Senator Francis Fadahunsi The Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, who is also a retired Deputy Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, tells…
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FG SECRETLY GRANTS APPROVAL TO 4 COMPANIES TO IMPORT MAIZE DESPITE NATIONAL BAN
Despite announcing ban on maize importation, the Nigerian Government has given approval to four companies to secretly import 262,000 tons of maize. The government had in July added maize to…
NIGERIA CUSTOMS SEIZES 1.2BILLION NAIRA WORTH OF MARIJUANA, THE BIGGEST SINGLE HAUL IN HISTORY
Nigeria Customs intercept N1.2bn cannabis – “largest single seizure” in history Olugboyega Peters Operatives of the Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) have intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis…
OUTRAGE AS CUSTOMS MEN KILL 15-YR OLD GIRL IN OGUN
Agosasa community in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State was thrown into mourning over the weekend, when officers of the state command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) allegedly…
HOUSE OF REPS SUMMONS ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION, BPP HEAD, OVER 7-YR UNAUDITED ACCOUNT OF CUSTOMS DEPT
The House of Representatives has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and Director-General of Bureau of Public Procurement, Mamman Ahmadu, to appear before it and explain why the…
CURRENT CUSTOMS RECRUITMENT IS A SHAM, SENATOR DECLARES, SAYS IT IS LOPSIDED AND ILLICIT
Adeolu Adeyemo OSOGBO A member of the Upper Chamber, representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Francis Fadahunsi, at the weekend, kicked against the ongoing recruitment into the Nigeria…
BORDER CLOSURE NOT EFFECTIVE IN THE NORTH, AS RESIDENTS LIST ILLEGAL SMUGGLING ROUTES,
Allege complicity of security operatives List five illegal smuggling routes in Katsina Francis Sardauna in Katsina and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The directive of the federal government to shut all…
RECRUITMENT FRAUD: CANDIDATES ACCUSE CUSTOMS OF DELIBERATELY SENDING INTERVIEW NOTICE HOURS TO THE EXERCISE
Shortlisted candidates in the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have made allegations of fraud in the processes leading to the interview session. This is even as…
GROUP CALLS FOR PROBE AS CUSTOMS SPENDS 1.6BIL NAIRA ON RECRUITMENT OF 3,200 OFFICERS
Uche Usim and Steve Agbota Following the expenditure of N1.6 billion on the ongoing recruitment of 3,200 job seekers, stakeholders in the maritime sector have demanded probe of the Comptroller General of Nigeria…
EMPLOYMENT: CUSTOMS SHORTLISTS 162,399 OUT OF 828,333 FOR APTITUDE TEST
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Customs Service has shortlisted a total of 162,399 candidates for aptitude test in its recruitment exercise which began in 2019. The 162,399 candidates were selected…
THERE’S STILL MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN CUSTOMS SAYS FORMER ACG WHO IS NOW A SENATOR
A former Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, who is also the vice chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs, tells FEMI MAKINDE that proliferation of small…
HOW CUSTOMS CONTRIBUTE TO INFLATION BY STAKEHOLDERS
By Godfrey Bivbere ACTIVITIES of officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to the nation’s port is contributing to the rising inflation in the country. Some stakeholders who…