Tag: Nigeria Customs Service

Tinubu extends Customs Comptroller-General tenure by 1yr

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The Presidency yesterday announced that the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, which is due to expire on August 31, 2025, has been extended by one year. According to a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the extension, approved by President Bola Tinubu, will enable Adeniyi to consolidate ongoing reforms and complete critical initiatives of the present administration, including the modernisation of the Nigeria Customs Service; implementation of the National Single Window Project; and the execution of Nigeria’s obligations under the African Continental…

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Tinubu moves to stop Customs, NPA, others from revenue collection

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President Bola Tinubu may bar revenue-generating agencies from collecting revenues on behalf of the Federal Government, as he plans to introduce a single agency Nigeria Revenue Service to handle the task. This came as the Federal Government instituted a comprehensive set of fresh tax reforms aimed at significantly boosting revenue collection. The reforms, designed to enhance the efficiency of collecting direct taxes, along with various levies that are imposed on behalf of the government, will bar the Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), and 60 other revenue…

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?’Oil smugglers buy cheap fuel in Nigeria to sell for N1,700/litre in Benin, W’African markets’ – Customs

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Concerns have been raised over the renewed smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, among Nigerias West African neighbours such as Benin Republic, Cameroun, and others. The petrol price in Nigeria is around N701 per litre, while it is being sold at 1,700 per litre in some West African nations. This difference in pricing has led to an increase in the product’s smuggling out of Nigeria over the last two weeks. Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, who revealed this during a press conference…

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Customs re-open land border in Kebbi

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In compliance with the directive of President Bola Tinubu on immediate re-opening of land border with Niger Republic, the Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi State Command, Iheanacho Ojike, has re-opened Kamba land border. This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, SP Mohammed Saliu, and made available to newsmen yesterday. While re-opening the border, Ojike said Kamba is a strategic border with a major share in Kebbi State revenue-generation. According to him, The border re-opening was aimed at paving the way for legitimate trade that…

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Customs seize arms and military uniforms at Lagos port

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The Tin-Can Island Command of Nigeria Customs has made a significant interception of arms and ammunition suspected to be smuggled into the country by a criminal gang. Among the seized items are military camouflage uniforms and illicit drugs, including Colorado. The recovered arms include automatic single-barrel rifles and pump-action guns. Although details of the interception are still emerging, sources indicate that the arms were discovered during an inspection of imported consignments at the port. It remains unclear whether any arrests have been made at this time. This interception comes less…

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Customs lost N1.3tr to Buharis waivers CG

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it lost N1.3trillion in 2023 due to waivers and concessions that President Muhammadu Buharis administration granted to investors. Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, made the disclosure at the National Assembly yesterday, also noted that it was not privy to details of the Customs $3.2bn modernisation project. Adeniyi was represented by the Deputy Comptroller-General, Mba Musa, at a public hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committees scrutinising the 20242026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper, (FSP). During the hearing,…

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“We discovered lead in imported rice Customs Unit

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Cautions against consumption The federal operations unit (FOU) Zone-A of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), has cautioned the consumption of imported rice following the discovery of toxic contents in the commodity. The alarm was raised on Thursday by the Acting Controller of the unit, Hussein Ejibunu, at a media conference in Lagos. He said it was discovered that some imported rice were unhealthy for human consumption after a laboratory test was conducted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), on some seized rice. Ejibunu said…

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Border Communities: ‘Insurgents planning to launch attacks on military bases’ – DSS warns Custom

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The Department of State Services, (DSS), has sent a red alert to the Nigeria Customs Service over planned attacks by insurgents on all the border communities across the country. The DSS disclosed this in a letter, titled: Plans by Insurgents To Launch Attacks On Military Bases In Various Border Communities, which was dated November 25, 2021, addressed to the Customs Area Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, Abeokuta and signed by the State Director of Security, Ogun State Command, M.B. Abdullahi. The letter read in part: Available intelligence indicates…

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Oyo: Customs intercepts dangerous weapons concealed in cassava flour bags

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The Nigerian Customs Service, through the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, has intercepted live cartridges concealed in bags of cassava flour, popularly called garri and parboiled rice. The Public Relations Officer of the FOU, Theophilus Duniya, who confirmed the incident during a television programme on Monday, revealed that the items were loaded in three Mazda saloon cars and were seized by officers on patrol along the Igbora axis of Oyo State. The PRO stated that on sighting the officers, the drivers abandoned their vehicles and fled into the bush…

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Corruption in Customs: ‘Hammed Ali should resign’ – Senator

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The Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has been called upon to tender his resignation to give room for a corrupt-free customs organisation. The vice-chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, made the call while fielding questions from newsmen yesterday. Senator Fadahunsi, a retired Assistant-Controller of Customs, disclosed that corruption has been entrenched in the Nigeria Customs Service under the watch of Hameed Ali, owing to his inexperience in handling customs affairs as an outsider from the military. The lawmaker questioned the legality…

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