Crime

Customs Intercepts Fake Pharmaceutical Drugs

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By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo-Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted fake pharmaceutical drugs worth one billion seven hundred and thirty-nine million naira at Bakatari area of  Oyo State. The drugs include seven sacks of 625 mg augmentin tablets, twenty-two sacks of ampiclox Continue Reading

Economy

Palliative: Customs Begins Sale of 25kg Rice for N10,000

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The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, will today commence the sale of seized bags of rice to the public at the rate of N10,000 per 25kg . Disclosing this to newsmen in Lagos, Comptroller General of the NCS, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, said the process for the sale of the food items has been perfected such that […]Continue Reading

Crime

Smugglers Conceal 1,245 Rounds of Ammunition in Rice Bags

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By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted one thousand, two hundred and forty five rounds of live ammunition concealed in bags of rice. The Controller of Customs, Ogun Area 1 Command, Mr Bamidele Makinde, who announced this to journalists in Abeokuta said the five vehicles conveying the ammunition, were intercepted on a bush […]Continue Reading

Crime

Customs Seizes Goods Worth Billions of Naira

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Nigeria Customs Service Oyo/Osun Area Command says it has generated over one hundred billion naira between January and November this year. The Oyo Osun Area Comptroller, Mr Babajide Jaiyeoba made this known while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the command for the year 2022. Mr Jaiyeoba said the command had intensified efforts on suppression […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Customs Intercept 35 Trucks with Smuggled Rice

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Operators of legitimate businesses across the nation’s land borders have been assured of necessary support by the Nigerian Customs Service, to enhance trade facilitation and enforcement of the government’s fiscal policies.  The Customs Area Controller, Ogun Area One Command, Mr Bamidele Makinde who announced this to journalists at Idi Iroko also promised to Continue Reading

Security

Customs Intercept Contraband Worth 600 Million Naira

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The Nigeria Customs Service said it arrested five suspects, intercepted ammunitions and other contrabands worth Duty Paid Value of over N622m in September. The Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the service, Hussein Ejibunnu, while addressing journalists at the unit said the unit also recovered N107m within […]Continue Reading

Security

Customs Intercept Adulterated Diesel, Others

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The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 45,000 litres of adulterated diesel and about 11,000 litres of petrol among other seizures recorded within Ogun State in the last 8 weeks.  The Ogun – One Area Customs Command also generated about 13 million naira revenue from the auction sales of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol, […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Customs Seizes N102m Worth of Cannabis Sativa, Hands Over to NDLEA

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In Ogun State, the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted and delivered a consignment of Cannabis Sativa, worth more than 102 million naira to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The substances, packed in 319 sacks, 476 wraps in book sized packages and 96 coconut size wraps were handed over to the NDLEA Commander Mr […]Continue Reading

Security

Youth Council of Nigeria Decries Alleged Killings by Customs Personnel

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The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYNC, Ogun State Chapter has expressed dissatisfaction over the alleged killing of innocent people by the men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service. Leading the youths on a peaceful protest to Ogun State House of Assembly, NYNC Chairman, Comrade Abdul-Jabar Ayelagbe, noted that it had become a daily […]Continue Reading

Security

Nigeria Customs Records over ₦200m Worth of Seized Items in Oyo

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Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command has seized items worth over two hundred million Naira from January to July this year. Comptroller Oyo/Osun Area Command, Alhaji Abdullahi Zulkifli who stated this in Ibadan at a news briefing noted that most of the seizures were made in Kishi, Irepo Local Government Area of Oyo State. The […]Continue Reading