Author: Saint Augustine

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (CGIS), Muhammad Babandede has announced the appointment of Amos Okpu, an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI) as the new Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO). He replaces Sunday James (now a Comptroller) who has been deployed to head the Service’ Operations at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. ACI Okpu is an alumnus of the University of Lagos where he obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mass Communication. He is a seasoned Immigration Officer with special expertise in Migration Management and Border Security and has been a facilitator on TIP/SOM trainings with the UNODC…

… As Nigeria provides benchmark for Gulf of Guinea countries … Amaechi pledges to sustain assets … We have fulfilled a key mandate, says DG NIMASA   … Project demonstrates Nigeria’s leadership in antipiracy war – IMO Secretary General President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project, in Lagos with a declaration that Nigeria now boasted better capability to control its maritime domain. Buhari said the maritime security project offered a standard for other Gulf of Guinea countries in terms of strategy and collaboration. Referring to the Suppression of…

SIFAX Group, a group of companies with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has announced the appointment of Wunmi Eniola-Jegede as the Executive Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning. Eniola-Jegede, with over 20 years’ experience in human resources and strategic planning, was until her appointment the Director, HR, Admin and Strategic Planning at the Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency (ONDIPA). Prior to that, she had worked as HR Consultant to the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service; Revenue Manager, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service as well as HR & Admin Manager…

…Simulation exercises on-going President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, will on Thursday, June 10, in Lagos perform the official launch of the assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also known as the Deep Blue Project. Preparatory to the launch, the Maritime Security Unit (MSU) of the Deep Blue Project, comprising personnel from the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police, and Department of State Services, are conducting simulation exercises for the event on the land, air, and sea assets of the Project to confirm their readiness for full deployment. It is worthy of note that the…

Determined to put an end to the intractable gridlock on the access roads leading to the country’s two busiest ports in Apapa, the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) led by its Acting Managing Director, Mr. Muhammed Bello-Koko on Saturday met with the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to adopt stronger measures to curb corrupt practices and alleged extortion of truck drivers by traffic and security operatives along the Lagos ports corridor. The NPA boss alongside the Executive Director Marine and Operations, other management staff, including Port Managers of Lagos Ports Complex and Tin Can Island Port…

…Says shippers not against genuine increase in rates, charges The Shippers Association Lagos State (SALS) has cautioned the terminal operators especially the Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) and the Five Star Logistics over their planned upwards review of their terminal handling charges as well as rates without recourse to due process. Speaking in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, the President, SALS, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Nicol noted that the announcement by some terminal operators to review their charges upwards in Nigeria was a wakeup call even as he chides some freight forwarders as well as the Maritime Workers’ Union…

…Announces scholarships for best students  Taking its drive for maritime capacity building to the younger generation, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) visited Premier Academy School, Lugbe, in Abuja, to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The Agency donated educational materials to the school as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, reiterated NIMASA’s commitment to capacity building in the maritime industry, saying secondary schools in the country are a good place to begin the awareness. Jamoh encouraged the students, especially those in the sciences, to show interest in maritime by choosing maritime related…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has said that the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello is the most and qualified professional to take after the current Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Recall that Barr. Hassan Bello shall be leaving the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in the next two weeks having served his two terms of four years each. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, the founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam had described Bello as the most productive Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the Federation…

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, advised the President, General Muhammadu Buhari, to heed the ultimatum handed down by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, on the immediate reconstitution of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Tompolo had on Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum to Buhari and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to reconstitute the NDDC board or face a major breakdown of law and order in the Niger Delta. Frank in a statement in Abuja, enjoined Buhari to urgently address issues raised by the…

Just as freight forwarding groups recently endorsed an upward review of handling charges by the Ports and Terminals Multiservices Limited (PTML), the Congregation of Freight Forwarding Practitioners of Nigeria (CRFFPON) has faulted the approach adopted by the management of PTML for an upward review of its handling charges describing it as bait for other terminal operators to follow shortly. CREFFPON, in a statement on Saturday by its Administrator, Mr. Edwin Chukwudire Obi, reminded the management of PTML of the existence of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) enabling legislative…