The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 13 containers of expired drugs, food items and security equipment worth ₦6.38 billion at Apapa Port. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at APM Terminals, Apapa, Lagos. He said the seizures followed intensified intelligence-led enforcement, deployment of…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 50,495 litres of petrol valued at ₦58,117,550 in Adamawa and Taraba states, following a series of intelligence-led anti-smuggling operations. Briefing journalists in Yola on Tuesday, the Area Comptroller of the Adamawa/Taraba Command, Mr Mohammed Tako, said the fuel was discovered in 1,868 jerry cans and was suspected to…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Friday it intercepted a tanker loaded with 60,000 litres of petrol, suspected to be diverted to the border area in the state. The tanker, suspected to be enroute to the border area for smuggling, was intercepted on the Jibia Road on September 30 by the NCS’s special…
The Kaduna command of the Nigeria Customs Service has achieved a new revenue milestone, generating ₦5.16 billion in October 2025, the highest monthly revenue ever recorded. According to a statement by the NCS Kaduna command, the figure represented a 96 per cent increase above the monthly target and a 196 per cent target performance. Yusuf…
The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has launched the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), a digital innovation designed to enhance national security and facilitate trade. The area controller, Emmanuel Oshoba, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Tunde Ayagbalo, during the inauguration of the system at the Apapa Port….
The Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry handed over seized contraband items to the Nigeria Customs Service and the Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday. A correspondent observed the handover, which was conducted by a senior naval officer at the Base in Badagry. The base transferred 420 bags of foreign parboiled rice…
The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, has announced plans to partner with the Port Police Command to end the persistent traffic gridlock around the Apapa Port corridor in Lagos. Oshoba made this known on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by Commissioner of Police, Port Authority Command, Toyin Agbaminoja, to the Customs…
The Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BACCIMA) has commended the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, and other security agencies for reducing the number of checkpoints between Lagos and the Seme–Benin Republic border to two. BACCIMA President, Alhaji Yahaya Idris, gave the commendation in a statement issued on Sunday…
Nigeria’s Customs Service will on 9 October hold its second-phase recruitment exams, with thousands of applicants for Inspectorate and Customs Assistant roles set to take part in an online computer-based test (CBT). The service announced the schedule through its verified social media pages, noting that candidates have been divided into three batches to sit the…
Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday handed over expired pharmaceutical products valued at N3.77 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). This was disclosed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Chief Superintendent of Customs Hussaini Abdullahi,…
