Author: Saint Augustine

… Intercepts 96 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice The Ogun 1 command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected the sum of Forty- Three Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-One Thousand, Two Hundred and Five Naira, Fifty Kobo (N43,921,205.50) as revenue for the federal government between the months of January 2021 and January 2022. A breakdown of the revenue showed that while the command collected the sum of Forty-One Million, One Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine Naira (N41,193,829.00) between the period of January and December 2021, it also recorded the sum of Two Million, Seven Hundred…

Captain Kunle Olaiwola has made history as the first Master Mariner in Nigeria and one of the few in African continent to get to the highest level of membership at the Nautical Institute. Olaiwola, a Nautical Surveyor at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was selected as a fellowship of the Nautical Institute, United Kingdom at the institute’s December 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) conference in London, a great achievement in the maritime horizon of the world. The Nautical Institute has represented the best of what the shipping industry has to offer in terms of dedication of professionalism…

The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has called on the Federal Ministry of Finance to fine-tune the operation of the Vehicle Registration (VREG) portal to avoid inconsistencies observed therein or scrap it in the event that it could not be fixed. The Chairman of APFFLON, PTML chapter, Mr. Darrick Jude Ige who made the call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently observed that the only challenge facing the importers and their agents at the moment was the challenge posed by VREG. According to Ige, “It is so challenging that people have…

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.) has approved the redeployment of 37 Comptrollers to various Units, Departments and Commands across the country. In postings released yesterday the 7th of February, 2022, Ali charged the newly posted Comptrollers to justify the confidence reposed in them by NCS Management by bringing to bear their years of experience and training in trade facilitation and anti-smuggling activities on their new assignment. Among those deployed are Comptroller AAS Oloyede who shall be moving from ICT/MOD to Tin Can Island Port Command, Comptroller SI Bomoi to FCT Command,…

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins has suspended a catholic priest, Rev. Fr. James Anelu for banning the use of Igbo songs and choruses during worship in his parish. Fr. Anelu who before now was the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Enu-Owa Gberigbe in Ikorodu had outlawed the use of Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. According to the report, the priest had angrily stopped a soul lifting chorus during the second collection on the ground that Igbos cannot keep dominating other people even in his Church. He sighted the case of…

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has called on Ndi Anambra to give total support to the incoming administration. Governor Obiano stated this when he joined the Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Reverend Valerian Okeke at his pastoral visit to St. Dominic Parish, Agbaja, Abatete. The Governor who stated that March 17th, 2022 is sacrosanct, thanked Ndi Abatete for mobilising their votes for the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the last election expressing optimism that his successor will perform better than he did, but quickly reminded the people it will be far-fetched without their support. In a homily, Archbishop Okeke…

The wives of governors in Nigeria under the aegis of Governors’ Wives Forum (GWF) have declared total support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and its ongoing war against abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs, while seeking a formidable partnership that will secure the states and Nigeria from the menace of drug sub-culture. According to a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy and made available to the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), the supports for NDLEA was the highlight of a meeting between the leadership of the forum and the Chairman/Chief Executive of…

Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Anambra State Governor-elect has received very high commendations from Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on his decision to adopt the Innoson brands of Vehicles as his official vehicle when he assumes office come March 17, 2022 as the Executive Governor of Anambra State. Soludo, a world renowned development economist has, during his electioneering campaign leading to the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State told Ndi Anambra and the world that he would make the Innoson vehicles his official vehicle if elected as Governor of Anambra. Reacting to this statement, Mr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary,…

YoungShip Nigeria (YSN) has successfully elected and inaugurated new executives to lead the association to new heights with Mr. Popoola-Taiwo Shehu emerging the National Chairman. The election which held held recently in Victoria Island, Lagos, also had virtual participation in a peaceful and seamless process in line with the constitutional dictates of the young professional group. Other newly elected executives are: National Vice Chairman, Mr. Ezeh Chizoba; National General Secretary, Mrs. Mgbemena Chioma Rosemary; National Media Officer, Mr. Kenneth Jukpor; Assistant National Secretary, Mr. Francis Ozurigbo Odinaka; National Finance Officer: Miss Oke Omolayo; National Capacity Building Officer, Mr. Suleiman Abubakar…

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) is using advanced technologies to outsmart smugglers’ techniques in concealing contraband products across the borders into Nigeria. This was the disclosure of Comptroller Joseph Attah, Customs spokesman who played host to a team of the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE) led by its President, Comrade Femi Oyewale in Abuja on Thursday, January 3, 2022. Speaking with NAOSRE team, Attah emphasized that smuggling is a national menace which the customs under the leadership of Alli is determined to erase from the country’s list of crimes. Attah…