Author: Saint Augustine

The founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has expressed sadness over the inability of the new Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hon. Emmanuel Jime to attend the reception held in honour of his predecessor, Barr. Hassan Bello by NAGAFF in Lagos recently. Aniebonam who made his feeling known in a chat with journalists in Lagos wondered why Jime did not attend the ceremony which he said was a good opportunity for him to identify with stakeholders and see things for himself. He argued that there was no way the…

A former Chairman of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Apapa chapter, Dr. Fred Ajuzie has urged the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) to collaborate freight forwarders if he hopes to end smuggling in the country. Ajuzie who made this appeal while speaking with our correspondent in Lagos recently submitted that he (Ali) should seek opinion from freight forwarders on ways to solve smuggling issue than going to seek opinion from the customs officers as according to him, freight forwarders were better placed to advise him on smuggling as they…

The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has eulogized the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam describing him as somebody he had close magnetic involvement with during his time at the Shippers’ Council. Bello who made this disclosure at an event in Lagos recently said, “Many of you may not know actually and I am happy he has not said it, the relationship between myself and the founder of NAGAFF. When it was six months for me to retire, I called him and said it…

The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba has advised the media to disregard those he regarded as “charlatans” from Anambra State who claimed to speak on behalf of the state government even as he warned that they are scam artists popularly known as 419 elements. Adinuba who gave this advice in a statement in Awka, the Anambra State capital, informed that some political scam artists had in the last few days been going from one media house to another in Lagos and elsewhere claiming to be representatives of the Anambra State Government with the…

Barely few days after celebrities and friends of business mogul, Obi Cubana took the entire Anambra state by storm following the burial ceremony of his mother; the tale of the resplendence that preceded the event has continued to form topics of discussion amongst Nigerians home and abroad. The event, however, opened a new chapter of discussion on how Cubana’s act of benevolence accounted for the much love he garnered during the event. While many have continued to hail Obi for his acts of philanthropy, Hybrid News Online hereby takes a look at another great man from the South Eastern part…

In preparation for a hitch free Eid-el Kabir celebration, the Lagos State Police Command has re-strategized and deployed adequate human and material resources with a view to fortifying security across the state before, during and after the festive period. This is contained in a statement signed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the command’s spokesman and made available to NAOSRE. According to Adejobi, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, made the assurance yesterday during a security meeting with the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Heads of Departments and Special Squads at POWA Hall, Oduduwa, Ikeja. The Lagos State Police…

…Says there’s dire need to review CEMA The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has called for a uniform application of rules of engagement in cargo clearing at the nation’s seaports. Aniebonam who made this call in a chat with newsmen in Lagos observed that the customs management needed to take a second look and clarify the mode of operations with respect to seizures adding that he was not happy with recent development where seizures had become the order of the day. According to him, “Where you are not liked by a customs officer,…

A Deputy Comptroller of Customs (name withheld) has accused the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam of using his boys, contacts as well as the media to intimidate customs officers on duty to do his bidding. Dr. Aniebonam had in chat with newsmen in Lagos last week accused the Deputy Comptroller of high handedness in handling freight forwarders’ job assigned to her adding that the officer would carry herself with arrogance. Speaking about the officer in question, the founder said, “There are things that I have raised here that are very critical,…

Following the allegations making the round on the social media purportedly linking him to the recent repatriation of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria, the Chairman, Chrome Group of Companies, Sir Emeka Offor has denied involvement in the repatriation. Speaking in a statement on Saturday, Media Aide to Sir Emeka Offor, Ebuka Onochie Obi, exonerated Sir Emeka Offor, the Chrome Group of Companies as well as Sir Emeka Offor Foundation while describing the allegation as the handiwork of mischief makers who were hell bent on bring him to disrepute. Obi noted that…

Three Customs Officers and a soldier on duty were injured in an unprovoked attack by smugglers in Igbo Ora area of Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State in the evening hours of Friday, July 16, 2021 at about 8:00pm. The injured customs officers who are operatives of the Zone A, Federal Operations Unit, sighted 8 trucks carrying smuggled foreign parboiled rice whose drivers and armed accompanying passengers launched attack on the officers. A statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Mr. Theophilus Duniya revealed that one of the attackers was shot and disarmed while…