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- 14 Apr 2014
Customs Commissions 114 Companies for Speedy PAAR
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commissioned 114 companies for fast track concession platform created in the enhanced Pre-Arrival Assessment System. Dikko Inde Abdullahi,…
- 30 Apr 2014
Customs to Seize Bank Bonds, Publish Names of Revenue Defaulters
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said threaten that it will henceforth publish the list of beneficiaries of duty payment concessions who default in honouring their obligations. Dikko Inde…
- 21 Aug 2013
Confusion over Appointment of New Customs Boss
There is confusion among stakeholders in the shipping industry in Nigeria on whether or not to appoint a new Comptroller General for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Ships & Ports Daily, a…
- 23 Mar 2012
Customs to Implement Enhanced e-Clearance Structure
Search for a structure for improved revenue generation involving due electronic clearance procedure, the Nigeria Customs Service meditates on introducing a-single window platform that will facilitate…
- 22 Oct 2013
DG NIMASA, Chief of Naval Staff Address Piracy Issues @ OTL Africa 2013
The increasing tempo of piracy in Nigeria’s coastal waters has become a serious security threat requiring urgent attention by all relevant stakeholders in the maritime industry, the threat posed by…
- 17 Apr 2014
NCS Okays 114 Firms for Fast Track Clearance
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has given 114 companies the nod to enjoy fast track concession platform created in the enhanced Pre-Arrival Assessment System (PAAS), for achieving transparency…
- 10 Jun 2015
Customs, FAAN Bury Hatchets to Jointly Improve Airport Security
Following the incidence of a fracas between some officials of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the MMIA Lagos, a high level meeting of the officials…
- 14 Feb 2013
Customs Impounds Sweet Packs Laden with Bullets
Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 436 cartridges concealed in packs of confectionaries and the service is waxing lyrical. Uche Ejesieme,…
- 5 Mar 2013
Reps Battle Okonjo-Iweala, Dikko over Auction of Overtime Cargo
House of Representatives has queried Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, over the suspension of sales of overtime cargo. The Joint House Committee…
- 6 Sept 2013
SAHCOL, NAHCO Assure Clients on Warehouses Shut by NCS
Skyways Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), and National Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), have assured their clients of safety of their cargos. This came on the heels of the…
- 19 Nov 2013
Customs Warns Importers Unapproved Equipment Type
Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has warned it will invoke the full weight of the law to punish importers of unapproved equipment type in the country. Speaking at a one-day sensitization workshop…
- 7 Jun 2010
Ovations as Aniebonam Retires from Active Association Activities
Dr. Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam, founder and first president, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (Nagaff), has formally retired from active association activities. Dr.…
- 26 Sept 2014
Customs Carpets Scammers, Launches Social Media Accounts
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to address the incessant fake customs auction adverts on various social media platforms particularly on Facebook. To this effect, the Service…
- 29 Jan 2015
SAHCOL Wins World Customs Organization Award
Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited, (SAHCOL), has been decorated with the Prestigious World Customs Organization (WCO) Award of merit, for showing “exceptional support \collaboration for…
- 7 Jan 2013
Customs Dumps RAR for PAAR
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has dumped the Risk Assessment Report (RAR) and opted for Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR), a once-and-for-all document for clearing of goods in the ports. The new…