NIGERIA CUSTOMS GENERATES 3.35 TRILLION NAIRA REVENUE IN FIVE MONTHS

The Nigeria Customs Service generated three point 35 trillion naira in revenue between January and May 2026.

The figures were disclosed during a joint security briefing organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja.

The Customs Service says it processed nearly 700 thousand import declarations and issued more than 112 thousand Pre-Arrival Assessment Reports during the five-month period.

The agency also facilitated exports valued at one point 218 billion dollars through more than 21 thousand export containers, signalling continued growth in Nigeria’s non-oil export trade.

According to the Service, export performance rebounded strongly after slowing in March, with export values rising to more than 275 million dollars in May, while export container traffic more than doubled between March and April.

On enforcement, the Customs Service recorded 122 illicit drug seizures involving more than 375 thousand units of narcotics with a Duty Paid Value of 24 point 33 billion naira.

It also intercepted about 789 thousand, 550 dollars in undeclared and falsely declared foreign currencies across six separate cases, as well as 17 wildlife trafficking cases involving endangered animal species and wildlife products.

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