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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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…Claims revenue-generating agencies under-remitted N1.7trn in 4yrs  …NNPC operated N3.1trn deficit Shocking revelations emerged at the Senate, yesterday, that almost all  various federal revenue-generating agencies have short-changed the Federal Government to the tune of N1.7 trillion, through under-remittance of revenues generated between 2012 and 2016. It was also discovered that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC), ran at a …

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The probe by the joint Senate Committees on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport has led to the recovery of N140 billion, Senator Hope Uzodinma, said on Wednesday. Uzodinma, who is chair of the committee spoke while presenting an interim report on the investigation of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to the House. The lawmaker highlighted wrong tariff classification, …

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The Nigeria Customs Service, Sokoto Command, has seized contraband worth N30 million in the last six months. The Comptroller, Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, Kaduna, Mr. Usman Dakingari, made the disclosure shortly after inspecting the seized items at the command headquarters in Sokoto Wednesday. He said the contraband, which included rice, vehicles, vegetable oil, second hand clothes as well as …

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded  a truck in Ogun State belonging to Dangote Cement with about 3,000 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry valued at over N47 million. NCS Comptroller in Ogun State, Sani Magudu, explained on Monday that the driver of the truck with registration number ICT-13E-047escaped, adding that investigation revealed that the frozen poultry  products were transported into Nigeria …

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The Nigerian Customs Service on Monday unveiled an electronic auction platform by which cargoes that have been forfeited to the Federal Government could be sold to Nigerians through a transparent bidding process. The unveiling of the e-auction platform was performed at the headquarters of the NCS by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (Rtd). Present at the event were …

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Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area I Command, Port Harcourt,  Mr. Kabiru Isiyaku, said the command is optimistic that it will meet its N33.3 billion revenue target for the year. Isiyaku stated this on Friday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. “The revenue we collected in the first quarter of 2017 is more than what was collected in the …

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The Nigerian Navy football team has set up a final encounter with the Nigeria Customs Service of Lagos in the ongoing Ships and Ports Maritime Football Cup competition in Lagos. The Navy sailed to the final after a 2-1 defeat of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday at the Astro Turf pitch of the National stadium in Lagos. On the …

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The Tin-Can Island Port 2 Customs Command, Ijora in Lagos, on Thursday, said it generated the sum of N649.11 million in March. According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Godwin Andishu, the figure is N270.1million lower than the N919.6 recorded in February. The spokesman said the figure was also N95.5million short of the N834.6million generated in …

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The Tincan Island command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N130. 7 billion within a period of seven months. Controller of the command, Comptroller Y. U. Bashar, who made the disclosure during an interactive session with strategic stakeholders in his office also explained that the statutory function of the command remain revenue generation and facilitation of legitimate trade. He noted …

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