The Nigeria Customs Service Recruitment Update every applicant has been waiting for is here, and it carries a message that needs to reach every single person who has applied, considered applying, or shared anything related to this recruitment exercise on social media: the viral message claiming that the ongoing Nigeria Customs Service recruitment has been cancelled is completely false. The Nigeria Customs Service has officially confirmed that no such cancellation has taken place, no such announcement has been made through any verified channel, and the circulating message did not originate from the Service in any capacity whatsoever.
If you panicked when you saw that message, you are not alone. But the panic was unnecessary, and more importantly, it was manufactured by misinformation, not by facts.
This article is going to go far beyond just debunking that one post. We are going to talk about everything surrounding this recruitment process, why fake news about government jobs spreads so explosively in Nigeria, what you should be doing right now as an applicant, how to protect yourself from recruitment scams and misinformation, and what the Nigeria Customs Service actually represents as a career destination so that when this process concludes and offers come out, you are fully prepared to understand the weight of what you are stepping into.
Let us start from the beginning.
The Fake Message and Why It Spread So Fast
Picture the scene. You spent weeks or months preparing your application for the Nigeria Customs Service recruitment. You gathered your documents, verified your qualifications, double-checked the portal, submitted your form, and then settled in for the long wait that always comes with large-scale federal government recruitment in Nigeria. Then one morning you wake up and your WhatsApp is on fire. Your cousin has sent it. Your former classmate from secondary school has shared it in three groups. Someone’s uncle who “knows people inside” has attached a voice note confirming it.
The recruitment has been cancelled.
That moment, right there, is when fear overrides reason. When the emotion of having worked hard toward something and potentially losing it all in one morning is so overwhelming that most people share the news before they think to verify it. And once enough people share it, it starts to look true simply because so many people are talking about it.
This is not a uniquely Nigerian problem, although Nigeria’s social media ecosystem, which is massive, fast-moving, and driven heavily by WhatsApp forwarding chains and Facebook community groups, makes it a particularly efficient environment for misinformation to travel.
But here is the thing about fake news specifically targeting government recruitment exercises: it is not always random. Sometimes it is mischief. Sometimes it is deliberate sabotage from people who want fewer applicants in the pool. Sometimes it comes from fraudulent actors who want to create panic so that vulnerable applicants will pay for “help” navigating a process they have been falsely told is in trouble. And sometimes it is simply a misquote or a misreading of a genuine update that got distorted as it moved from person to person.
Whatever the origin of this particular message, the result is the same. Thousands of applicants were thrown into confusion, some may have stopped checking the portal, and the integrity of the recruitment process was temporarily threatened. The Nigeria Customs Service responded exactly as a responsible institution should: with a clear, public, unambiguous denial delivered through official channels.
The statement from the Service was direct. The message is false. It did not come from the Nigeria Customs Service. No recruitment process has been cancelled. Stakeholders should rely only on official communication channels for accurate information.
That is the official position. That is what every applicant needs to hold onto.
What the Nigeria Customs Service Actually Said
Let us take the official statement and examine it carefully, because every sentence matters.
“The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a misleading message currently circulating on social media alleging the cancellation of an ongoing recruitment exercise.”
Two critical phrases here: “misleading message” and “ongoing recruitment exercise.” The Service is not saying the recruitment process has concluded or is suspended. They are describing it as ongoing. That means the process is active. Your application is still in the system. The exercise is still moving forward.
“The Service wishes to categorically state that the information is false and did not originate from the Nigeria Customs Service.”
The word “categorically” is deliberate. This is not a soft correction. This is an institution saying clearly and without qualification that the information circulating is untrue and that they have no connection to it. When a government agency uses language this firm, it is because they understand the potential damage of the misinformation and they want no ambiguity in the record.
“There has been no official announcement regarding the cancellation of any recruitment process.”
This is the sentence you need to screenshot and send to every group where you saw the fake message. No official announcement. None. If you did not see it on the Nigeria Customs Service’s verified website or verified social media pages, it did not happen.
“Members of the public are strongly advised to disregard the message and refrain from sharing unverified information.”
This is a call to action for applicants and citizens. Not just to disregard what they have already seen, but to stop amplifying it. Every share of the fake message was another wave of panic sent through another network of people. The Service is asking people to be responsible consumers and distributors of information.
“The NCS reiterates its commitment to transparency and urges stakeholders to rely solely on information disseminated through its official communication channels.”
The word “reiterates” is important. This is not the first time the Service has made this point, because this is not the first time false information has circulated about their operations. This is a standing position: official channels only.
The Official Channels: Know Them, Save Them, Use Them
One of the most valuable things the Nigeria Customs Service did in this statement was list their official communication channels explicitly. This is the list you need to save, bookmark, and share widely.
Facebook: Nigeria Customs Service (the official verified page)
Instagram: @customsng
TikTok: @customsng
Threads: @customsng
X (formerly Twitter): @customsng
Website: customs.gov.ng
Here is the practical rule: if a piece of information about Nigeria Customs Service recruitment, operations, or policy did not appear on at least one of these platforms, treat it as unverified until confirmed. WhatsApp groups are not sources. Telegram channels run by anonymous administrators are not sources. Facebook pages that are not the official Nigeria Customs Service page, even if they have thousands of followers and post frequently, are not sources.
This sounds obvious. But in the heat of a moment when everyone around you seems to be reacting to a piece of information, the instinct to verify against primary sources often loses to the faster instinct to react to what the crowd is reacting to.
The discipline of checking official channels before reacting is not just about this particular false story. It is a habit that will protect you throughout every stage of this recruitment process and in every future interaction with government institutions. Build it now.
Understanding the Nigeria Customs Service: More Than Just Uniforms at the Border
Before we go deeper into the recruitment process itself, let us talk about what you are actually applying to join, because a lot of applicants understand NCS recruitment as a goal without fully understanding the NCS as an institution.
The Nigeria Customs Service is a federal government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance. It is one of Nigeria’s primary revenue-generating institutions, responsible for the collection of import and export duties, the enforcement of trade regulations, and the prevention of smuggling across Nigeria’s extensive land, sea, and air borders.
Nigeria has one of the most complex import and export environments on the African continent. The country shares land borders with Benin, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, coastline along the Atlantic spanning hundreds of kilometres, and multiple international airports handling significant cargo volumes. Customs officers operate across all of these entry and exit points, and the work spans everything from document verification and duty assessment to physical cargo inspection and anti-smuggling interdiction.
The financial scale of NCS operations is significant. The Service regularly exceeds revenue targets set by the federal government, contributing hundreds of billions of naira annually to the national treasury. When you hear economic news about Nigeria’s trade figures, import duty revenues, or seizures of illegal goods, you are hearing about the Nigeria Customs Service at work.
Beyond revenue, the Service plays a role in national security. Smuggled weapons, drugs, counterfeit goods, and undeclared currency all fall within the purview of Customs enforcement. The NCS works alongside other security agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, and the Department of State Services, in addressing these threats.
From a career perspective, the NCS offers several things that are genuinely attractive for young Nigerians entering the workforce. The Service provides structured career progression, job security as a federal institution, exposure to international trade and finance in practical operational contexts, and the kind of professional identity that comes with being part of a uniformed federal service.
It is not an easy career. Officers work at ports where the pressure is relentless, at border crossings where conditions can be harsh, and in an environment where the temptations and risks that come with controlling the movement of goods worth billions of naira require strong ethical grounding and professional discipline. But for people who are ready for that challenge, the career rewards are real.
The History of NCS Recruitment and Why It Attracts So Much Attention
Every time the Nigeria Customs Service announces a recruitment exercise, the response is enormous. Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians apply. The figures are not exaggerated. In a country with a large and growing youth population, high graduate unemployment, and intense competition for federal government positions, an NCS recruitment round is one of the most anticipated events in the public service calendar.
This history of massive application volumes is itself part of why misinformation about the recruitment process spreads so effectively. When something matters to a very large number of people simultaneously, the emotional stakes are high enough that people will share alarming news without pausing to verify it. The fake cancellation message found fertile ground because the people who saw it cared deeply about the outcome.
Understanding this dynamic does not mean excusing the spread of misinformation. It means recognising it so that you can be the person in your network who breaks the chain rather than extending it.
Past NCS recruitment exercises have gone through multiple phases. After the initial application window closes, there is typically a document verification stage, followed by written examinations, physical fitness assessments for operational roles, medical screening, and background checks. The exact process for the current exercise may vary, and official communication from the Service will clarify the specifics as each stage approaches.
What matters for now is that the process is ongoing. The next step is waiting for official communication from NCS through the verified channels listed above, not through social media rumours or self-proclaimed insiders.
The Anatomy of a Recruitment Scam: How They Work and Who They Target
Since we are talking about misinformation in the context of government recruitment, this is a good moment to address something that goes beyond false rumours: outright recruitment fraud.
Nigeria’s public sector recruitment landscape has been seriously damaged by the long history of scammers who target desperate job seekers with promises of guaranteed placement in return for money. These operations can be sophisticated. They have fake websites that look almost identical to official portals. They have WhatsApp accounts claiming to be “NCS officials.” They have agents in cities across the country who collect cash from applicants in person.
The false cancellation message that sparked the NCS’s official denial could, in the right hands, be the first step in a classic scam cycle. Step one: create panic by spreading news that the recruitment has been cancelled or is in trouble. Step two: reach out to panicked applicants offering a solution, perhaps promising to “restore” their application or ensure their name appears on the approved list in exchange for a payment. Step three: collect money from as many people as possible before disappearing.
If anyone contacts you through any channel, whether WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DM, phone call, or in person, offering to help you secure a spot in the NCS recruitment in exchange for any sum of money, you are dealing with a fraudster. There is no amount of money small enough to be “worth the risk” in this scenario. The risk is not just losing money. It is potentially disqualifying yourself from a legitimate process and in some cases exposing yourself to criminal liability for attempted procurement fraud.
The Nigeria Customs Service does not charge application fees. Officers in the recruitment process do not solicit payments through personal accounts. Anyone claiming to be an NCS insider who can guarantee placement for a fee is lying to you.
Share this information as widely as you share anything else about this recruitment.
Why Social Media Verification Matters More Now Than Ever
Nigeria’s information ecosystem has changed dramatically over the past decade. A country that once relied on newspaper headlines and television news for major announcements now has hundreds of millions of active social media users who get their news primarily through WhatsApp groups, Facebook feeds, TikTok videos, and X posts. This shift has democratised information access in genuinely important ways. News travels faster. Government actions are scrutinised more publicly. Citizens can hold institutions accountable in real time.
But the same channels that carry truth also carry falsehood at exactly the same speed. A misleading WhatsApp message has no label distinguishing it from an accurate one. A fake Facebook post can have better production quality than a real official statement. The viral mechanics of social media actually tend to favour content that generates emotion, fear, outrage, surprise, over content that is calm and factual.
The result is an environment where the burden of verification falls heavily on the individual. Platforms do some of this work through fact-checking programs and account verification systems, which is exactly why the NCS listed its verified handles explicitly. But no platform can catch everything, and no algorithm can protect you from a message forwarded to you by someone you trust.
The practical skills of media literacy have never been more important for ordinary Nigerians trying to navigate government processes, employment opportunities, and public affairs. Asking “where did this information come from?” before sharing. Checking official platforms before reacting. Recognising the emotional manipulation in alarming headlines. These are not just good habits for journalists. They are essential skills for anyone who wants to make good decisions in an information-rich environment.
What You Should Be Doing Right Now as an NCS Applicant
If you are reading this as someone who has already applied for the current NCS recruitment exercise, here is your action list.
First, calm down. The recruitment is ongoing. Nothing has been cancelled. You did not lose your application, your spot, or your effort. Whatever anxiety the fake message created, you can let it go.
Second, verify your application status. Log back into the application portal through the official customs.gov.ng website. Confirm that your application was successfully submitted, that your details are correct, and that you have received whatever confirmation materials the portal generated when you applied. If there is any genuine issue with your application that you discover at this stage, address it through official channels rather than through informal contacts who claim they can fix things.
Third, update your contact information if needed. The NCS will communicate next steps to applicants through email or SMS to the contact details provided during application. Make sure your phone number is active and your email inbox is not full. Many applicants have missed critical communications simply because their registered contact details were outdated or their email spam filters caught official messages.
Fourth, follow the official channels. Go to customs.gov.ng, follow @customsng on Instagram, X, TikTok, and Threads, and like the Nigeria Customs Service official Facebook page. Turn on notifications if your platform allows it. These are the only sources from which you should be taking direction about the next steps of the process.
Fifth, stop sharing unverified information. When you see the next alarming post about NCS recruitment in your WhatsApp group, pause before forwarding. Check the official channels first. If the official channels have not reported it, do not share it. You could be the person who ends someone else’s panic spiral by responding with the official position rather than amplifying the rumour.
Sixth, prepare for the next stages. The recruitment exercise is ongoing. Use the waiting period productively. If a written examination is part of the process, begin reviewing relevant materials. If a physical fitness assessment is required, begin preparing your body as well as your mind. The candidates who perform best in competitive processes are those who treat the waiting period as preparation time, not idle time.
Preparing for the NCS Recruitment Examination: What to Focus On
While the specific details of each recruitment stage will be communicated officially, there are areas of preparation that are consistently relevant for Nigeria Customs Service selection processes. Understanding these areas broadly will give you an advantage when the time comes.
General knowledge and current affairs have historically featured in NCS aptitude tests. This includes knowledge of Nigerian history, government and civics, major economic developments, and current events in trade and security. Reading newspapers and following credible news sources regularly is the simplest form of preparation for this component.
Quantitative reasoning and numerical aptitude are assessed because Customs work involves significant calculation: duty rates, tariff schedules, currency conversions, invoice valuations. Comfort with numbers and basic mathematics is essential. Practice tests and aptitude preparation books are widely available and worth the investment of time.
Verbal reasoning and comprehension test your ability to read and understand complex official texts, a critical skill for anyone processing documentation at a port or border crossing.
Civic and institutional knowledge covers an understanding of what the Nigeria Customs Service does, its legal framework, its reporting structure, and its relationship with other federal agencies. Applicants who demonstrate genuine knowledge of the institution are more likely to be taken seriously at interview stages.
Customs-specific knowledge, including the basics of import and export procedures, tariff classification, and trade documentation, is increasingly tested in more advanced stages of the NCS selection process. Reading about the ECOWAS trade framework, understanding the basics of HS (Harmonised System) tariff codes, and familiarising yourself with key provisions of the Nigeria Customs and Excise Management Act will give you a meaningful edge.
Physical fitness standards apply to candidates applying for operational roles. The NCS is a uniformed service, and operational officers are expected to meet minimum standards of physical fitness. If you know this applies to your application category, use this period to build or maintain a fitness routine.
The Long Road of Federal Government Recruitment in Nigeria: Setting Realistic Expectations
One of the most important things any applicant can do is approach this process with realistic expectations about timelines and procedures.
Federal government recruitment in Nigeria rarely moves quickly. This is not a criticism. It is a structural reality. Processing hundreds of thousands of applications, conducting multi-stage assessments across multiple states, performing background checks and document verification for a national institution, coordinating logistics for physical examinations, and then making final selection decisions all take time. Lots of it.
The gap between the application deadline and the announcement of examination dates can stretch to several months. The gap between examinations and final results can be equally long. In some past recruitment exercises across various federal agencies, the full process from application to appointment letter has taken well over a year.
If you apply with the expectation that this will be resolved in a matter of weeks, you will spend most of the process anxious and frustrated. If you apply with the understanding that you are engaged in a long-term process that requires patience and sustained preparation, you will be in a much better psychological position when the pace of updates is slower than you would like.
This is also why misinformation thrives during government recruitment processes. When people are waiting for news and nothing is coming from official channels, the void gets filled. Rumours, speculations, and fabricated “updates” rush in to satisfy the desperate need for information. Understanding that silence from official channels is not the same as bad news is a crucial mindset adjustment.
The Role of Trust in Government Institutions
There is something broader worth discussing here, because the fake cancellation message and the NCS’s response to it sit within a larger conversation about trust between Nigerian citizens and their government institutions.
Nigeria has a complicated history with public trust. Decades of institutional failures, corruption scandals, broken promises, and bureaucratic dysfunction have produced, understandably, a population that is often sceptical of official communications. When a government institution says “trust only our official channels,” a significant portion of the population’s first instinct is not necessarily to comply, because past experiences have taught them that official channels sometimes carry their own distortions.
This scepticism is not irrational. It is a response to a real track record.
But there is a difference between healthy scepticism of government claims and blanket acceptance of any unofficial alternative. The fake cancellation message did not come from a whistleblower with insider information. It came from an anonymous source spreading information designed, whether intentionally or not, to destabilise a process that thousands of people have invested hope and effort into. Treating the official NCS denial with the same level of scepticism as a random WhatsApp message is not critical thinking. It is false equivalence.
The NCS has provided specific, verifiable details: named platforms, specific handles, an official website. These can be independently confirmed. You can go to Instagram right now and check whether @customsng is a verified account. You can go to customs.gov.ng and verify that it is the official website. These are testable claims, and the NCS is making them publicly.
The gradual rebuilding of institutional trust in Nigeria happens through exactly these kinds of transparent, specific, verifiable communications. The NCS’s response to the fake news, clear, prompt, and specific about where to find accurate information, is how institutions should behave. Applicants who respond to that communication appropriately are participating in a healthier information ecosystem.
A Word to the People Who Created and Shared the False Message
If you are reading this and you are the person who originally created that false message, or one of the early people who shared it widely without verifying it, there is something worth understanding about the actual human cost of what you set in motion.
Somewhere in Nigeria right now, there is a young person who saw that message and made a decision based on it. Maybe they stopped checking the portal because they believed the process was dead. Maybe they paid money to a fraudster who used the panic you created to fill their own pockets. Maybe they spent days in genuine distress, worried that the career opportunity they had worked hard to pursue was gone. Maybe they told their family, who then shared the panic within their own networks.
Misinformation about government processes is not harmless noise. It touches real lives and produces real consequences. The Nigeria Customs Service is large enough and organised enough to respond officially and contain the damage. But smaller institutions, smaller communities, and more vulnerable individuals do not always have that protection.
If you shared the message without malicious intent, now you know. The discipline of verifying before sharing is not just about personal accuracy. It is about the responsibility that comes with having an audience, however small or large that audience might be.
What Distinguishes Serious Applicants From the Rest
Every NCS recruitment exercise draws hundreds of thousands of applicants. A much smaller number will eventually be selected. What distinguishes the candidates who make it through competitive federal recruitment from those who do not is rarely just academic qualification or test scores. It is a combination of preparation, self-discipline, information management, and professional behaviour across every stage of the process.
Serious applicants verify information before reacting to it. They do not panic at every rumour. They keep their application documents organised and accessible. They monitor official channels consistently. They prepare for each stage methodically rather than cramming at the last moment.
Serious applicants also understand that the recruitment process is itself a test of character. How you behave while waiting, whether you are measured or easily manipulated, whether you maintain composure or contribute to panic, says something about the kind of officer you will be. Recruitment panels at federal institutions are staffed by experienced professionals who have seen every variation of candidate behaviour. The ones who arrive at interview stages having clearly navigated the information landscape calmly and professionally stand out.
Being a serious applicant also means not cutting corners. Not paying any unofficial fees. Not relying on connections instead of preparation. Not chasing rumours. The NCS recruitment process is designed to identify capable, trustworthy people for an institution that handles enormous financial and security responsibilities. The selection process will, over its various stages, test the qualities that those responsibilities require.
The NCS as a Platform for National Service and Career Growth
For applicants who are genuinely committed to public service, the Nigeria Customs Service offers something that private sector employment typically cannot: the sense of contributing directly to national systems that matter.
Every container properly cleared at Apapa reduces the backlog that costs Nigeria billions in lost productivity. Every successful interdiction of smuggled arms makes a community somewhere slightly safer. Every accurate revenue assessment contributes to the federal budget that funds schools, roads, hospitals, and other public goods. These are not abstract contributions. They are real consequences of doing the job well.
Within the Service, career progression for competent and disciplined officers can be substantial. The NCS has its own training institutions, notably the Nigeria Customs Service College in Gwagwalada, Abuja, where officers receive ongoing professional development. There are pathways through technical and operational specialisations, administrative and management tracks, and international engagement roles through which officers represent Nigeria at global trade and customs forums.
Officers who demonstrate capability, integrity, and dedication to service find that the NCS provides real professional growth. The story of career advancement within Nigerian federal institutions is not always told clearly, but it is a real story for people who do the work properly.
Protecting Your Mental Health During Long Recruitment Processes
This might seem like an unusual section in an article about customs service recruitment, but it is genuinely important.
Waiting for government recruitment outcomes in Nigeria is psychologically taxing. The combination of high personal investment, uncertain timelines, social pressure from family and community, financial strain, and a constant background noise of rumours and misinformation creates a stressful environment that can be genuinely difficult to manage.
A few things that help.
Create structure in your daily life that is not dependent on recruitment news. If you are waking up every morning and the first thing you do is check for updates that do not exist yet, you are tying your daily mood to a timeline you cannot control. Create routines that give you purpose and movement regardless of what is or is not announced.
Invest the waiting period in genuine development. Study, exercise, read, develop skills. Use this period to become a stronger candidate for this process and every future opportunity. The time spent waiting is not wasted if you are growing.
Be selective about who you talk to about the recruitment. Some conversations about your application will energise and support you. Other conversations, particularly with people who constantly generate panic or speculation, will drain you. You do not owe anyone real-time updates on your application status, and you are not required to participate in rumour exchanges just because the people around you are.
Trust the process without abdicating personal responsibility. This balance is difficult but important. Trusting that the process will proceed as communicated through official channels means you are not constantly trying to game or second-guess it. But taking responsibility means you are prepared and engaged when action is required.
Information Integrity in Nigeria’s Public Sphere
The NCS’s response to this fake cancellation news is one data point in a much larger conversation about information integrity in Nigeria’s digital public sphere.
Nigeria is one of Africa’s most digitally connected countries. Social media penetration, smartphone usage, and mobile data access have grown rapidly, and the consequences of this connectivity for public discourse are profound. The same networks that mobilised citizens during #EndSARS, that carry breaking news from conflict zones in the north, and that connect diaspora Nigerians to their home communities are the same networks through which false recruitment news, political misinformation, and financial scams travel.
There is a growing community of Nigerian journalists, fact-checkers, digital rights advocates, and civic technologists working on this problem. Organisations focused on combating misinformation are doing important work in the Nigerian information space. But no external effort can substitute for the grassroots discipline of individual Nigerians choosing to verify before sharing.
Every time a Nigerian decides to check customs.gov.ng before forwarding a recruitment update, or to visit the verified @customsng Instagram page before reacting to a WhatsApp message, they are contributing to a healthier information environment. These individual choices add up. They shape the culture of how information is handled in communities, families, and professional networks.
The Nigeria Customs Service’s explicit call to “refrain from sharing unverified information” is not bureaucratic language. It is a call to citizens to be responsible participants in the information ecosystem that their own communities depend on.
Complete Checklist Nigeria Customs Service Recruitment
Let us close with something concrete. Here is everything you need to do and know as an applicant in the current Nigeria Customs Service recruitment exercise.
What is confirmed true:
The recruitment exercise is ongoing. No cancellation has taken place. The false message circulating on social media did not come from the Nigeria Customs Service.
What to do with your application:
Log into the official portal through customs.gov.ng. Verify your submission. Confirm your contact details are current and active.
Where to get information:
Only from customs.gov.ng and the verified social media handles @customsng on Instagram, X, TikTok, and Threads, and the Nigeria Customs Service official Facebook page.
What to avoid:
Paying anyone for recruitment assistance. Sharing unverified information. Acting on news that has not been confirmed through official channels.
How to prepare:
Study general knowledge, current affairs, numerical reasoning, and verbal comprehension. Learn about NCS operations, legal framework, and Nigeria’s trade environment. Maintain physical fitness if applying for operational roles.
How to protect yourself from scams:
If anyone asks for money in connection with this recruitment, it is fraud. Report it.
How to help others:
Share this article and the official NCS denial with everyone in your network who has heard the fake cancellation story. Be the person who breaks the panic chain rather than extending it.
Conclusion
The Nigeria Customs Service Recruitment Update you needed was not complicated. The process is ongoing. The fake cancellation story is false. The official channels are live and active and accessible to everyone.
But beyond that single clarification, this moment was worth examining deeply because it reveals something important about the environment that every Nigerian job seeker and public service applicant is navigating. Information moves fast. Panic is contagious. Misinformation is deliberately engineered to exploit hope and fear. The discipline of verification, the patience required by long institutional processes, and the awareness needed to protect yourself from scams are not minor life skills. They are essential tools.
The Nigeria Customs Service is a serious institution doing serious work for this country. The recruitment process it has opened is a genuine opportunity for Nigerians who want to build careers in public service at the intersection of trade, security, and national development. That opportunity is still open.
Do not let a false WhatsApp message take it from you.
Follow the official channels. Prepare with discipline. And when the time comes, show up ready.