Nigeria Customs Service Archives

Gunmen attack customs base, kill officer in Kebbi

NewsDeskNgJul 29, 2024July 29, 20240

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State, resulting in the death of one officer and the abduction of another. The attack occurred on Thursday, July 25, 2024, around 2100 hours. The Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed...

Nigeria needs more manufacturers than hotels – Customs boss, Ogbonna

NewsDeskNgJul 24, 2024July 24, 20240

The Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Cross River/Akwa Ibom Command, Chukwudi Gabriel Ogbonna, has stressed that Nigeria requires more manufacturing firms instead of hotels. He observed that there seems to be more hotels in the country compared with manufacturing facilities. The Customs boss spoke in Calabar when he...

Fuel Smuggling: Customs intercepts 23,925 litres of PMS in Ogun

NewsDeskNgJun 13, 2024June 13, 20240

National Coordinator, Special Operation of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said the command has intercepted 23,925 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in Ogun State. Comptroller Ejibunu, stated this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at the Commands headquarters in Abeokuta, on the two weeks’...

Customs confirms killing of rice smuggler in Badagry

NewsDeskNgJun 4, 2024June 4, 20240

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A has confirmed the accidental killing of a smuggler in the Badagry area of Lagos State. The Public Relations Officer, FOU Zone A, Theophilus Duniya, confirmed the development on Tuesday in Badagry. Duniya said a group of men armed with charms...

Nigeria at risk – Rights group slams Tinubu over alleged reluctance to tackle corruption

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

President Bola Tinubu has been criticised over his alleged reluctance to tackle monumental corruption in Nigeria, especially in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education, CHRICED, in a press conference addressed by its Executive Director, Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in Abuja on Thursday, alerted Nigerians...