Tag: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Importer Of N550m Tramadol Offers $54,300 Bribe To Customs

Abibat Babalola

How we intercepted drugs, rejected bribes – Customs       The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Monday, said it has arrested a Nigerian importer, Boniface Ike, for offering $54,330 (N50m) bribe to officers of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Service over the seizure of two 40ft containers laden with illicit and dangerous drugs imported into the country from India. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, the Customs Area Controller, Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Adekunle Oloyede, stated that the unregistered pharmaceutical products, which were intercepted at the Lagos…

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NCS Announces Closure Of All Borders With Niger Republic

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially announced the closure of all land borders linking Nigeria with Niger Republic due to the recent coup d’etat in Niger. The NCS’s Acting Controller General (CG), Mr Bashir Adewale, made this known on Friday during a visit to the Jibia border in Katsina. According to him, the decision for the total blockage of the borders was to comply with the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) directive to suspend movement of cargos until further notice. READ ALSO: EKEDC Promises End To 4-Year…

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Officers Burst Into Jubilation As Court Stops E-Customs

Abibat Babalola

Here are answers to some of the and-then-what questions about the Customs modernisation project and why its introduction has been greeted by conflicting views Some Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), at the weekend, reportedly burst into jubilation and expression of satisfaction over the interim injuction by a Federal High Court, Abuja restraining the Nigerian Government from enforcing or giving effect to an agreement on the Customs modernisation project. Platforms Africa reports quoting a document of the Business Insider that the officers who craved anonymity, said that the modernisation…

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