Tag: Armed, Customs, Customs officer’s, safety
Armed Customs officers and public safety
In recent past, news of police brutality and police stray bullets killing innocent citizens was very common. These days such ugly incidents have reduced....
Monarch: Customs officers extorting drivers, passengers
A traditional ruler in the Idiroko community of Ogun State, the Oniko of Ikolaje, Oba John Ojo, has accused officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) posted...
Unarmed man shot by Customs officers dies in Ogun
Atanda Idowu Moses, the unarmed man shot by trigger-happy Customs operatives in Oja Odan, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, has died. ...
Customs officers shoot another unarmed man in Ogun
A middle-aged man, Idowu Moses, on Saturday sustained serious gunshot wounds and went into coma after he was shot by Customs operatives in Oja Odan, Yewa South...
FG trains Customs officers, agents to check ozone-depleting import
The Federal Government on Friday said it has trained 1,000 officers comprising personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), clearing agents and other relevant...
6 Customs officers test positive for COVID-19 in Apapa
No fewer than six officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Apapa Area Command, according to...
COVID-19: Customs officers now work in shifts
The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it has directed its officers to work in shifts in order to align with the physical distancing...
The ‘camp boys’ syndrome and Customs officers
The ‘camp boys’ phenomenon is one of the oddities of the goods clearance process at Nigerian ports that have refused to go away. It is the creation of...
Smugglers attack Customs officers, soldiers in Ogun
Some hoodlums have attacked operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area Command 1 and the Nigerian Army, injuring one person and destroyed two...
No more ‘Mr. Nice’… if I catch you you’re finished – Ali tells Customs officers
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, last week told Customs officers that he would no longer play “Mr. Nice” with them and warned that any of them...
Ali: Customs officers must declare their assets annually
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has directed officers of the service to henceforth declare their assets every year. Ali issued the directive when members...
Abducted Customs officers released in Katsina
Armed bandits have released two kidnapped Customs officers to troops of the 17 Brigade of the Nigeria Army in Katsina State. The bandits had on January 8 abducted...
