Author: Saint Augustine

Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has been named winner of the 2020 Zik Prize in Public Policy. Making the announcement on Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, in Lagos, the Chairman, Selection Committee, Zik Prize 2020, Professor Pat Utomi said the capacity of the Director General to have extensively managed the restructuring, reformation and repositioning of NIMASA earned him the prestigious award. Prof Utomi stated that the Deep Blue Project and the Blue Economy initiatives Dr. Jamoh “continues to champion have brought massive gains to the Agency and the nation’s economic diversification goals.” The…

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. Anambra State is in dire need of a leader who can look his own people in the eyes and tell them; “I am here because of you. And I will do everything to ensure transparency, equity, justice, accountability and fairness in all our dealings and as well improve your…

The Southern and Middle-Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has advised the Senate that the setting up of a Conference Committee on the amendment of Electoral Act on 22nd September, 2021 by the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan is a unique and golden opportunity for them to redeem their battered image. The Group stated that the 7-member committee set up by the Senate yesterday should proactively adopt the House of Representatives version of Section 52 (3) of the Bill and further warned that the Senate should not subject powers of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to the approval of the National Communication Commission…

In a bit to curb possible malpractices that may arise in the course of conducting the election of freight forwarders into the Governing Council of the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) in partnership with other freight forwarding associations has constituted an election taskforce. The President of APFFLON, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite who disclosed this in a letter he addressed to the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi noted that a group of like-minded people across the various freight forwarding associations have formed this…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he superintended over massive looting of funds at the CBN. The party called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately invite Emefiele for questioning over allegations by the National Secretary of the APC National Caretaker Committee, Senator John Akpan Udoedehe that the CBN governor supervised over the pillaging of the nation’s vaults under his watch. According to PDP, “Nigerians were shocked when Senator Akpan…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said the country is taking proactive steps to address its exposure to the threat of ballast water because of the high tanker traffic in its waters. Director General of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, stated this in Lagos at the 10th Meeting of the National Taskforce (NTF) on Implementation of Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, 2004. Jamoh said, being an oil producing country, Nigeria was prone to the effects of harmful aquatic organisms transported across regions by tankers. He said NIMASA, the Lead Agency for the implementation of international conventions, codes…

… Says further investigations ongoing The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that it suspects the early morning fire incident at its headquarters at Marina, Lagos yesterday was caused by electric surge. The Authority in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, Olaseni Alakija noted that the fire which broke out in the early hours of yesterday affected three offices on the 6th floor of the Broad Street wing of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Headquarters. It further informed that the fire affected one office where two desk tops, tables, chairs…

In response to a publication recently by Primetime Reporters quoting the Congregation of Registered Freight Forwarding Practitioners of Nigeria (CREFFPON) as alleging, in a letter to the Minister of Transportation, of the existence of a Governing Council Chairman before the election of freight forwarders into the Council, the immediate past Chairman of the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Alhaji Abubakar Tsanni has said that he is not begging for anybody to give him Chairman. It will be recalled that CREFFPON, in a petition signed by its Desk Officer, Comrade Edwin Chukwudire…

… Urges downwards review of fee payable  The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has welcomed the planned registration of freight forwarders as well as other port users by the port economic regulator, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). The President of the association, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite who disclosed this in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos recently stated that while he was not objecting registration by NSC, the registration fee should be reviewed in order not to add to the cost of doing business at the port. According to him, “Registration doesn’t even have…

In an effort to sustain the existing public order and safety in the state, the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Tony Olofu, yesterday, sued for peace and tolerance among political parties as he interacted with the political parties’ representatives at the Anambra State Police Command headquarters, Awka. The CP assured the good people of Anambra State that the Police were committed to working with other patriotic stakeholders towards ensuring public order in the State before, during and after the political rallies. The CP noted that as the head of internal security in the state, he would always be on…