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Customs seize ₦3.3bn contraband in major crackdown

The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service has intensified its anti-smuggling operations, intercepting 144 smuggling attempts and seizing various contraband goods with a duty paid value exceeding ₦3.3 billion. The intercepted items included rice, petroleum products, vehicles, illicit drugs, used clothing, vegetable oil, wildlife products, and other prohibited or restricted goods. […]

Onne customs reports N643bn revenue for 2024
Transportation

Customs pledge faster transit routes, security ties with Niger

The Nigeria Customs Service has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening regional trade facilitation, safeguarding transit cargo, and deepening cross-border security cooperation with neighbouring countries, particularly the Republic of Niger. This position was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the NCS following a high-level bilateral meeting between the Service and the Niger Republic Customs […]

Customs, FAAN ranked worst-performing agencies in May 2024
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Customs seize N24m donkey skins worth ₦24.3m in Bauchi

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, Bauchi, has intercepted 718 pieces of donkey skins valued at over N24 million, allegedly being smuggled out of the country. The seizure was disclosed on Tuesday by the Zonal Comptroller of the unit, Abdullahi Kaila, during a media briefing on the command’s anti-smuggling operations held at […]

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New Ikeja Customs boss targets smugglers, under-declaring importers

The newly appointed Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Aliyu Gambo, has stated that his leadership at the command will target smugglers and importers who under-declare their import items. According to a press release, Gambo made this known while unveiling a reform-driven leadership agenda structured around a three-point […]

Onne customs reports N643bn revenue for 2024
Maritime

Physical cargo checks at Apapa port to end soon — Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service is set to bring physical cargo examination at Apapa Port to an end as preparations intensify for the deployment of the FS6000 cargo scanner at APM Terminals, Lagos. The development followed a working visit by the Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of Information and Communications Technology, Oluyomi Adebakin, to the scanning site […]

Finance

Customs penalise banks over delayed remittance of FG revenue

The Nigeria Customs Service has started enforcing penalties against specific banks that fail to remit Customs revenue on time. This initiative is designed to increase transparency and protect the financial earnings of the government. The Service noted that after reconciling collections made through its B’odogwu electronic platform, it identified several cases where banks held onto […]

Senate moves to increase Custom's 2024 revenue target
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Customs agents lament billions lost to system glitches

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents has expressed deep regret regarding the performance of the B’odogwu unified digital customs management system, stating that the platform is suffering from frequent downtime. Initiated and operated by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, the digital system was intended to streamline operations, but agents claim it has instead caused […]

Business

PHOTOS: AfCFTA okays Customs-Afreximbank initiative to boost African trade

The African Continental Free Trade Area has endorsed the Customs-Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade, an initiative spearheaded by the Nigeria Customs Service and Afreximbank to boost intra-African trade. The conference announcing the initiative will hold in Abuja from November 17 to 19. AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene announced the official endorsement in Accra during a […]

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Customs , AfCFTA plan high-level roundtable in Abuja

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said on Friday that Nigeria is collaborating with the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Afreximbank, and the World Customs Organisation to host a roundtable of African customs chiefs in Abuja. He also noted that the Intra-African Trade Fair 2027 in Lagos would provide […]