Tag: SMUGGLING
17 jailed for smuggling $28m pangolin scales from Nigeria to China
Seventeen people have been jailed by the Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Wenzhou for smuggling pangolin scales into China.
According to the...
Smuggled rice: Three feared dead as customs officers invade Ogun community
Three persons have been feared dead after some personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday morning stormed Kikelomo in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local...
Smuggling of migrants now criminal offence – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has criminalised
the smuggling of migrants in the country.
Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mohammad Babandede, told Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, during...
Customs in Niger appeals to border communities for cooperation to check...
The Niger Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday appealed to border communities in the area for cooperation in checking smuggling.
Mr Bengal...
Smuggling: NCS intercepts 506 bags of foreign rice
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its command in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara zone had intercepted 506 bags of foreign rice concealed in bags of...
Customs intercept 1,100 smuggled rifles at Tin Can Island
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 1,100 rifles imported into the country from Turkey under false declaration at the Tin Can Island Port...
Rice smuggling flourishes in Lagos despite FG ban
The smuggling of rice through the land borders has continued to thrive in the Badagry area of Lagos State in spite of the Federal...
Customs intercepts container of jollof rice, yam porridge, egusi from India
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of ready to eat foods like egusi soup, jollof...