Author: Saint Augustine

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko has restated the commitment of the current Management to enthrone international standards and best practice in the handling of ships and cargo in all seaports in the country. Bello-Koko made the remark while addressing members of the Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization led by Senator Theodore Orji, on a visit to the NPA, in line with their oversight responsibility. According to Bello Koko, the Authority has created the enabling environment for a well-structured inter-modal system for seamless connectivity of the water ways, rail and road transportation,…

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has organized a one day capacity building workshop for journalist with a call on them to project the image of the organization positively to the public by telling the people what the Standards Organization of Nigeria means, what they do and the benefits of the organization to them. The workshop which took place in Lagos on Tuesday with the theme, “Improved Synergy to Promote Standardization”, had in attendance journalists covering the commerce and industry, properties and environment, brands, maritime among others. Speaking during the workshop, the Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim underscored…

…Signs the Orthopedic Hospitals Management Board (Amendment) Act, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja signed a supplementary budget of N982.7 billion for 2021 to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation. The President signed the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2021 in his office at the State House in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze and Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House), Hon. Umar el-Yakub. Of the amount, N123.3 million…

…Threatens court action Truckers operating at the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) 1 garage situated at Berger Cement bus stop in Lagos has accused the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) – Lagos State Government joint taskforce on demolition of shanties around port areas as well as a private company, Tenzik Oil and Energies Nigeria Limited of maliciously damaging their garage and carting away valuables. A former Chairman, RTEAN, KLT 1 chapter, Mr. Godwin Ikeji who disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Lagos Monday evening recalled that NPA gave out the garage…

Thirteen years after it fully commenced operation, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), yesterday commenced the issuance of membership certificates to registered freight forwarders with the Vice President, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr. Kayode Farinto, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN), Mr. Ejike Metu and the Acting National Secretary, Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN), Ichie Frank Obiekezie collecting theirs. Speaking at a brief ceremony to mark the issuance at the Council’s headquarters in Lagos, the Registrar of the Council, Barr. Samuel Nwakohu revealed that…

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has underscored the need for the amendment of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Act 2019 to correct what it called the structural defects inherent in the Act and then to remove bureaucratic bottlenecks therein. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the Executive Director, RULAAC, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma noted that the amendment itself would take into account all the challenges identified in the Act. “We are already studying the Act and we commissioned a policy bureau which will also come up with other recommendations on how to address the challenges we have identified.…

…As Benue command arrests suspected inter-state drug trafficker Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Babatunde Babade, 45, has been arrested by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. He was arrested alongside two others; Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and Babajide Johnson, 45, for trafficking illicit drug. This is contained in a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy and made available to NAOSRE on Sunday. According to the statement, Babafemi stated that the transport union leader was caught with 52.5 kilograms of skunk in Akure, the…

…NIMASA DG condemns act …Promises stronger action against maritime criminals The eight Nigerians, among them five members of the Maritime Workers of Nigeria (MWUN) kidnaped by gunmen in Rivers State waters on Monday have regained their freedom. The release of the abducted travellers, which occurred on Saturday evening, is sequel to the intervention of the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh and other stakeholders. The DG of NIMASA broke the news after a phone conversation with the President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigerian (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju at about 8:15pm on Saturday.…

Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has commissioned a research into the recent attacks on Police and security formations in Imo state by yet to be identified gunmen. The Executive Director, RULAAC, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma who disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday said that the research was aimed at identifying all the Police stations so far attacked as well as to understand the patterns of the attacks and to identify those who may be responsible for the attacks. Nwanguma stated that there have been a lot of theories on who was responsible for the attacks adding…

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria has made a review of the performance of the logistics and Transport sectors of the Nigerian economy in the first half of the year 2021 with a position that it has not been rosy for the sectors as many sectors of the economy are still struggling. Speaking in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently, the National Executive Director, CILT Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe noted that if one should view it from the perspective of logistics and transport as a service sector and knowing that the sector was the driver…