Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement. Ali stated this on Wednesday at Maigatari/Niger border, Maigatari Local…
Customs retire 304 top officers (Punch)
The Nigeria Customs Service on Monday confirmed its plans to retire 304 top officers, including two deputy comptroller generals, three assistant comptroller generals. Other affected officers are 13 comptrollers, 39 deputy comptrollers and 45 assistant comptrollers. Those also listed on…
Company denies involvement in ambulance usage for conveying illegal tramadol
…says vehicle was hijacked illegally …backs further investigation, suspends driver Medbury Medical Services, owner of the ambulance illegally used to convey 10 cartons of stolen tramadol, has denied involvement. The company, in a statement on Thursday, said that the driver…
N30b seized vehicles waste away in customs custody (Guardian)
Thousands of seized vehicles estimated to cost about N30 billion are currently wasting away at various warehouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) nationwide as bidders prospect for opportunity to buy them on the e-auction platform. The Guardian learnt that…
FG may lift land border vehicle importation ban — Customs boss (Punch)
The Federal Government may relax the ban on importation of vehicles through the land border. The government had in January 2017 ordered a ban on importation of vehicles through the land borders. The restriction on the importation of vehicles followed…
Nigeria Customs begins recruitment process (Guardian)
The Nigeria Customs Service Wednesday began the process of recruiting about 3,200 personnel to fill existing vacancies within the agency. The acting Deputy Comptroller General (DCG), Human Resources Development, Sanusi Umar, Tuesday in a briefing said the recruitment exercise got…
Customs detain four officers over civilian friend’s killing (Punch)
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that four members of the patrol team involved in the killing of their civilian ‘friend’, Godwin Onoja, have been detained. It also stated that a panel set up to investigate the killing could not…
Customs begins interrogation of officers (Nation)
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says its officers involved in the incident that occurred along Ijebu Ode road on Sunday are being interrogated. Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer of NCS made this known in an interview with the…
Customs tutors Nigerians on how to spot phoney online car auction (Sun)
“They are the first to send you a friend request on Facebook masquerading as Customs officers. But do not let the uniform fool you. “You may also notice they literally stalk you on social media where they display non-existent seized…
Customs seizes 27 trucks of rice, 21 vehicles worth N2.9b (Guardian)
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Border Command, yesterday announced the seizure of contrabands worth over N2.9 billion.They included 27 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country through neighboring Benin Republic. Displaying the seized items to journalists…