Author: Saint Augustine

…Says POF should be the last resort A chieftain of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Fred Ajuzie has said that the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) is more interested in collecting the Practitioners Operating Fee (POF) rather than in professionalizing the freight forwarders to be at their best in their practice. Ajuzies who made this declaration in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos on Thursday observed that what the Council was after was the POF saying that “there are no plans to make freight forwarders what they should be…

…Thanks Lagos Governor, Sanwo-Olu Two weeks after the introduction of Eto, the electronic truck call-app, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that the operations have justified the conviction that it has finally found the solution to the problem of truck congestion in the access roads into the Lagos Port Complex and the Tin Can Island Ports. The NPA in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by the Assistant General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, Mallam Ibrahim Nasiru stated that although, they had experienced teething problems as would be expected of innovations like this, the Authority was pleased…

The Federal Government is currently losing N500 million annually to syndicate specialising in stealing export consignments. The activity of the syndicate is also said to be undermining the current government’s efforts of economic diversification away from oil export. The first incident is that of Global Enterprise, which was said to have brought his consignment intact to the port but between the time the goods arrived at the port and when it was loaded on board the vessel, a sizeable quantity has been stolen. The second is a consignment of four units of 20 feet containers of Sesame Seed that was…

…Senator Bassey Albert decorates him with new rank, donates car to aid his duties History was made on February 16, 2021 when a police officer from Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Celestine Obot Williams, who was wrongfully dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force for a period of 21 years ago and later re-instated, was promoted to the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). The promotion takes effect from June 11, 2020. The story of his re-instatement/restoration began in 2016 when he submitted a petition to the senator representing Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District, Senator…

…Declare suspected child trafficker wanted Following an intelligence report on February 19, 2021, police operatives attached to 3-3 Police Station, Nkwelle Ezunaka, in conjunction with the local vigilante group, raided a house at the Federal Housing Estate, 3-3 Area, Onitsha and arrested one Rejoice Raymond, aged 39 years, and Mrs. Chidi Felicia Nwafor, aged 80 years all natives of Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Suspects allegedly confined three children (two boys and a girl) inside different rooms at No.13 Akunwata Mbamalu Street, Federal Housing Estate, Onitsha and subjected them to physical and emotional torture without food…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that following the outcome of a meeting called at the instance of the Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police (PAP) command, Western ports, where the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) had shown them the relevant approvals of the federal government in respect of the Practitioners Operating Fee (POF) collection, it was now convinced that the collection was backed by law. It will be recalled that the executives of the Tincan Island chapter of ANLCA on Tuesday stormed the Tincan Island Container Terminal (TICT) where they…

…Seeks restructuring or outright proscription of Presidential Easy of Doing Business Council, others In view of a congested and saturated ports in the Western zone resulting in longer dwell time at the port and unprecedented extortion at the ports, the Congregation of Registered Freight Forwarding Practitioners of Nigeria (CREFFPON) has made a passionate appeal to the federal government to develop the ports in the Eastern zone as well as decentralize importation activities in the country. CREFFPON in a statement released in Lagos recently by Mr. Edwin Chuwudire-Obi said that it had noted the federal government thoughts as canvassed through one…

…As CP receives Chairman, Anambra Vigilante Group The Honourable Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Okafor has donated two Sienna buses to the Anambra State Police Command as part of his social responsibility to support the Police in its  fight against crime in the State. The Speaker was accompanied by three traditional rulers, namely; HRM Igwe Dr. Benjamin Okeji of Omasi; HRH Igwe Barr. Simeon I. Chidubem of Umumbo and HRH Igwe Dr. Chris Chidume Oranu of Omor, all from Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State. Responding during a brief handover ceremony at the…

The Reviewed Full Business Report of the Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano state has been presented to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Management team of the Inland Dry Port by the Managing partner/CEO of the Public Private Partnership Advisories, Hon. Mohammed Kumalia, at the Shippers’ Council office in Abuja. The important milestone comes after the bankability, viability and sustainability of the Inland Dry Port had been ascertained. Speaking at the event, Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello said the project aims to decongest the ports and highlight the achievability of the Africa Free…

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu says that his administration will complete the Abiriba Ring Road and promised to donate by next month, 150 units of Solar Powered Street lights for installation along the main road that leads into the Abiriba Community. The Governor stated this yesterday while addressing the 2nd Town Hall Meeting with the Abiriba Community in Aba held at the Abiriba Hall, Jubilee Road, Aba. The Governor also stated that the State will soon take delivery of a tunneling machine to be deployed for the Aba flood management project. The machine will handle underground tunneling and storm…