Author: Saint Augustine

…Commends Ogun Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun for Industrial Foresight The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC, Adewale Adeniyi, has commended Ogun II Area Command’s impressive revenue performance and pledged support to address its operational challenges. He made this known during a working visit to the Command Headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, 11 June 2025. During the visit, the CGC was received by the Customs Area Controller, CAC, Comptroller Bisi Alade, alongside other senior Command officers. In his welcome address, Comptroller Alade described the CGC’s visit as a morale booster for the command’s officers and men. “Your presence here today, sir,…

…Says pardon implies legitimate crime and conviction The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP has expressed its position on the encouraging decisions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in announcing full pardon for the nine Ogoni rights campaigners executed by the Nigerian Government during the regime of General Sani Abacha. The nine Ogoni rights campaigners are: Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dr. Nubari Kiobel, Nordu Eawo, Saturday Doobe, John Kpuinen, Paul Levura, Daniel Gbokoo, Felix Nuate and Baribor Bera. MOSOP in a statement signed by Fegalo Nsuke, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP considered the…

…NIMASA has done well, says Comrade Bunu The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN has pledged its full support for Nigeria’s bid to return to Category C of the International Maritime Organization, IMO Council, while commending the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA for its transformative role in maritime security and governance. Speaking in Lagos over the weekend, MWUN President General, Comrade Francis Bunu, lauded NIMASA’s significant achievements, particularly in combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. He noted that the Agency’s efforts have significantly improved safety and stability on Nigerian waters. “We now have peace on our waters,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has collaborated with the Association for Progressive Communications and other institutional stakeholders towards addressing challenges confronting rural network connectivity in Nigeria. The collaboration resulted in a two-day workshop hosted in Abuja from June 3-4, 2025, to explore policy framework for enabling community networks towards bridging the digital divide and accelerating socio-economic development in Nigeria’s underserved and unserved communities. The forum brought together regulators, community leaders, technical experts and potential foreign investors, among others, to examine policy and regulatory barriers, explore innovative funding mechanisms, ensure sustainable renewable solutions and strengthen collaboration with stakeholders. Addressing participants at…

…Reform is the pathway to innovation and national advancement – Mobereola In alignment with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has received commendation from the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR for its forward-thinking approach to institutional reforms. Speaking during a two-day sensitization workshop in Lagos, the Director General of BPSR, Dr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, commended NIMASA for its exemplary commitment to enhancing operational efficiency, transparency, and service delivery through the automation of its systems. In his keynote address titled, “Overview of National Strategy for Public Service Reforms”, Dr. Arabi identified NIMASA…

…Harps on enhanced coordination among parties to address challenges Following the public outcry over the delay in evacuation of empty containers leading to yard congestion at the APM Terminals, Apapa, Lagos, the Nigerian Ports’ Authority, NPA, recently, convened a crucial meeting comprising of the major shipping lines and the APM Terminals, Apapa to discuss the challenges and chart a way forward. The General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos today, informed that the meeting which held on Wednesday 4th of June, 2025, at the instance of the Port Manager, Lagos…

…Scores Aviation Minister low The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Widescope International Logistics Limited, Dr. Segun Musa has said that there has never been any investment in the aviation sector in Nigeria in the last two years, even as he challenged the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo to come out and name such investment if it exists. Musa who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently to review the two years of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, posited that he could not actually see anything that one could call investment as far as aviation…

…Blames influx arms, narcotics, others on issuance of Customs license to foreigners …Advocates for establishment of Maritime Tribunal, Laboratories The Managing Director of Mickey Excellency Nigeria Limited, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has called on the federal government to actually define the kind of Customs administration it wants for Nigeria. Mukaila who was reacting to a statement allegedly credited to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi to the effect that the tax reform bill, if implemented the way it was crafted, may run the Service out of existence, said it was time for Nigeria to decide if it wanted…

…Recounts contributions to APC’s electoral victories in Lagos …Wants concerns addressed before LG, 2027 elections Members of the Arewa Community Forum in the All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos State has accused the elected members of the Party at different levels in the state of relegating, downgrading and excluding their members who worked hard during the last elections to ensure victories for all of them at the polls, in the scheme of things. The group, in a statement signed by the apex leader of Arewa APC, Lagos West II, Hon. (Dr.) Ibrahim Tanko in Lagos on Friday, disclosed that members…

The Chairman of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria, AREFFN, PTML chapter, Emmanuel Ohambele Esq. has has congratulated the Customs Area Controller of the Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited, PTML command, Comptroller Tenny Daniyan and the entire customs officers of the command as the country joins the global Muslim community to mark the Eid Al Adha. Ohambele who sent in his congratulatory message in a statement he personally signed in Lagos Friday night, also congratulated the members of AREFFN in the chapter and indeed, the entire freight forwarding community. While rejoicing with them on the occasion of this year’s…