Author: Saint Augustine

…Sues for decentralization of ports The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has called for an open and transparent process in the design and construction of the Lekki Deep seaport to so as to allow contributions from critical stakeholders. Bello who was reacting to his induction as grand patron by the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the National Association Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) during an event organized in Lagos by the association to celebrate his achievement in office in the last eight years stated that what was worrying the maritime industry was…

The National President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Chief Increase Uche has given reasons why the association chose to celebrate the immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello in the manner that it did yesterday. Speaking in his welcome address during an event to celebrate the achievements of Hassan Bello at the NSC in the last eight years, Uche noted that there was every reason to celebrate a man who had demonstrated vision and accomplishment in various ways during his tenure in office. He maintained that in the history…

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Muhammad Buba Marwa (Rtd.), has advised Nigerian citizens to take ownership of the fight against drug abuse in the country. He stated this on Tuesday through the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in an early morning conversation with the President of the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), Comrade Femi Oyewale. During the brief interaction, Marwa explained the committed efforts of the agency to ensure that drug abuse in Nigeria becomes almost nonexistent. He however emphasized that citizens must brace up and support the agency through…

…As Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning graces commissioning Innoson Manufacturing Company, yesterday, unveiled two plants and an automated robotic spraying booth. The plants include the Innoson Small/Mini Bus Plant for manufacturing 1.5-liter engine capacity 7-seater and 10-seater buses, and the Innocent Connect/Caris Plant for the production of sedan cars branded Innoson Connect and Innocent Caris. These plants combined have the capacity to produce 32 thousand vehicles per year and would employ about 1000 Nigerians. The automated robotic spraying booth is the first of its kind in the whole country and is made to paint vehicles with elegance and…

…As Aniebonam re-echoes call for his appointment as Transportation Minister The immediate past Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello, yesterday, bagged the highest honour – Grand Patron of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in an event to celebrate his achievements in office in the last eight years. The event which was put together by NAGAFF in Lagos drew the who is who in the freight forwarding industry including the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the…

The President of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke yesterday said that the immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello played the father figure to all stakeholders in the maritime industry in Nigeria while being legacy driven. Anaroke who made this assertion in a goodwill message in an event organized in Lagos by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) to celebrate the achievements of the former NSC boss noted that while many maritime industry CEOs were preoccupied with making “strategic turnaround” of the agencies, Bello was possessed…

The Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Barr. Samuel Nwakohu has said that the former Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello will continue to be remembered for his services to freight forwarding, logistics and supply chain in Nigeria. The Registrar who made this assertion today during the reception held in honour of the former NSC boss by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in Lagos noted that Hassan Bello as a legal officer at the Nigerian Shippers’ Council played very strategic roles towards the emergence of the…

…Graduates Special Mission Vessels crew The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has reiterated that assets deployed under the Deep Blue Project, recently launched by President Muhammadu Buhari, are manned by proficient officers from the Nigerian security services. Dr. Bashir Jamoh stated this in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of officers trained to crew the Special Mission Vessels, the main maritime component of the project also called the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure. Dr. Jamoh, who was represented by the Agency’s Executive Director, Operations, Mr. Shehu Ahmed said the graduation…

A former Chairman, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Tincan 2, Lillypond, Mr. Olufemi Abiodun Olabanji has decried the losses incurred by the Nigerian exporters occasioned by the gridlock in Apapa and delays in securing bookings for export. Olabanji who expressed his frustration in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently, observed that export goods supposed to have unhindered access to the port. “Sometimes, we bring in export, before we can access the port, the booking has expired, some of the items in the container like food items will spoil and we have to return them back to…

A chieftain of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Sir Tony Anakebe has attributed the recent upsurge in the importation of contraband and smuggling into the country to economic hardship faced by Nigerians as well as lack of policy direction on the part of the federal government. Recall that the Nigeria Customs Service has reported in recent time massive seizures of contraband ranging from hard drugs, pharmaceutical products, clothings, rice among others, a development which has assumed a worrying dimension in the minds of concerned Nigerians. Speaking on the development in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos…