Author: Saint Augustine

By Michael Odoemena The sudden rush into marriage of convenience that propelled the two flagships of the Freight Forwarding Associations to organize a consultative meeting which they tagged town hall meeting, which was held recently, left many in amazement, arising from the quantum of deceits and abandonment of the practitioners over the years in their operational woes. To the Freight Forwarding practitioners, this moves is more of a fire out of the blues, as the smoke of this fire was not seen or perceived, because the move was rather conspicuous judging by the disparity in the attendance of their members,…

… Urges her to checkmate excesses of accredited associations … Says accredited associations only unite for election sharing formula, POF proceeds A former Chairman, Governing Council of the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Aare Hakeem Olanrewaju has, on behalf of the well-meaning practicing freight forwarders in the country, expressed his profound gratitude to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani for “her  prompt intervention aimed at not just saving the freight forwarding profession from potential anarchy but salvaging it from professional ridicules which self-centered and greedy leaders were deliberately poised to inflict on…

… We are committed to project – NIMASA, Nigerian Navy President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured that the plan to secure the country’s waters and the Gulf of Guinea through the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project, was being achieved and that Nigerians and stakeholders in the entire region would soon feel the impact. President Buhari stated this in his speech to commemorate Nigeria’s 61st Independence anniversary. “Earlier this year, I launched the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, the Deep Blue Project, which is designed to secure Nigerian waters up to…

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko has affirmed the commitment and determination of management at improving the welfare of seafarers in the sub sector towards providing improved and efficient services to the growth of the country noting that their positive role and contribution to the growth of global trade cannot be ignored. Koko made these remarks in his goodwill message at the 2021 World Maritime Day celebration with the theme, “Seafarers at the core of Shipping Future”, organized by the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Lagos. Koko at the event saluted the doggedness…

Contrary to a position canvassed at the meeting of the All Freight Forwarders’ Forum held in Lagos on Monday, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has come out to say that there has been no attempt to arbitrarily increase the license fee payable by licensed customs agents. It will be recalled that among other things complained about at the meeting which had the executives and members of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents ( ANLCA), National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) and three other associations in attendance included an intended hike in license fees, arbitrary increases in customs duty,…

… Places N20M bounty on killer gunmen The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has said that attacks on citizens at Oko, Agulu, Obosi, Nkpor, Nnobi, Nnewi and other places between Sunday 26th and Tuesday 28th September, 2021 have left about ten (10) people dead including Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband of late Prof. Dora Akunyili who was reportedly gunned down on Monday around Nkpor. Governor Obiano who stated this in a statewide broadcast in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Wednesday observed that since last weekend, some armed persons had unleashed terror with sporadic attacks on innocent citizens in…

The Federal Ministry of Transportation has given the freight forwarders in the country two weeks to determine the modalities for the election of freight forwarders into the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and get back to it so that it can go on and conclude the ongoing process. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani who gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting with freight forwarders in Lagos on Wednesday maintained that “two weeks is enough for you to fight, to jeer, to disagree, to agree and then,…

For daring to openly oppose the sharing formula system of election agreed to by the four out of the five accredited freight forwarding associations during the stakeholders’ meeting with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Mrs. Magdaline Ajani today in Lagos, the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has directed the immediate removal of the names of the former National President of NAGAFF, Dr. Eugene Nweke, the incumbent National President of NAGAFF, Dr. Increase Uche and former Secretary of NAGAFF, Tincan Island chapter, Mr. Emeka Godfrey Nwosu from all the social…

The Rotary Club of Awka Hybrid has held the first edition of their all-new project tagged “Charity Hangout” aimed at providing a unique timeout for quality persons to meet Rotary leaders. The event which held physically at X-Fit Luxury Centre in Awka, Anambra State of Nigeria and simultaneously anchored online, brought together quality people worthy of becoming members of Rotary as well as Rotarians alike to meet and greet the Guest of the Day amidst fun and very informal setting. This maiden edition, “Charity Hangout 1.0” had its Guest of the Day as the District Governor-Elect of Rotary International District…

Following this established practice, the Pacesetter State played host to stakeholders in the tourism sector at the popular 246 steps Ado-Awaye Hills, Iseyin Local Government, Iseyin. The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde called on investors to join the State Government in promoting tourism in the State, stressing that tourism is a viable alternative to oil and other sources of revenue generation in the country. Represented by his Special Adviser on Tourism, Hon. Ademola Ige, the Governor said that stakeholders in the tourism industries and the general public are expected to be part of the tourism development efforts in Oyo…