Author: Saint Augustine

Nigerian technology company, Trucks Transit Parks Limited (TTP) has emphatically debunked claims of change in its Board of Directors or management of the company in its entirety. TTP in a statement signed by its media contact, Nancy Nnamdi on Saturday, disclosed that its co-founder, Mr. Jama Onwubuariri remained the Managing Director of the company adding that no legal process for a change in management had been initiated. The company renowned for its proprietary software, Eto app, an electronic callup system that has contributed to decongesting traffic in and around the Apapa and Tincan Island ecosystem further observed that the entire…

The Tincan Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it collected the sum of N274,320,715,179.22 as revenue for the federal government between January and June 2022. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyede who disclosed this in a press briefing at the command headquarters in Lagos on Friday observed that the amount represented 27.50% increase when compared with the N229,321,865,091.16 collected within the corresponding period in 2021. Oloyede pointed out that the command witnessed an increase in export activities for the first half of the 2022 fiscal year adding that it recorded an…

Two weeks after the sudden deactivation of Five Star Logistics Terminal on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) portal, Nigerian shippers owe over N2 billion as demurrage to shipping lines. Meanwhile, congestion is also brewing at the port facility with two vessels successfully discharging vehicles and containerized cargoes despite the terminal’s inability to access Customs portal. Experts have also estimated the demurrage losses for Nigerian importers to exceed N2 billion, while Customs revenue is also being threatened as some shipping lines have begun rescheduling their vessels to avoid the port. Although projected losses for the seaport terminal is pegged around N1billion,…

Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, has assented to the revised 2022 appropriation budget of N170 billion. Governor Soludo signed the budget tagged “Building Off From The Blocks” at the Government House, Awka. Performing the function, the Governor commended members of the House of Assembly for being diligent, responsible and responsive to their job as lawmakers and representatives of the people of Anambra State. He canvassed for stronger synergy between the legislative and other arms of government at all levels. Governor Soludo reiterated that the patriotic and responsive manner the budget was passed by the State House of…

… Seek Buhari’s intervention to end killings Worried by the rising incidence of extrajudicial killings in Imo State, Civil Society Organizations has called on the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to as a matter of urgency rein in the “blood thirsty criminals” masquerading as Ebubeagu security outfit and bring them to justice. The CSOs in a statement signed by the Executive Director, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, RULAAC, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma on behalf of seventeen others accused the security outfit of committing serial acts of extrajudicial killing, rape and other crimes against humanity in Oru-West, Oru-East…

The Anambra State Government has described as mischievous and misleading write-ups and comments suggesting that it is engaging traditional spiritualists in combating insecurity in the state. Mr. Christian Aburime, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo who debunked the news in a statement in Awka on Wednesday acknowledged that while it was a general knowledge that government alone cannot fight insecurity, it was instructive to note that the story of engaging traditional spiritualists by Anambra State Government to fight insecurity was not true as being peddled by some mischief makers. Aburime explained that what the state government had said…

Contrary to reports, the Senior special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Mr. Garba Shehu has said that there was never a time any ultimatum was given to the Minister of Education to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike as widely reported in the media. It will be recalled that some sections of the media had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari had given the Honourable Minister of Education two weeks ultimatum to resolve the ASUU strike. However, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, Shehu maintained that the outcome of the meeting held by President Muhammadu…

… Pledged to engage APMT Management over labour demands The Management of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, led by Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Hon. Emmanuel Jime, today, paid an advocacy visit to the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN at the Union’s headquarters in Ajegunle. Com. Adewale Adeyanju, President General, MWUN welcomed the management of NSC, commending Shippers’ Council for its various efforts in the maritime industry. In the course of discussions, the issue of the ongoing shutdown of AP Moller Terminal in Apapa came up. Comrade Adeyanju expressed disappointment in the attitude of APM Terminal management, specifically, the…

Government of Anambra State has announced plans to extend the removal of illegal structures defacing the environment and endangering lives beyond Onitsha in the coming weeks. This was part of resolutions at the Anambra State Executive Council Meeting held at Government House, Awka. According to a Post-ANSEC release by the Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, “It has come to the attention of ANSEC that the lands of many community secondary and primary schools have been massively encroached on by some communities and developers.” He pointed out that it is unacceptable and government is seriously looking to recover these portions…

Even as efforts are now geared towards improving credit penetration in Nigeria, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the CRC Credit Bureau Limited, Dr. ‘Tunde Popoola has taken time to enumerate the steps taken so far by the establishment to increase access to credit especially for consumers and small businesses in Nigeria since its inception 13 years ago. Speaking in his welcome address at a Webinar held recently by the CRC Credit Bureau Limited in association with Duns & Bradstreet tagged “You & Credit 7.0” with the theme, “Improving Access To Credit In Nigeria: The Role of…