Disagreements emerged among National Assembly members on Monday over President Bola Tinubu’s requests for foreign loans, despite significant revenue surpluses reported by federal agencies for the 2024 fiscal year. The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, revealed during an interactive session with the National Assembly’s joint Committees on Finance, Budget, and … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 29-year-old graduate, Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simonpeter, for allegedly smuggling heroin valued at over ₦3.192 billion into Nigeria. According to a statement released by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday, Simonpeter, a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, recently returned from … Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service, Niger-Kogi Command, successfully intercepted and transferred 283 wraps of cannabis sativa to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Minna. The estimated duty-paid value of the confiscated cannabis is approximately ₦5,666,000. EDITOR’S PICKS Health, Planning Ministries Partner with AfDB on Sustainable System Project Shamim Ahmed: Student Ally of Bangladesh’s Ex-Prime … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) is reportedly planning to arrest Fisayo Soyombo, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). According to an anonymous security official, the DSS is actively tracking Soyombo’s location and could detain him at any moment once his whereabouts are confirmed. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Arrest Man For … Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit Zone C, says it confiscated contrabands with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N510.92 million between July 15th and September 15th, 2024. The zone covers the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone and the five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone. EDITOR’S PICKS: School Proprietress Allegedly … Read more
The Nigerian Customs Service has launched a 30-day verification exercise to crack down on improperly imported private jets. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), on behalf of the Federal Government, has launched a new initiative to crack down on improperly imported private jets. It was revealed that no fewer than 80 operators … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that in a bid to crack down on the smuggling of food out of the country, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is deploying drones and more operatives to monitor about 1,500 identified illegal border crossings, according to NCS spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada. EDITOR’S PICKS Full List Of AFCON Awards As Ekong Wins … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that as parts of Federal Government’s drive to facilitate trade and improve Nigeria’s economy to become globally competitive, a delegation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), led by the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has paid a working visit to the Republic of Benin and signed a 12-point … Read more
Nigeria Customs has released a list of successful candidates for 2021 recruitment. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has released a final list of successful candidates for the 2021 recruitment. This was revealed in a statement on their official Facebook page that contained lists of successful candidates. NCS has, however, instructed … Read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that it is unlawful for officers of the Nigerian Customs Service to demand and collect import duty and other related charges on personal effects. Justice John Tsoho delivered the judgment in a case filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kehinde Ogunwumiju against the Nigerian Customs … Read more
– Nigerian Customs Service has spoken on re-opening borders – The service said the borders closure would last until the protocols on movement of goods and persons is established by the ECOWAS – According to the body, there is no end in sight to the partial closure of land borders until the condition is met … Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has promoted 1,924 Junior Cadre officers, the Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday. Attah in a statement explained that 51 Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) were promoted to Inspector of Customs (IC) General Duty, while 48 Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) were elevated to … Read more