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By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu Action at the much anticipated Anambra State Traders Sports Competition commenced on Wednesday across the eight venues in the State. The competition was simultaneously kicked off by Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman of Anambra State Sports Development Commission and Humphrey Anuna, President General of Anambra State Amalgamated Market Traders Association, ASMATA in Awka and Onitsha respectively. At the Awka Centre holding at the All Saints Church field, Amaenyi, Awka Onyedum kicked off the game between Odera Market and Arthur Eze Market Awka which ended 9-2 in favour of Odera Market team. Onyedum commended the teams for their turn out…

In his continuous effort to enhance trade in Nigeria through the implementation of new policies that will consolidate the country’s economy, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has expressed an unwavering commitment to strengthen ties with the leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Program. The CGC, who addressed members of the Presidential Amnesty Program led by their Chief Executive, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retired), on Tuesday at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters Abuja, said he had implemented several measures to improve trade facilitation across the federation. Regarding the Service’s recruitment standards, the CGC affirmed his dedication to preserving the…

…Speaks on 2023 ICMR Annual Conference  The Institute of Capital Market Registrars has said that an effective utilization of Nigeria’s capital market can help the nation to regain its economic momentum. The President and Chairman of Council of the Institute, Mr. Oluseyi Owoturo said this in Lagos. “The present economic realities call for effective utilization of the capital market for enhanced growth and development”, Owoturo said. He added that the inherent opportunities in the capital market to help the nation regain its economic momentum would take centre stage at the ICMR’s 2023 annual conference slated for November 4, 2023 in…

…Issues fresh details on upcoming security summit The Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria, MARAN is set to hold its inaugural maritime security summit tagged MARAN Annual Maritime Lecture, MAMAL 2023. The association is worried about the resurgence of maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea, questioning the effectiveness of the regional effort; GoG-MCF/SHADE, launched by ICC Yaoundé and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA in 2021. The association would also use the summit to gather maritime stakeholders to evaluate the Federal Government’s investment of $195 Million in a Maritime Security Contract called the Deep Blue Project anchored by…

The Customs Area Controller of the Tincan Island Customs command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has said that the command under his leadership has introduced so many measures to assist importers as well as their agents to enable them have seamless cargo clearing since he assumed office at the command. Nnadi who disclosed this when he played host to the leadership of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria, AREFFN at the command’s headquarters at Tincan Island Port on Tuesday recalled that when he resumed at the command, he made it clear that he would be reporting for duty at the command…

In a bid to promote transparency and career growth, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS conducted promotional examinations nationwide for officers and men of the service. The examination which started with the rank of Deputy Comptrollers, Assistant Comptrollers, and Chief Superintendent of Customs on October 16, 2023 at Sascon International School in Abuja, saw dedicated officers hailing from various Area Commands and Units showcase their intellectual prowess in line with the Standard Operating Procedure established to promote deserving officers based on merit. The Ag Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, while noting that the exams ensure transparency and fairness in…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has announced the appointment of Industrialist, Ide John Udeagbala as the Mayor Of Aba City. The Governor who spoke to some stakeholders in Abia State said the era of indigenes and non-indigene is gone in Abia State. He revealed that only merit would determine who gets what in his administration and confirmed he’ll use more billionaires and even Army Major-Generals as local government transition Chairmen depending on the need of the areas. Ide John Udeagbala who hails from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local Government Area of Anambra State is an economic nationalist, and graduate of…

Following freight forwarders’ threat to shut port operations over the recent hike in charges by terminal operators, the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, yesterday held a meeting with the aggrieved agents to find a solution to the lingering crisis. It was gathered that the meeting which held at the office of the Council with the aggrieved freight forwarders under the aegis of Association of Concerned Freight Forwarders And Transporters, ACFF&T, led by its Vice President, Ndubuisi Uzoegbo, saw officials of the Council prevailing on the aggrieved agents to shelved the planned strike. Recall that the terminal operators had commenced increasing the…

The new Executive Vice Chairman, EVC of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, has said he would align the Commission’s regulatory focus to achieve the promises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda.  Maida, who spoke to the Senior Management team of the Commission at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja Tuesday, said there is a need to ensure that the NCC strategically focuses on ensuring all Nigerians have access to affordable and reliable broadband services. Part of this is to ensure effective broadband infrastructure diffusion across the length and…

…As Comptroller Tilley-Gyado vows to create conducive atmosphere for business  The Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria, AREFFN, on Tuesday paid a working visit to the Customs Area Controller, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Comptroller Martina Tilley-Gyado. Speaking during the visit, the National President of AREFFN, Alhaji Bala Lawan Daura observed that they were at the command to officially welcome the new Controller to the command even at this difficult times adding that they were equally at the command to exchange ideas with the new Controller and her Management team on how to make KLT bubble again. Daura recalled that it…