The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Port Command, has intercepted two containers loaded with imported vehicles used to conceal illicit drugs valued at ₦5.3 billion. In a statement released on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSC O. E. Ivara, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Frank Onyeka, described the seizure as a…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Board has approved the promotion of 3,312 senior officers and appointed four new Deputy Comptroller-Generals (DCGs) and 12 Assistant Comptroller-Generals (ACGs). This was announced by the NCS National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, following the Board’s 63rd regular meeting held on September 2, 2025, chaired by the Minister of Finance…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has strongly opposed the Nigeria Customs Service’s reintroduction of the 4% Free on Board (FOB) charge, effective August 4. MAN’s Director-General, Segun Ajayi-Kadri, stated in Lagos that this move contradicts the government’s earlier suspension of the charge and raises concerns over increased costs for importing raw materials, machinery, and…
