Author: Saint Augustine

The Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Apapa chapter, Mr. Ndubuisi Uzoegbo has said that he will go beyond representing his immediate association if elected to represent the freight forwarders in the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). It will be recalled that the Ministry of Transportation through the Chairman, Electoral Committee, A.D. Suleiman, had on the 2nd September,2021 released a timetable for the conduct of election of freight forwarders into the Board of CRFFN. Speaking to newsmen shortly, after he picked his nomination form to contest the said…

The Congregation of Registered Freight Forwarding Practitioners of Nigeria (CREFFPON) has written an open letter to the Minister of Tranpsortation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi expressing strong concerns while seeking the Minister’s urgent attention and intervention on some notable grey areas observed in the published public notice announcing the timetable for election of freight forwarders into the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). The open letter which was signed by Mr. Edwin Chukwudire Obi, Desk Administrative Officer, CREFFPON, stated that the decision to conduct the said  election was highly commendable of the…

The Tincan Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in conjunction with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large quantity of pharmaceutical preparations suspected to be hard drugs during routine examination. The Customs Public Relations Officer of the command, Uche Ejesieme who disclosed this in a statement said that the consignment was contained in a 1×40 feet container with No MSCU 1751320. Ejesieme disclosed that relying on the well-established collaboration and synergy which he said was at the base of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) at the command, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, acting on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved Anambra’s new status a petroleum-bearing state. The approval is contained in a letter to Governor Willie Obiano which the president’s Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, signed. The letter is in response to an earlier one by Governor Obiano written on August 24, 2021 in which the Anambra State government requested President Buhari to officially declare the state both oil and gas-bearing. With the declaration, Anambra State is henceforth automatically entitled to 13% of the sale of petroleum resources from 11 oil wells in its territory, namely, Nzam-1, Alo-1, Ameshi-1, 2, and 3, and Enyie-1,…

… As Aniebonam assures of NAGAFF’s readiness Ten members of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) have picked nomination forms to contest election into the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) scheduled to hold on October 9, 2021. Among those who have picked forms for the contest were three members of the immediate past Governing Council whose tenure ended in November 2020 namely; Mr. Timothy Awogbemi, Mr. Tochukwu Ezissi and Princess Chy Eze. Confirming the development to newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam posited…

… Set to name non-compliant freight forwarders, bonded terminals, agencies, says Agubanze The 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has said that it will monitor closely the ongoing re-evaluation of the bonded terminals by a committee set up by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recently to carry on the exercise. National Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko who disclosed this at press briefing in Lagos yesterday noted that was going to revisit, along with the press, those bonded terminals visited by the committee and turn in their own report so as to…

… Vows not to allow anybody from the street get into the Council The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has described the move by the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to organize the election of freight forwarders into the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as a welcomed development. It will be recalled that the Minister through the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, A.D. Suleiman has last week Thursday released the timetable for the election of freight forwarders into the CRFFN Governing Council in which he pegged…

… Honoured by CNS for ensuring civil-military cohesion The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the need for enhanced stakeholder collaboration in tackling maritime security challenges in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Jamoh made this call in a paper presentation titled, “Enhancing Collaboration amongst Stakeholders for Improved Maritime Security in Nigeria,” at the recently held Chief of the Naval Staff Annual Conference (CONSAC) in Kano State. The NIMASA Director General was also honoured at the event by Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, for ensuring civil…

… Seeks bill to stop foreigners from taking over customs agents’ jobs … As customs accuses agents of obstructing 100% physical examination The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that the present customs management has taken the entire logistics chains backward even as it said that 70 percent of factors militating against cargo clearance in Nigeria is caused by the Nigeria customs “modus operandi.” The National Vice President, ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made this assertion in a speech he delivered at the National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting of the association held in Lagos yesterday also stated…

As the deadline given by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to all freight forwarders to acquire at least a diploma in freight forwarding or be flushed out draws near, the Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has doubted the ability of the CRFFN management to enforce the directive. It will be recalled that the immediate past Governing Council of CRFFN had fixed December 31, 2021 as deadline for all practicing freight forwarders in Nigeria to acquire at least a diploma in freight forwarding or be flushed out of the…