol smuggling out of the country. The collaboration also involves the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and…
Food imports: Customs to forfeit N188.4bn revenue
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is to forfeit an estimated N188.37 billion in the six months within which the Tariff-free foods imports of President Bola Tinubu would be implemented. The Comptroller-General (C-G) of the NCS, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this…
Implementation of tax weaver on food items begins next week, says Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will begin implementation of weaver of taxes on import food items and drugs by next week. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adeyini, announced this on Tuesday August 6, at a joint press briefing by service…
Customs officer guns self down in Abuja
An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) serving in the Federal Capital Territory, Abdulwahab Magaji, has reportedly shot himself dead at his Abuja residence. According to PUNCH, Magaji killed himself with a pump-action rifle at his residence located at…
Fake Customs CG arrested over recruitment scam
The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested one Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim, in his fifties, for his involvement in fraudulent activities and impersonation of the Comptroller-General of Customs and other high-ranking government officials. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official…