Tag Archives: Customs

Local Garment Manufacturers Must Take Advantage Of AGOA Visa Stamp-Faleke

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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has concluded a one day sensitisation workshop on the utilisation of the AGOA Textile Visa Stamp for exporters of garments and apparel to the US market. Mr. Babatunde Faleke is the Regional Coordinator (South West) of the federal agency. He told journalists after the event in Abuja that the Nigerian government through NEPC has …

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Local Garment Manufacturers Must Take Advantage Of AGOA Visa Stamp-Faleke

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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has concluded a one day sensitisation workshop on the utilisation of the AGOA Visa Stamp for exporters of garments and apparel to the US market.Mr. Babatunde Faleke is the Regional Coordinator (South West) of the federal agency. He told journalists after the event in Abuja that the Nigerian government through NEPC has continued to …

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Tears As Swarm Of Bees Kill Customs Officer On Duty

The Nigerian Customs Service  has announced the death of one of its senior officers who died after he was attacked by a swarm of bees while on patrol duty on Tuesday. The deceased, Abba Abubakar, was an officer operating at the Seme Customs Command, along the Ashipa axis of Badagry, Lagos according to the agency  in a statement. “With sadness and …

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Avoid One-Man Patrol, Customs Tells Officers

—Assures Them Of Better Logistics The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has warned its officers and men across the country to avoid practices that can bring disgrace to the Service. The NCS Assistant Controller General (ACG), in charge of Zone ‘A’, Aminu Dahiru, who gave this charge,also assured them of logistics packages that will assist them in discharging their responsibilities dutifully. …

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Customs FOU Impounds N1.4b Contraband

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Between May 16th and June 12th 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, confiscated various contraband, goods and vehicles with a duty paid value (DPV) of One Billion, Three Hundred and Forty Five Million, Five Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirteen Naira,(N1,345,572,313) Also, the unit through its interventions recovered Fifty NineMillion, Five Hundred …

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Customs Officers Shot Rice-Smuggling Man In Lagos

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…Not True Service Spokes Man Folake Sokoya    Some officials of the Federal Operation Unit, FOU, of Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday allegedly shot a man to death in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State. The officials had reportedly chased a yellow commercial bus, popularly called Danfo, to the spot and opened fire on it. According to eyewitnesses, the yet-to-be-identified victim …

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Customs Rakes N98b In Lagos

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The Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS ), Port Terminal Multi-service Limited ( PTML ) Command, Apapa, Lagos said it generated N98. 8 billion in 2017. The amount  was 57.4 percent above the N62.8 billion revenue  generated in 2016. Its Area Comptroller, Mrs. Adeyanju Aremu said that the excellent performance was attributed to the  ban on the importation of vehicles through …

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Nigerian Customs Seize 6,206 Bags Of Rice In Lagos

‎L-R: Deputy Comptroller, Nigeria Customs, Mr. Dauda Ashigye and Comptroller, Mohammed U. Garba, during the press briefing on. Seized items by the Nigeria Customs including 6,206 bag of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos.

The Nigerian Customs on Monday has seized 6,206 bags of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos worth over N105,000,000 in cash. Deputy Comptroller, Nigerian Customs, Mr. Dauda Ashigye and Comptroller Mohammed U. Garba briefed the Nigerian press on the seized bags of rice in Lagos. Smugglers have continued to make series of attempts to flood Nigeria with goods which are known …

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