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On Thursday, the Nigerian Senate walked out the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali for not appearing in uniform. The Senators by a voice vote directed him to return to the senate on Wednesday, March 22 in proper uniform designated for the office of...

According to Balogun who lives in Lagos that shared the story,3 people were shot dead by customs officers along Sagamu-Abeokuta express road over the possession of 4 bags of rice. He wrote: 'Viewers' discretion is advised...Just In: Custom killed 3 people along Sagamu - Abeokuta express road...

Rice sellers in Sango Market , in the Ado Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday blocked the Temidire end of the Lagos -Abeokuta Expressway for over seven hours . The traders were protesting against the alleged invasion of customs officials from the Federal Operation Unit...

The upward review of duties on imported products and goods by the Federal Government has raised prices of imported goods and products is causing patients and healthcare providers sleepless nights. Following the directive on Tax for medicaments by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun to...

The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the promotion of 1,561 Junior Officers to various ranks. The promotion which is based on the performances of the personnel at the 2016 promotion examination, annual performance evaluation scores, seniority and...

The Zonal Coordinator, Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Assistant Comptroller-General Monday Abueh, has said that the Federal Government may reverse the foreign exchange restriction placed on 41 items imported into the country. Abueh disclosed this in Ibadan during his familiarisation...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has declared two of its officers wanted over the 661 pump-action rifles intercepted on the Mile 2 Apapa Road of Lagos State by the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the service. The officers declared wanted are ASC Abdullahi, I. and ACIC Odiba Haruna Inah...

The Ndigbo Bu Otu Union (NBOU), a pro-Igbo pressure group, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately remove Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, from office for gross incompetence, ethnic marginalisation and lack of inclusive governance. In a press...

The two armoured helicopters seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) were ordered by Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor, has said. On Friday, customs announced that it had handed over the aircraft it impounded in November, to the Nigerian...

The Nigeria Customs Service has dismissed 48 of its senior officers in a major nationwide shakeup. A circular dated January 19, 2017 and signed by Ag. Comptroller in charge of Discipline, Ganiyu I.A said about 45 officers were dismissed, 11 retired while the appointment of three we're...

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has approved the redeployment of eight Assistant Comptrollers-General and 238 Deputy Comptrollers of Customs. The affected Assistant Comptrollers-General affected are: • Charles Edike from Zone A to Human Resource Development (HRD) • Ahmed...

The Nigeria Customs Service has warned Nigerians to be wary of the kind of rice they consume in the yuletide season. According to Customs Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Ikeja, Mamudu Haruna, most rice smuggled through Idiroko, Seme, Jibia and other border stations had expired...

Officials of the Nigeria Customs on Sunday raided Itekun waterside at Ishasi, a suburb near Iba Local Government Area of Lagos ,where they seized 1600 bags of rice brought into the country illegally by smugglers. Taupyen Selchang, spokesman for Seme Customs Command told Premium Times that the...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed 17 junior officers for drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absenteeism, the service spokesman, Mr Wale Adeniyi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Adeniyi said that two other officers also had their appointments terminated for...

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have stormed some markets in Lagos in search of smuggled rice. Their efforts led to the seizure of about six trailer load of rice from shops at the Iddo Railway Terminus. Some of the rice dealers, who spoke to Punch correspondent, complained that...

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has debunked reports that it has lifted the ban on importation of rice through borders. Mr. Wale Adeniyi, the agency's spokesman in a statement on Sunday said the interview attributed to him as the source of the story was granted in 2015. Adeniyi said...

The total revenue which the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected from January to August this year was N557,083,996,324.16. Summary of monthly revenue figure that The Nation obtained from the corporate headquarters in Abuja yesterday, revenue collection rose from N75.6 billion in July to...

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, retired Col. Hameed Ali said at least 70 personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service were killed and many others injured in various attacks by suspected smugglers in Idi Iroko and Seme Border areas of Ogun and Lagos States in the past six...

The Nigeria Customs Service has pegged import duty rate at N282 to a dollar with effect from July 1, following the release of the new foreign exchange policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria. This may result in higher duty for imports made before the new policy was introduced. The implication of...

Is the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’, Ikeja right in intercepting trucks cleared at the Tin Can Port by other Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officers? Importers and truck drivers are accusing the FOU officials of “extortion” and “second clearing”; but the FOU insists that it is...