The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered 399 fully assembled Jojef rifles and several supplementary rifle components following a detailed examination of an arms shipment intercepted at the Tin Can Island Port Command in Lagos. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, had earlier disclosed the seizure of a container containing concealed crates of knocked-down rifle…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted components believed to be parts of more than 140 pump-action rifles and seized cannabis-infused products worth ₦373.8 million at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Thursday, August 6, 2026, saying the container carrying the suspected arms components was flagged through the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that future recruitment exercises will now be conducted annually, following the release of the final list of 3,852 successful candidates for the 2024/2025 recruitment exercise. Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi said the new recruitment model is aimed at improving manpower planning and ensuring the timely replacement of retiring personnel. He disclosed that the 2026…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening intra-African trade through a renewed strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and unlocking the continent’s estimated $3.4 trillion single market. The renewed collaboration was announced during a working visit…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to maintain the highest standards of integrity, transparency and accountability in the discharge of their duties. The charge was delivered by the Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner (RACC) for Borno and Yobe States, Mr Linus Gubbi, during a…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has exonerated the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from allegations that it failed to remit ₦62.2 billion into the Federation Account, as contained in the 2019 Audit Report of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The decision was reached on Tuesday during an investigative hearing involving the Comptroller-General…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, has recorded an unprecedented N16.4 billion in revenue on August 19, 2025, following the effective deployment of the Unified Customs Management System, B’Odogwu. This achievement underscores the system’s role in enhancing efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness in port operations. In a statement issued by the Command’s Public…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun implementing a two-year exemption on import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) for key pharmaceutical raw materials. The new policy was revealed in a statement released on Wednesday by Abdullahi Maiwada, the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Maiwada, an Assistant Comptroller of Customs,…
The Nigeria Correctional Service has reportedly moved the popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky from the Ikoyi prison to Kirikiri prison. Bobrisky was sentenced to a six-month jail term for abusing the Naira on Friday, April 12, 2024. As expected fans and non-fans of the crossdresser Bobrisky responded to the most recent news…
