Tag: Nigerian customs

Nigerian Customs officials illegally detained and assaulted a Chinese businessman, this should worry you

When we were sent this first-person report of corruption and unprovoked violence against a Chinese businessman who immigrated to Nigeria five years ago and has built a life here, we…

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Customs boss meets Turkish envoy over illegal inflow of firearms

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) Tuesday, met with the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil. Antecedent: The spate of the inflow of pump action rifles imported into…

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UPDATE: Photos of the rifles found in Lagos

It was earlier reported that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted a container-load of arms and ammunition at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos state on Monday. The NCS…

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Customs hand over 661 pump action rifles to DSS

by Azeez Adeniyi The Nigeria Customs Service on Friday handed over the 661 pump action rifles seized in January to the Department of State Security. The event took place at…

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Despite Senate rejection, Customs insists on payment of duties on vehicles

by Azeez Adeniyi The Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday said the one month grace period for owners of all vehicles within the country whose customs duty has not been paid…

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$9.8m cash, N200 suicide bombing fee | 5 numbers that mattered this week

$9.8 million - The EFCC discovered this amount of cash and another 74,000 pounds in the Kaduna home of the former GMD of the NNPC, Andrew Yakubu. $80 billion -…

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N250million gatehouse, 150 cows for Mugabe | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N250million - Senator Dino Melaye revealed that the cost of constructing the Vice President's official residence had been inflated and his gatehouse alone is to cost this amount. 150 -…

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Get yourself a customs uniform, Senate orders Hameed Ali

The senate committee on customs and excise duties on Thursday questioned Hameed Ali for not wearing the uniform of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to show his designation as comptroller-general…

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BREAKING: Customs intercept 661 pump-action rifles

The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 661 pump-action rifles in Lagos. Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali disclosed this on Monday. He said the weapons were loaded into a Mark truck with registration…

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How Jonathan, Wike frustrated efforts to take possession of seized helicopters – Amaechi

Former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has said former President Goodluck Jonathan and governor Nyesom Wike frustrated attempts by his administration to take possession of the two helicopters seized…

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Customs appoints 6 Deputy Comptrollers-General, 8 Assistant Comptrollers-General | YNaija.com

Customs seize N250m worth of cannabis in Lagos

The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 43 bags of cannabis along Agbara/Badagry road smuggled from Ghana. This was disclosed in a statement by the Western Marine Command of the NCS,…

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Apparently, rice is starting to drive us nuts in Nigeria: A timeline

Rice, oh almighty rice! Displaced cassava flakes (garri) to become Nigeria's number one staple food and now the most reported food item in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari, from the…

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Nigerian Customs: There’s so much hypocrisy at our borders

Baba Oni Gas (@manmustwack) has obviously had it up to here with the Nigerian Customs. He poured his heart out about the double standards that exist within the organisation and how…

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Opinion: Who parallel market epp?

by Olamide Eyinla The main topic today in Nigeria is the value of the Naira. Sometime in June 2016, the Naira was floated to reflect its true value as the…

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