The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Kano/Jigawa Area Command generated ₦63.08 billion in revenue between January and June 2026, recording a 7.4 per cent increase over the ₦58.39 billion realised during the same period in 2025.
Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Usman Adamu, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the Customs House in Bompai, Kano. He attributed the improved performance to strategic operations, intelligence-driven enforcement and stronger collaboration with other security agencies.
According to Adamu, the Command recorded the revenue growth despite a decline in cargo throughput, with the Kano Free Trade Zone contributing more than ₦26 billion in the first half of the year.
He added that the Free Trade Zone generated about ₦4 billion more than its total revenue for the entire 2025, while the Command also recovered approximately ₦3 billion through the enforcement of transit procedures.
Adamu said the Command remains committed to increasing revenue generation, tackling smuggling and safeguarding the nation’s economy through intelligence-led operations.
On enforcement activities, he revealed that intensified operations led to the seizure of prohibited and restricted items across 13 categories.
The intercepted items included unregistered pharmaceuticals such as tramadol and pregabalin, four air pistols imported in violation of the Firearms Act, elephant tusks and other endangered wildlife products, over 2,000 kegs of foreign refined vegetable oil, military equipment, 14 transit containers diverted in breach of customs procedures, smuggled vehicles, an RX Drone Camera GPS imported without the required End User Certificate, foreign rice and pasta, as well as counterfeit agrochemical packaging materials.
He disclosed that 22 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures. While some have been handed over to relevant agencies for further investigation, others remain on administrative bail.
According to Adamu, the total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the seized items stands at ₦1.71 billion.
He also disclosed that Customs operatives at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport intercepted undeclared foreign currencies and negotiable instruments, including 568,100 US dollars, 134,256 Saudi Riyals, 28 Chinese Yuan, 20 Ghanaian cedis, and 35 kilogrammes of silver bars valued at ₦175 million, all in violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2022.
Adamu said the Command’s performance was boosted by reforms such as an end-to-end transit monitoring system, improved border revenue collection, enhanced intelligence surveillance, streamlined cargo clearance processes, stronger operations at the Kano Free Trade Zone and the deployment of a real-time revenue monitoring dashboard.
He also commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for providing leadership that ,has strengthened the Service’s operations nationwide.
The Acting Controller urged stakeholders and the public to comply with government fiscal and trade policies, assuring that the Command would sustain intelligence-driven operations and collaboration with relevant agencies to facilitate legitimate trade, protect the economy and improve revenue generation.
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