The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 1,599 assorted arms and 2,298 live cartridges to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The arms, seized in 2018 in three containers at the Tin Can Island Port, were formally handed over to the NCCSALW on Thursday, 13 February 2025, […]
…As Journalists Call for More Power, Political Support for Customs to Deliver on Mandate The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has been lauded for convincing the Federal Government to suspend the I implementation of the 4% Free-on-Board (FOB) value on imports into the country. Speaking at the ceremony for the […]
The Oyo State Government has approved the appointment of three new Executive Secretaries of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (OYOSUBEB). This was revealed by the Chairman, OYOSUBEB, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran during a meeting with Administrative Officers of all Local Government Universal Basic Education Authorities, LGUBEAs at the Board’s headquarters in Ibadan. He […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the suspension of the implementation of 4% Free-on-Board (FOB) value on imports as provided in Section 18(1)(a) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCSA) 2023. The Service said this is sequel to ongoing consultations with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Olawale Edun […]
The Oyo State Government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has launched a four-year Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (OYSMPFAN) to tackle malnutrition and hunger among children and women in the state. The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Misbaudeen Babatunde launched the project in Ibadan. While […]
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) now has a new area controller, Comptroller Benedict Oramalugo PhD, following the retirement of his predecessor, Comptroller Kayode Kolade. Comptroller Oramalugo who was until his recent redeployment was the area controller of Oyo/Osun Customs command officially took over on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, with a […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on 6 February 2025, hosted a high-level roundtable discussion on operational best practices for government-owned companies at its headquarters in Maitama Abuja. The event brought together key stakeholders from the military, paramilitary, and financial sectors.y The one-day event was attended by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, alongside his […]
The Oyo/Osun command of Nigeria Customs Service has successfully generated ₦82,193,426,334.10k (Eighty-Two billion, One hundred and ninety-three million, Four hundred and twenty-six thousand, Three hundred Thirty-Four-naira, Ten kobo) in 2024. This amount is 15.3% higher than the amount collected in fiscal year 2023 which was ₦71,292,530,398.17k (Seventy-One billion, Two hundred and ninety-two million, Five hundred […]
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s (NCS) commitment to enhancing collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to ensure environmental safety, trade efficiency and regulatory compliance. Speaking during a courtesy visit by NESREA’s management team to the Customs Headquarters in Abuja, Adeniyi described inter-agency […]
The Oyo State Government has converted One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety one (1,591) Local Government Ad-hoc workers across the state into permanent staffs. It would be recalled that Governor Seyi Makinde, approved the conversion of ad hoc staff in the service of the 33 Local Government Councils in the State to permanent staff in […]
