Author: Saint Augustine

… As importers’ association demands 10% of POF Apparently in a bid to bring sanity to the freight forwarding profession, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has warned that unregistered freight forwarders will soon be denied access to the seaports, airports and border areas. The Chairman, Governing Council of CRFFN, Alhaji Abubakar Tsanni who stated this in Lagos on Tuesday while playing host to the executives of Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) who paid him a courtesy visit revealed that the Council had initiated a move to register all associations and individuals doing business at…

The Committee for the Defence of Human Right, CDHR has demanded for an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of 21 children from a church building in Jos, Plateau State. CDHR condemned the heinous act in strong terms and called on men of the Nigerian Police Force and Department of State Services (DSS) for full investigation. This was contained in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Idris Afeez Olayinka on Monday and made available to National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE. CDHR recalled how the DSS operatives rescued the 21 children when it swooped…

… Rakes in N522.4 billion as revenue The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 83 containers of dangerous items with a Duty Paid Value of N8.3 billion within the first six months of the year 2022. The command also arrested 21 suspects in connection with the seizures made within the period under review. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Malanta Ibrahim Yusuf who disclosed this in a press briefing in Lagos on Friday gave a breakdown of the seizures to include: 32 containers of processed/unprocessed wood, 5 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical as well as…

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has signed an Exchange of Note (E/N) with the Japanese Government for an Economic and Social Development Programme involving the acquisition of High-Speed Boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA as the implementing partner. The Honorable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba signed on behalf of Nigeria while the Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to Nigeria, His Excellency, Kazuyoshi Matsunaga signed on behalf of the Japanese Government with the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh…

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) will sustain the hearing and healing process that it started to ensure fairness, justice and oneness before the 2023 general elections. In an audience with some APC senators on the outcome of the party primaries and its implications, the President noted that complaints were received by some members and machinery had been put in place by the National Working Committee to address their various concerns. “In keeping with our ethos, therefore, I shall continue to address the ensuing challenges and grievances through the party machinery while paying…

The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission has appointed Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate Public Relations practitioner, as its new Director of Public Affairs (DPA). Reuben Muoka takes over from Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who has assumed duties as the Director of Special Duties Department of the Commission. The new NCC’s spokesman was recently promoted a substantive director, alongside Ismail Adedigba, now Director of Research and Development (R&D) and Gwa-Tobi Mohammed, who has also assumed duties as Director/Secretary to the Board of the Commission. Muoka was in 2021 appointed to head the Special Duties Department which superintends the International…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute is set to host the 16th edition of the International Maritime Seminar for Judges under the chairmanship of His Lordship, Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour CFR, retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The event, aptly described by stakeholders as the “prime event in the maritime calendar in Nigeria” will take place at Ladi Kwali Centre, Sheraton Abuja Hotel from 5th – 7th July, 2022, from 9:00am – 5:00pm daily. As the industry arbiter, it is the mandate of the…

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group has donated a church, vicarage, children hall and a bus to the Ijebu Anglican Diocese in commemoration of his 60th birthday. The church, Samson Afolabi Anglican Church, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State would seek to meet the spiritual needs of the town’s GRA residents. At the church’s dedication service, Afolabi, in company of his family, friends and well-wishers appreciated God for his mercy and favour in the last 60 years. He said the donation was his way of showing gratitude to God for the journey of six decades filled with abundant grace and multiple blessings. He…

… We will sustain the tempo – Jamoh The Honourable Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki has embarked on a tour of facilities and assets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Assets inspected included the NIMASA Command, Control and Computer Centre (C4i), the NIMASA Modular Floating Dockyard, the NIMASA E-library and Vessels belonging to the Agency undergoing dry docking at the Naval Dockyard Victoria Island. The Honorable Minister expressed delight at the equipment and assets of NIMASA stating that it underscores the importance the Federal Government attaches to combating maritime crimes and ensuring zero tolerance for illegal activities on the nation’s territorial…

The Federal Ministry of Transportation will organize a tripartite meeting with Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on the demolition of NCS scanner on the Apapa railway. Senator Gbemisola Saraki, Minister of State for Transportation, revealed this during an inspection of the ongoing rail construction at the Apapa Port, yesterday. Noting that the Customs facility has stalled the completion of the railway construction, Saraki assured that a meeting will be slated soonest to address the problem. Her words: “We are here to look at the issues affecting activities to connect the rail to the Apapa seaport. As…