By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its efforts to combat fuel smuggling with the deployment of newly inducted officers to Operation Whirlwind, a tactical unit launched in May 2024 to check the illegal movement of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across Nigeria’s borders.The induction ceremony, held on 3 June 2025, in Abuja,…
By Femi Anamelechi The National Public Relations officer of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) ACC, Dr. Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada (Ph.D) has refuted a video currently circulating on social media, which captures a tragic shooting incident involving some operatives of the Service. He stated this in a public release signed by him on 3rd June 2025 in…
By Femi Anamelechi In a dynamic and strategic bid geared towards enhancement of border surveillance and combat cross-border crimes, the Nigeria Customs Service has launched a first-of-its-kind training on geospatial intelligence, in partnership with the World Customs Organization and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The week-long programme, which began on June 2, 2025, at the…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Custom Service has continued to intensify its operation against anti-smuggling across the Nigeria border towns and Villages with seizures of 1,577 (25 litres) kegs of PMS worth Thirty-nine Million Four Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Naira only (₦39,425,000.00).The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC Adewale Adeniyi MFR, represented by the National Coordinator of…
By Femi Anamelechi Nigeria Custom Service has been commended by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) International Service Specialist for its unwavering commitment and resilience in safeguarding borders and disrupting transnational organised crime through strategic partnerships and intelligence-driven operations. This recognition follows the recent recovery of 12 luxury vehicles by the RCMP Liaison Office in…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service ( FOU) ‘Zone A’ has recorded a major success in its intelligence-driven operations. The command following an intelligence Swift made seizure of Tramadol and Hemp worth N1.5 billion. FOU Zone “A” continues to intensify efforts in to effectively deliver NCS statutory madness and the recent onslaught underscores the…
By Femi Anamelechi The Murtala Mohammed Area Commend ( MMAC) of Nigeria Custom Service has achieved a breakthrough by announcing its first successful 24-hour cargo clearance operations with user of the indigenous B’Odogwu platform.The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Michael Awe, announced the breakthrough on Monday, 19 May 2025, and pointed out the speed and…
By Femi Anamelechi As part of his commitment to implementing the technological advancement policy of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has declared open a three-day retreat organised by the ICT/Modernisation Department of the NCS.The retreat, themed “Turn off Work; Turn on Retreat”, focuses on enhancing officers’ capabilities in…
By Femi Anamelechi As part of efforts to foster and strengthen Inter- Agency collaboration, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed Area Command (MMAC) has kicked off it’s second quarter inter-agency, stakeholders, sports competition. The event which kicked off on Thursday, 15 May 2025 at the Bashir Adewale Sports complex is to promote unity and…
By Femi Anamelechi The Area Comptroller, of Seme Area command, Dr. Ben Oramalugo has revealed that the command recorded and increased revenue of N84,504,936,.66. from 13th April 2025 to 13th May 2025. and seizures valued at #669,785.336. This was disclosed during Media briefing with the Press on 13th May at the corporate office of the…
