Tag: Nigeria Customs Service

We Paid DSS, Others N1m To Clear 661 Guns, Suspect Alleges

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The trial of five men who were charged with illegal importation of 661 pump-action guns continued on Monday, with the first defendant, Mahmud Hassan, alleging that the gang paid N1m to security agents to smuggle in the gun consignment at Apapa Port, Lagos. Hassan made the allegation in a video played in court on Monday by the prosecution. The video was played in a trial-within-trial to test the voluntariness of the statement made by Hassan while in the custody of the Department of State Services. Hassan’s lawyer, Yakubu Galadima had,…

Customs Officers Seize 22,000 Jerrycans Of Smuggled Petrol

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Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, has seized 22,000 jerrycans of smuggled petrol with Duty Paid Value of N10 million, the spokesperson of the command, Mr Selchang Taupyen said. The statement reported the Area Controller, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, as saying this on Monday in Badagry, Lagos State. Aliyu said the seizures were made at the Pashi Yekeme Community in Owode, Badagry. According to him, the products were seized by officers of the anti bunkering unit while the they were being smuggled through the creeks. “Our operational norm doesn’t allow trucks and…

Abule Egba Boils As Customs Officers Kill Bus Conductor

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A bus conductor, identified as Toheeb Olayiwola, was shot dead in Abule-Egba area of Lagos on Wednesday, allegedly by customs men chasing a bus loaded with smuggled bags of rice. An eyewitness, Ahmed Ogundairo, told newsmen that the victim was in the bus with registration number LND685XJ coming from Sango and headed toward Lagos. Ogundairo said that customs men accosted the bus at Abule Egba and started shooting sporadically which resulted to the victim’s death. “The commercial bus, which was loaded with bags of rice, was en- route Mushin from…

NCS Rakes N1tr, Loses 6 Gallant Officers in 2017

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The Nigeria Customs Service said with dogged implementation of the Presidential mandate to Restructure, Reform and Raise revenue (3Rs),it has recorded the highest revenue collection ever, of N1,012,259,006,779.74 with five more working days to the end of 2017. This was said to spectacular performance in revenue collection showed that N241,685,276,289.74 over the N770,573,730,490 target for the year and well above the N898,673,857,431.07 collected in 2016. According to Joseph Attah, National Public Relations Officer Nigeria Customs Service, Despite the economic recession experienced earlier in the year with low volume of imports,…