Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced progress in its ongoing recruitment exercise, disclosing that 286,697 applicants have been shortlisted to sit for the second stage of the process.

A nationwide Computer-Based Test (CBT) has now been scheduled for between 14 and 21 September 2025.

According to a statement Wednesday by the Service's National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, the recruitment drive commenced with a public advertisement published in national newspapers on 27 December 2024.

The exercise aims to fill 3,927 vacancies across the Superintendent, Inspectorate, and Customs Assistant cadres, in line with Nigeria Customs Service's mandate to strengthen manpower capacity and improve servi...