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Suspected Rice Smugglers Kill Customs Officer In Ogun Community

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers have killed an officer with the Nigeria Customs Service at Owode, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim, who was a driver, was attached to the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A. The Zonal Customs Public Relations Officer, Theophilus Duniya, confirmed the […]

Sep 13 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Despite Border Closure, Contraband Are Being Smuggled Into Nigeria In Large Scale

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the Yuletide season approaches, more smuggled items — mainly foreign parboiled rice, tomato paste, frozen chicken and cars — are still being smuggled into the country in large scale, closure of Nigerian borders notwithstanding. Investigations by The Guardian revealed that tonnes of foreign rice flooded Nigerian markets, after the EndSARS unrest […]

Nov 27 2020 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Nigeria Customs Nabs Two Lebanese With N338m Cash At Rivers Airport

LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohammed, two Lebanese men, have been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). According to the NCS, they were found to be in possession of $890,000 cash while at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The Lebanese nationals were apprehended while trying to board a […]

Aug 13 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Customs Officer Who Receives Award For Rejecting $412,000 Bribe, Dismissed Over Alleged Negligence

LAGOS AGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who rejected $412,000 bribe, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG) Bashir Abubakar has been sacked for “negligence”, ElombahNews was informed. It could be recalled that ACG Abubakar in 2018 was well celebrated for rejecting a bribe of $412,000 from unscrupulous Tramadol drug smugglers. President Muhammadu Buhari […]

Aug 11 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Protest Rocks Ibadan Over Customs Officers Alleged killing Of Four

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four people were, on Tuesday, allegedly killed by Customs officers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Residents of the area gave two different narratives of the incident. While some said the victims were killed when a seized truck controlled by Customs officers hit road users, others said the victims […]

Mar 11 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Two Customs Officers Die In Auto-Crash While Chasing Vehicle Loaded With Rice

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have been reported dead on Sunday from a ghastly road accident in Akwa Ibom State. It was reported that the yet-to-be identified officers died while their van was chasing a Toyota Sienna bus, suspected to be conveying rice at Urua Ita, Oron axis section […]

Feb 25 2020 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Customs Vehicle Chasing Smugglers Kills student, injures Two Others In Ogun State

LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has allegedly killed a student of Ojomo Community High School, Ihunbo, while conveying a seized tokunbo vehicle. The school is located at Ihunbo town, Ipokia Local Government, a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. A resident of the town […]

Oct 8 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Elections: Customs Intercept Bales Of Police Uniforms, Tear Gas In Lagos

Customs Seize Police Uniforms Tear Gas Other Items In Lagos

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A,’ Nigeria Customs Service, said it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force. The command revealed that the uniforms that were intercepted along Lagos road were concealed in a Toyota Sienna space bus […]

Feb 7 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

NDLEA Intercepts 340 Million Of Tramadol Tablets At Apapa Wharf

LAGOS NOVEMVER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered no fewer than 340, 000, 000 tablets of Tramadol at the Apapa Sea Ports in Lagos. A press statement signed by NDLEA Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema made available to NewsRangers disclosed that the tablets which were in various dosages ranging from […]

Nov 15 2018 | Posted in National | Read More »

One Killed, As Customs Intercepts Military Truck-Head In Ogun Community

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LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command has shot one person dead in an ambush with some suspected smugglers at Ebute along Ilaro-Ojodan, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the operatives had trailed a military truck-head reportedly smuggled into Nigeria to the community, but […]

Nov 7 2018 | Posted in National | Read More »