Author: Saint Augustine

… Tasks Police officers on professionalism The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Tony Olofu has reiterated his earlier request for political parties to forward schedules of their political activities to the command as they commence political campaigns in the state. The CP who re-echoed the request today in Awka, the Anambra State capital alluded to the fact that campaigns were critical part of the electioneering process added that this, therefore, would enable the Police high command provide adequate security for the safety of participants at such events. Olofu assured that the command would also deploy other tactical and operational…

… Warns it will lead to anarchy at Nigerian ports African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has lamented a gang-up by accredited freight forwarding associations against the Transport Ministry’s directive to open up the elections of Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to individuals. Following a meeting of all accredited associations under the CRFFN, the groups agreed to have a sharing formula that would see the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) get 6 slots, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) 6 slots, National…

… Says five Eastern candidates must be resident in the East … Rejects imposition of candidates The Joint Freight Forwarders’ Association in the Eastern Zone yesterday met in Port-Harcourt with the election of the freight forwarders into the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) taking the centre stage. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, it was resolved that the freight forwarders in the east should be ready to participate in the election in any centralized venue the electoral committee for the election should approve in Nigeria outside Lagos.…

The five freight forwarding associations accredited by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), yesterday met in Lagos under the auspices of the Freight Forwarders’ Forum to discuss issues militating against the freight forwarding profession in Nigeria. The associations include; Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN) and Nigerian Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidators (NAFFAC). The forum discussed issues ranging from arbitrary jack up of value on PAAR to…

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State command, Commandant Eweka Douglas Okoro was Sunday, 26th September, 2021 honoured as the Most Outstanding Commandant in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for the year 2021 by the Cornel Media Consult (CMC) Africa Awards of Excellence at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. This is contained in a statement signed by ASCI Aboluri Oluwaseun Olumide, NSCDC Lagos State Public Relations Officer and made available to NAOSRE. According to Olumide, the Commandant was graciously selected and invited by the CMC Gladiators group to receive the award on the…

The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Tony Olofu has dispatched Police crack team led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to the scene of the attack by yet to be identified gunmen for on-the-spot assessment. The gunmen violently attacked unsuspecting members of the public at about 7.40mp on Sunday along Afor Nnobi market. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the development in a statement in Awka on Monday observed that the team was to identify and apprehend the hoodlums and bring them to book. “Preliminary investigations reveal on above mention time and date, the attackers using a Toyota Sienna vehicle…

… Shudders at politicians’ desperation The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Paulinus Ezeokafor says that Nigeria will still come good despite the myriads of problems bedeviling the nation. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, expressed the hope that with continued prayers and quality leadership, things would be changed for good even as he quoted Late Prof. Chinua Achebe whom he said described Nigeria’s problem as a problem of leadership. “I believe in one Nigeria where everyone will live in peace and harmony. I want a country where all will be…

The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted three Mazda Saloon cars loaded with cartridges concealed in sacks of cassava flour. Customs Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Theophilus Duniya who confirmed this in a statement in Lagos today said that this occurred while officers of the Nigeria Customs service were on information patrol on Sunday at about 10pm along Igbora axis of Oyo State. Duniya disclosed that the drivers of the said vehicles abandoned their vehicles on sighting the official vehicle of the Service. According to him, items recovered…

… Explains why he is yet to return his official vehicles As the uncertainty surrounding the October 9, 2021 date for the election of the freight forwarders into the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) continues, the immediate past Chairman of the CRFFN Governing Council, Alhaji Abubakar Tsanni has accused the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, the CRFFN Registrar, and the leadership of the five accredited freight forwarding associations of politicizing the planned election. Speaking in a telephone interview with Primetime Reporters yesterday evening, Tsanni said that the trio didn’t want…

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has revamped the Safer Highway Unit in the Command and repositioned it for better service delivery. This is contained in a statement signed by CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu and made available to NAOSRE. According to Ajisebutu, the command’s spokesman, CP Odumosu unveiled his repositioning strategy while addressing the newly re-organised Unit at the Command’s Headquarters in Ikeja recently. The CP charged police officers attached to the Unit as well as other tactical units in the State to be more responsive and committed to duty so as to justify their pay thereby winning the…