12 dock workers linked to N9.5bn cocaine seized at Lagos port in NDLEA custody
Nov. 13, 2021 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to…
Customs seizes fake, contraband goods worth N120m in 2 months
Sept. 20, 2021 …Says officers fully prepared to face smugglers head-on Nigeria Customs Service intercepted fake and contraband goods worth more than N120 million in July and August in its…
Three Customs officers, 1 Soldier injured in gun battle with rice smugglers in OyoÂ
July 17, 2021 No fewer than three Customs officials and a Soldier were allegedly injured when they were attacked by smugglers in Igboora area of Ibarapa Local Government Area of…
COVID-19: All vaccines coming into Nigeria will arrive only through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja – Minister
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it is expecting three types of vaccines to cater to the needs of Nigerians, noting that all vaccines coming into Nigeria will…
We took over in 1984 to avert revolution, uprising – Buhari; indicts Shagari, Customs
In a letter dated January 6, 1984, and addressed to the then UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, Nigeria’s incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, then a Maj-General, listed reasons that necessitated the…
Customs intercepts N1.2bn Cannabis on Lagos waters; largest seizure in history
Operatives of the Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have made history when they intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) valued at N1,002,050,000 during a seagoing…
Public servants who returned $12m, rejected $412,000 bribe honoured by Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented Integrity awards to two public servants, ACG Bashir Abubakar and Mrs Josephine Ugwu of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, for exhibiting Integrity in…
Policeman who supplies drugs to Boko Haram insurgents nabbed; Customs officer is supplier
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Yobe, said it had arrested a policeman and a drug trafficker (names withheld) for allegedly conniving and supplying 59kg of prohibited Tramadol…
NCS suspends supply of petroleum products to filling stations around borders
Hameed Ali, NCS boss The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended the supply of petroleum products to filling stations within 20 kilometers of all borders. The NCS made this…
Customs seizes expired rice, tramadol, others with N2.713b duty value
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said that seized containers of rice, tramadol and unregistered pharmaceutical products, had duty paid value of N2,713,865,051. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed…