This is even as the Senate stepped down debate on the budgets of the the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Customs Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
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The document showed that 41 officers who were investigated and tried were exonerated, 22 officers were issued with query, while five officers were given written warning to be of better behaviour.
The Comptroller-General of the service, retired Colonel Hameed Ali, disclosed this in a document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.
Ali said this during a lecture titled: “Problem of smuggling and its attendant consequence on Nigeria’s economy and the way out,” at the IBB Golf and Country Club on Thursday in Abuja
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that items included: used clothes, Indian hemp, used vehicles, rice, second hand clothes, substandard cables, frozen poultry products and others.
This was made known on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer of the Same Command of the NCS, Taupyen Selchang, who said this is a new strategy adopted by smugglers
Performing the decoration of the five new Deputy Comptrollers-General and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General with their new ranks in Abuja, Ali said that their promotion was based on merit.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Magaji Mailafiya, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sokoto.
This was sequel to a motion under Matters of Public Importance by Obinna Chidoka (Anambra-PDP) to ascertain the cause(s) of the influx and how to stop it
Ali announced this in a statement by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, on Tuesday in Abuja
The guns are alleged to have been imported from Turkey through profiling approach
Vanguard gathered that the guns were discovered after the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Bashir Yussuf, ordered a detailed profiling of the importer of the 1,100 rifles intercepted last week
The Nigeria Customs Service boss said the service was enforcing the law on prohibition of smuggling, adding that possession of smuggled items was an offence.
Dahiru told the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna that the figure represents 73.4 percent of the revenue target for the zone this year.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali on July 3, inaugurated the e-auction platform aimed at giving all Nigerians equal opportunities to partake in bidding for seized vehicles, to increase Customs’ revenue.
Dahiru said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Minna, that a total of 1,357 items were seized during the period.
Writing on his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Abubakar was specific about being exposed for any corrupt practice while he served in the Nigeria Customs Service
The Comptroller-General of NCS, Retired Col. Hameed Ali, told journalists in Lagos on Monday that the seizure was the third interception of ammunition at Lagos ports within nine months.
The All Progressives Congress chieftain also said he would fight corruption like never before if he is given the opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country
The customs area comptroller said this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Uche Ejesieme, in Lagos on Thursday.