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Customs Generates Over N400M in 17 Days
By Abisola Oluremi The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Oyo/Osun Command, has generated Four hundred and sixty-eight million Naira within 17 days. The Command’s Area Comptroller, Mr Johnson Adelaja stated this at a news briefing held at the headquarters of the command in Ikolaba, Ibadan, Oyo State. Adelaja said the money was generated from confiscated items including used…
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Customs Solicit Support of Traditional Rulers, Others in Tackling Smuggling
By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Customs Service is engaging traditional rulers and other security agencies in the efforts to promote intelligence sharing strategies and suppress smuggling activities in the country. The Customs Area Controller, Ogun 1 Area Command, Mr Muhammed Shuaibu made the submission during a series of courtesy visits to traditional rulers and heads…
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Customs Decorate 60 personnel with New Ranks
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service have been charged to uphold the core values of integrity, diligence, and patriotism while discharging their duties of contributing meaningfully to the development, security, and prosperity of the country. The Customs Area Controller, Ogun 1 Area Command, Mr Muhammed Shuaibu gave the charge at…
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NCS Oyo/Osun Command Intercepts Foreign Rice, Marcaroni Worth Over 150 Million Naira
By Abisola Oluremi As part of efforts to encourage local farmers, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Oyo/Osun Command has intercepted foreign rice and macaroni worth duty paid value of over one hundred and fifty million naira. The Area Controller of the command, Dr Ben Oramalugo stated this while briefing journalists on the achievements of the command in the outgoing year. Dr…
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Customs Seizes Goods Worth N380M in 23 Days
By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Customs Service says efforts are ongoing to tackle identified challenges hindering the flow of business across the country’s land borders as Ogun Area One Command records 380 million Naira worth of seizures within 23 days. The new Customs Area Controller, for the Command, Mr James Ojo stated this in Abeokuta,…
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Niger Republic Opens Konni for Operations
One week after the authorities of Nigeria Customs Service opened the Illela land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, the government of Niger Republic on Friday opened its border in Konni for operations. A source, Nuhu Samaila, who briefed newsmen from Konni, in Niger Republic, said the border was declared open at exactly 12pm on…
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Customs, NGO Collaborate on Education
By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Customs Service has encouraged the residents of border communities to spare no efforts in ensuring the educational progression of their children and wards as Ogun One Area Command collaborates with a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, to offer educational materials to pupils. The Ogun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs in collaboration…
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NCC, Customs Collaborate on Curbing Piracy
By Oluseyi Olarinde Intellectual property theft and copyright infringements which involve the printing of books without the author’s permission, and the downloading of music and films illegally have over the years affected the book chain in Nigeria. To this end, the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, had reached an agreement with the Nigeria Customs Service, NSC,…
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Customs Seize Goods with Payable Duty of N454m
By Abisola Oluremi Tougher time await smugglersin Oyo and Osun States as the State Command of Nigeria Customs Service, has strategized ways to suppress their illegal activities. The Area Controller of the command, Dr Ben Oramalugo said this at a media briefing held at the headquarters of the NSC in ibadan . He lamented that…
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Customs Seizes Rice, Arms, others Worth N51bn
By Abisola OLuremi Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Oyo/Osun area command has reiterated its readiness to end smuggling. The Area Controller of the command, Ben Oramalugo who stated this at a news briefing held at the command headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State, lamented that Nigeria could not continue to lose lives of people and property to smugglers…
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Two Smugglers Docked Over Attack on Customs Officers
By Abisola Oluremi Two suspected smugglers alleged to be involved in the shooting of some customs officers at Tafa village, in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State have been arraigned in court. The suspects, Waliu Oladeji and Lateef Odugbemi are standing trial on a four-count charge before the Federal High Court, Adeoyo Ibadan. The suspects were…
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Customs ACG Decorates New Mgt Members
The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has decorated the newly appointed management team of the service. In a statement on Tuesday Adeniyi charged the decorated management team members to redouble their commitment and dedication to the success of the service. The President, Bola Tinubu, had last week approved the appointment…
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Tinubu Constitutes Customs’ New Management
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Nigeria Customs Service. This is coming weeks after the President appointed Adewale Adeniyi as the acting Comptroller General of Customs and retired some of the management members of the service. In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of…
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Customs Impounds Pangolin Scales Worth N432m
The Zone D of the Federal Operations Unit, Nigeria Customs Service, Bauchi State, has seized contraband Pangolin scales with a Duty Paid Value of N432 million. Mr. Umar Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer of the Zone, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Bauchi. He said the Pangolin scales weighed about 216 kilogrammes, adding…
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Customs Intercepts N98m Cannabis, Rice in Ogun
The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 21 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice in the first quarter of 2023. The Controller, Bamidele Makinde, confirmed this during a press conference at the NCS headquarters in Abeokuta on Thursday. According to Makinde, the Command recorded a total seizure of 181…
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Customs Intercepts 73 Trailer Loads of Foreign Rice in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service says it has generated more than fifty-eight million naira through import duties and auction sales of petroleum products in the last eleven months. The Customs Area Comptroller, Ogun Area One, Mr Bamidele Makinde announced this to journalists at Idi iroko while highlighting the achievements of the Command during the period under…
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Law Enforcement Agencies Team Up Against Insecurity
As part of steps to ensure a safe society, security agencies in Oyo state have synergized to wage war against insecurity. General Officer Commanding, 2 division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Major General Aminu Chinade, made this known during a joint security route match by the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in Oyo state. The General Officer…
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Customs to Sanction Officer in Viral Assault Video
The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a video making the rounds on social media. In it, one of our officers was recorded assaulting an unarmed civilian. This action took place on the Benin – Agbor expressway on Saturday the 7th of May 2022 at about 5.00 pm. National Public Relations…
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NCS Seeks Public’s Cooperation in the Fight against Smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, wants the support of Nigerians and communities to check the activities of smugglers and put an end to the crime. The Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr. Dera Nnadi who made the appeal in Abeokuta, said the command had taken delivery of ten new operational vehicles as part…
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Customs Calls for Investigation into Murder of Officer in Ogun
The acting Comptroller of Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Mr. Hussein Ejibunu has directed an investigation into the murder of a Customs officer over the weekend at Owode-Yewa area of Ogun State by suspected smugglers. The Acting Controller while speaking on the incident reiterated his resolve to keep suppressing smuggling and arresting perpetrators of the…
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Customs React to Clash between Smugglers, Officers in Iseyin
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has confirmed the clash between some of its officers and some smugglers in Iseyin. DAILY POST had earlier reported that no fewer than four people were killed in Iseyin, Oyo State during a clash between some Customs officers and smugglers. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred Thursday afternoon when…
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Smugglers Attack Customs Officers, Security Operatives in Ogun
Officers and men of Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area One Command and other security personnel on patrol have been attacked at Oja-Odan, Yewa North of Ogun State. The attack according to the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Hammed Oloyede followed the interception of about three hundred and twenty bags of foreign parboiled rice. According…
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Customs Service Launches Proficient Team, Displays Seized Goods
The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/ Osun Area Command has launched a proficient team code-named the “Exercise Task Force” in managing factories enlisted under the agencies. The Customs Area Comptroller, Oyo Osun Area Command, Mr Adamu Abdulkadir stated this in Ibadan while displaying some goods seized from some suspected smugglers. Mr Abdulkadir said to ensure effectiveness and efficiency…
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Smuggling: Avoid taking innocent lives – Gov. Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the Joint Taskforce on Anti-Smuggling, comprising of men of the Nigeria Army and Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to be more civil in the discharge of their duties. Governor Abiodun made the call at the Executive Chambers, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta while playing host to the General Officer Commanding 81…
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Customs Partners Sister Agencies on Drug Trafficking
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it will continue to collaborate with other security agencies to rid the country of illicit drugs and harmful substances. The Customs Area Controller, Ogun one command, Mr Peter Kolo stated this at Idi Iroko while handing over some dangerous substances confiscated by the command to the National Drugs Law…
