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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Federal regulators incinerated ₦59m worth of expired, donated pharmaceuticals at the Igwuruta dump site in Port Harcourt this week. The shipment arrived from the United States through the Area 1 Port before port inspectors intercepted the entire batch. The haul packed a 40-foot container with anti-ulcer treatments, hypertension pills, painkillers, antidepressants, and general medical consumables….
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 13 containers carrying cannabis, codeine, drones, expired products and used clothing valued at N43.58 billion at Apapa Port. The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 13 containers carrying cannabis, codeine syrup, expired consumer products, used clothing and security-sensitive equipment at the Apapa Port in Lagos. The Apapa Area Command placed…
Men of the Nigeria Customs Service impounded illicit drugs and toxic chemicals worth N3.95 billion across south-western border corridors, intercepting three suspects in the process. Customs Area Controller Gambo Aliyu, who runs the Federal Operations Unit Zone A in Ikeja, handed the haul to anti-narcotics and green safety regulators on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The…
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service recorded a single-day revenue collection of 28.1 billion naira on Tuesday. The 24-hour haul marks the highest daily intake in the history of the premier port command. It easily eclipsed the previous daily peak of 20.1 billion naira set in September 2025. The record collection follows an…
The Nigeria Customs Service has announced plans to transition to an annual recruitment model, with the 2026 intake exercise scheduled to open shortly. The shift aims to replace sporadic recruitment drives with a predictable, institutionalised hiring process. Regular recruitment keeps law enforcement agencies fresh and operational. For years, ad-hoc hiring led to severe staffing deficits,…
The federal government has drastically reduced customs duties on imported vehicles by up to 67 percent to ease economic hardship. The unexpected policy shift targets commercial buses, passenger cars, and essential transport trucks arriving at national seaports. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service confirmed that the directive takes immediate effect across all entry points….
The Nigeria Customs Service has intensified its nationwide border crackdown on illicit agricultural imports, intercepting smuggled vegetable oil products worth 1.31 billion naira. Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi confirmed that the service recorded 65 distinct seizures in 2025 and an additional 23 interceptions during the first half of 2026. The combined duty-paid value of the…
The Nigeria Customs Service intercepted 15,212 bags of smuggled foreign rice valued at 907.78 million naira during the first quarter of 2026. Data from the Enforcement Investigation and Inspection Department reveals an intensified regulatory clampdown across critical border entry points. Contraband traders continue to exploit porous boundary lines to bypass federal import restrictions and trade…
Nigeria has returned a fleet of stolen exotic cars to Canada after intercepting them at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos. The recovery ends a months-long game of cat and mouse between international car theft syndicates and maritime police. Customs officials handed over the keys to brands like Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini during a formal…
The Nigeria Customs Service has launched disciplinary action against an officer caught on film demanding a N200,000 bribe. A motorist used AI-Meta glasses to secretly record the encounter on the Lagos-Benin Expressway. This high-tech sting has forced the hand of a service often accused of systemic graft. The footage shows the officer haggling over vehicle…