Lagos, August 27, 2025 — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) have pledged to deepen collaboration to improve trade facilitation, enhance transparency, and drive economic growth across the country. This commitment was reaffirmed when the Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, met
August 27, 2025 — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over expired pharmaceutical products valued at N3.77 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for proper disposal. The drugs, intercepted during various operations across the country, were identified as unfit for human consumption after laboratory analysis. Comptroller-General of
Lagos, Nigeria — August 17, 2025 | The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have commenced a joint training programme in Lagos to strengthen surveillance and security operations across the country’s waterways. The initiative, flagged off at the weekend, is aimed at building capacity to combat smuggling, illegal migration, and other
In a strategic move poised to reshape Nigeria’s trade landscape, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intensified joint efforts to deliver the long-awaited National Single Window (NSW) platform ahead of its targeted 2026 completion. The initiative, which has been in development for several years, is seen as a
Lagos, August 11, 2025 The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted sixteen containers laden with contraband goods valued at more than N10 billion at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos. The seized items include prohibited products such as substandard electronics, counterfeit pharmaceuticals, and smuggled luxury goods, according to Customs officials. The operation was
July 22, 2025 The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has announced the introduction of a unified four percent Free on Board (FOB) charge to replace multiple import levies previously imposed on cargo imports into Nigeria. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Lagos on Monday, CGC Adeniyi emphasized that the new
Lagos, July 18, 2025 — The Ports Terminal Multi-services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a significant revenue surge for the second quarter of 2025, recording a total collection of N204.73 billion, marking a 34.1% increase compared to the same period in 2024. This development was confirmed by the Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially prohibited the examination of pharmaceutical-related cargoes at bonded terminals across the country, directing that all such inspections be confined to only four designated commands. This directive is aimed at strengthening oversight and ensuring stricter compliance with importation regulations governing sensitive medical and pharmaceutical products. In a notice circulated
July 11, 2025 | Abuja, Nigeria — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have officially inaugurated a joint Implementation Committee to enforce the terms of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024. The inauguration ceremony, which took place on Wednesday, was led
LAGOS – The Lagos command of the Nigeria Customs Service under the Marine and Maritime Affairs Commission (MMAC) has successfully seized a cache of illegal firearms alongside 75 bags of pangolin scales and other prohibited items during a recent operation in the state. Officials revealed that the seizure is part of intensified efforts to clamp
