•Customs officials Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that the main online recruitment examination for shortlisted candidates in the Inspectorate and Customs Assistant cadres will be conducted tomorrow, Thursday, October 9, 2025. The service said the online test marks a major step in its ongoing nationwide recruitment process aimed at...
•Customs operatives The Nigeria Customs Service Board has approved the promotion of 3, 312 senior officers, alongside the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller-General and 12 Assistant Comptroller-Generals. The National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying that the board reach...
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over three trucks loaded with expired pharmaceutical products valued at N3.8 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The handover took place yesterday at the Customs warehouse in Ikeja, Lagos, reports The Guard...
•A cargo ship A cyber attack on the Information Communication Technology (ICT) platform of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has caused significant disruptions to cargo clearance operations at ports across the country. Licensed Customs agents are already counting their losses to demurrage charges on their consignments as a result of the disrup...
•Nigeria Customs Service The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stop collecting the one per cent Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme (CISS) levy and the 7% cost of collection, declaring them illegal and not backed by any existing law. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Lek...
•Nigerian Customs Determined to curb the smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) today announced that it will commence profiling petrol filling stations along border areas to identify rogue operators involved in smuggling petrol across the border. The Comptroller General of Customs,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted five containers of sex-enhancement drugs and six containers of prohibited pharmaceuticals, expired food and controlled security equipment worth N921 billion imported via Apapa Port between January and April this year. Controller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, while displaying the seizures ...
•Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi The Nigeria Customs Service has shed light on the continued smuggling of petrol across the country’s borders, despite the elimination of fuel subsidies. According to the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, the practice remains attractive to smugglers due to the s...
•NDLEA operatives The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Command, has intercepted over 140 sacks of Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp, weighing more than 1,400 kilogrammes and valued at N112 million. The seizure was made in Ado Ekiti while the illicit substance was being transported by two suspects, according to the Comptr...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun implementing a two-year exemption on import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) for key pharmaceutical raw materials. This was disclosed in a statement today by the NCS National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada. Maiwada, an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, said the policy follows President Bol...
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