Nigeria

26/02/2015

ABUJA: The importation of fake and sub-standard goods into the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigerian (SON) and National Association...

Nigerian LCCI tasks CBN to generate N200 billion refinancing facility

25/02/2015

LAGOS: The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has tasked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce a...

Nigeria customs generates N909.9 million in January 2015

25/02/2015

ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N909.9 million in first month of 2015. Its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr...

Nigeria: Bloody clash between customs FOU, rice smugglers leave two dead

ABUJA: At least two people were killed in a bloody clash between men of the Nigerian Customs service attached to...

Nigeria: PDP candidate Agbaje admits tax default, pays N500,000 out of N1.629 million

LAGOS: State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr....

WCO gives merit award to NECP for export promotion

Abuja: The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has received the World Customs Organisation's Merit Award for Exports Promotion. Comptroller General...

NDLEA seizes 36.850kg narcotic smuggling to South Africa

ABUJA: The officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have stopped Mr Okonkwo Isaac Ekemezie, a Nigerian based...

Nigeria customs reads Riot Act to smugglers: Deputy Comptroller

22/02/2015

LAGOS: The Federal Operations Unit Zone 'A' Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) has re-affirmed its zero tolerance on smuggling...

Capital police arrests two Nigerians with smuggling cocaine worth Rs.3.5 crore

22/02/2015

ABUJA: Two Nigerians carrying cocaine worth Rs.3.5 crore have been arrested in the national capital, police said. A 28 year...

Global LNG demand up 1.9% yearly to reach 490bcfpd by 2035

21/02/2015

ABUJA: The global natural gas demand would grow by 1.9 per cent yearly, reaching around 490 billion cubic feet per...

Nigeria, Benin customs partner for faultless operations

ABUJA: Bilateral trade ties and sustains existing cooperation between Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to partner with its...

NCS ‘Ikeja’ seizes goods worth N1, 446,383,130 billion in 2014

ABUJA: The Nigeria Custom Service of Federal Operation Unit Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja, has said that the Unit recorded Seizures...

Hong Kong customs seizes 60kg illegal ivory from Nigeria at airport

HONG KONG: Sixty kilos of worked ivory were seized at Hong Kong airport's Air Mail Centre after the haul was...

Nigeria, China trade volume rises to $18 billion in 2014

VENTURES AFRICA: Nigeria has been a fertile ground for Chinese investors over the years, and the bilateral relations rose to...

NCS generates N20.9 Billion in Tin-Can Island in January

19/02/2015

ABUJA: The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) recorded N20.9 billion revenue in January, down from the...

Nigerian Customs seizes 674 vehicles, 105,810 Bags of Rice in 2014

19/02/2015

ABUJA: The Federal Operations Units (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), zone 'A' Ikeja, impounded 674 used vehicles and 105,810...

Nigerian customs seizes 2,914 prohibited goods worth N2.06 billion in 2014

LAGOS: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, said it recorded 2,914 seizures of prohibited...

Nigeria has largest economy in West Africa in services, manufacturing sectors: AfDB

ABUJA: The African Development Bank (AfDB) said that Nigeria was the West African’s largest market with great potential to be...

Nigeria’s domestic gas demand to hit 10b cubic by 2020

ABUJA: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has said that domestic demand for gas was expected to rise to over 10 billion...

Nigeria to generate N2 trillion revenue from customs in 2015: ANLCA President