Delivers seized property valued at ₦10 billion to Agencies After intercepting 16 containers full of prohibited goods worth over ₦10 billion, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated its zero tolerance policy for unauthorized and subpar imports. This was revealed by Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), on Monday, August 11, 2025, at...
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Nigeria Customs Unveils Reputation Management Guide to Strengthen Ethical Conduct, Public Trust
…As CGC Adeniyi Commits to Repositioning the Service for Excellence, National Impact In a renewed drive to institutionalise ethics, professionalism, and stakeholder trust, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched its Reputation Management Guide, a key policy document aimed at reorienting officers on the values, behaviours, and standards required to uphold the service’s image. The...
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CGC Adeniyi Honours Late Journalist Dr. Leon Usigbe With Heartfelt Tribute at State House
By Folusho Adeogun The Presidential Villa, Abuja, became a site of reflection and reverence on Monday, 27 July 2025, as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, paid a solemn visit to the State House Press Gallery to honour the memory of the late Dr. Leon Usigbe, Abuja Bureau Chief of...
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Opinion: Nigeria Customs Service Regulatory Mandate Is Within The Purview Of International Trade Procedures
By Chidi Anthony Opara, RFF, FIIM, CDOA A federal high court in Lagos, with Justice D.E.Osiagor presiding in suit number: FHC/CS/765/2018 filed by National Council Of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Agents(NCMDLCA) reportedly on 26th of May, 2025, ruled that the collection of Practitioners Operating Fees (POF) by the Council For The Regulation Of Freight...
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PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES CGC WALE ADENIYI ON HIS ELECTION AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CUSTOMS
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on his unanimous election on Saturday in Brussels as the Chairperson of the Council of the World Customs Organisation (WCO). Adeniyi made history as the first Nigerian to head the 73-year-old organisation, which has 186 member countries and is the...
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NPA E-callup System: ANLCA Chairman, Isikaku, Stakeholders Speak On Proposed Bays
By: B. Elums In response to the earlier request, made by Chief Ifeanyi Isikaku (Onwa) and other maritime stakeholders operating at Onne Seaport, that the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), should carry out more stakeholders’ engagement, before the take off of its E-callup exercise at the port; the NPA yesterday, took relevant stakeholders operating...
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Port Development: Isikaku urges FG to dredge Onne Port for optimum utilization, says people should stop demarketing the port, even tasks journalists on full reportage
By Ifeanyi Nwaoha An appeal has gone to Minister of Maritime and Blue Economy, Mr. Oyetola Adegboyega to extend the dredging of ports to Onne Port, in Rivers State to enable big vessels to berth so as to bolster economic activities in the state. This passionate appeal was made by the Chairman Association of Nigerian...
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Nigeria Customs Technical & Hangar Services Holds Maiden AGM
…Reaffirms Commitment to Enhance Growth of Aviation Sector The Nigeria Customs Service Technical and Hangar Services Limited (NCT&HSL) held its maiden Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, 18 February 2025, in Abuja, bringing together key stakeholders from the aviation, customs, and public sector logistics industries. The AGM was attended by senior officers and management of...
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Customs Intensifies Crackdown on Smuggling in Kwara, Warns Offenders
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has vowed to tighten its grip on smuggling activities in Kwara State, deploying advanced technology to monitor and curb illegal trade at the nation’s borders. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, gave the assurance during his visit to the NCS Area Command in Ilorin, where he warned that smuggling posed a...
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Controller Onyeka Urges Stakeholders to Ensure Full Declaration of Goods to Enhance Trade Facilitation
In a continued effort to improve on stakeholders engagement with an eye for trade facilitation and to make sure that there is efficient Customs operations, the Customs Area Controller of the Tin Can Island Port Command (TCIP), Controller Frank Onyeka has called on stakeholders to always declare their goods accurately through the proper channels of...