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December 12, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Customs and Excise to investigate allegations that personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service are complicit in smuggling activities at the nation’s borders. The lawmakers...

August 15, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled guidelines for a 150-day tariff exemption on specific staple food items. This follows President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a ‘zero tariff’ policy on some imported foods. In a statement on...

July 30, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship scheduled for August 1, the Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones” whose sanctity must not be violated. Controller...

July 30, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has announced the suspension of import duties and taxes on essential food items to make basic necessities more affordable and address the prevalent issue of hunger in the country. Comptroller-General of the...

June 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Customs Service has confirmed the death of Deputy Comptroller, Etop Andrew Essien. THEWILL earlier reported that Essien slumped and died on Tuesday afternoon while responding to questions at the Public Account Committee...

June 10, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Sokoto/Zamfara Customs Area Command have rejected the sum of One million, Five hundred thousand naira offered them by some railway vandals in Sokoto State. The Comptroller of Customs, Kamal Muhammed, disclosed this...

March 15, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, have intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition allegedly being smuggled into the country by some criminal gang. Details of the development are still sketchy, ...

March 05, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has charged residents of border communities in Illela Local Government Area, Sokoto state, to be patriotic and shun smuggling activities. The newly deployed Customs Area Controller, Sokoto/Zamfara Command, Comptroller Kamal...

February 21, (THEWILL) - The Zonal Coordinator, Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), ACG Ify Queen Ogbudu fsi, says the service is dedicated to the prevention of illegal exportation of grains amidst the current food crisis...

January 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Customs Service Area Command of Sokoto and Zamfara States has destroyed several smuggling items worth millions of naira but is certified to be unfit for human consumption. The destruction was witnessed by other Heads...