The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, has intercepted goods on the Federal Government’s Import Prohibition List with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N273.6 million in a series of anti-smuggling operations across its area of responsibility. Addressing journalists yesterday in Calabar, the Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Customs Service has conducted a public auction of 14,375 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) intercepted in Calabar, Cross River State, as part of its ongoing anti-smuggling operations under Operation Whirlwind. The auction, held on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, was carried out on the directive of the…
By Zagazola Makama KATSINA (CONVERSEER) – A Customs officer, identified as Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Lawal Tukur, has been found dead in a hotel room in Katsina metropolis. Zagazola report that the incident occurred on 15th October at Murjani Hotel, Katsina, where the deceased had lodged. According to reports, hotel staff discovered the officer…
By Nsan Neji ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has provided an update on its ongoing recruitment exercise, assuring applicants and the general public of a transparent and merit-driven process. According to a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Dr Abdullahi Maiwada, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, the recruitment…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus Duniya, on Tuesday, 3rd June 2024, the incident occurred on Sunday, 2nd…
By Joe Udo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, 26th April 2024 re-arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Bridget Okafor, before Justice Venchak S. Gaba of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Kuje, Abuja. Okafor alongside her Company Bridkass Investment Integrated Limited, is facing trial on 13-amended…
