By Iju Tony Nwabunike Introduction Last week, on the invitation of the Minister of Transportation, I participated with other notable maritime stakeholders, in a meeting on the implementation of newly launched Nigeria Port Process Manual (NPPM). Whereas the NPPM was conceptualised to promote transparency, accountability, predictability and eradicate corruption in the port system, this is not the first time we are having laudable concepts on paper on how best to harvest benefits from our ports. My about three decades of operation and full time presence in our maritime environment confirms that we have ideas, know the good things to do…
Author: Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine is a seasoned freelance journalist and the chief editor of Primetime Reporters.
As efforts are on to perfect the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria has said that it will take a while before Nigeria can actively play its role in the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. Paul Ndibe, the National Executive Director, CILT Nigeria who made this assertion in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently observed that the reasons for the assertion were obvious as government has not designated ports for export of products under the label of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Ndibe who wondered why…
Worried by the rising incidences of piracy attacks in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has made a case for the establishment of the Maritime Security Fund to check the ugly trend. The President of NAMM, Captain Tajudeen Alao who made this submission in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently noted that the fund when established should not be left in the confines of the Chief of Naval Staff but should have a dedicated account opened for that purpose. Alao proposed that the fund should be realized on the roads in such a…
…Says Belgian investors watching Nigeria’s Maritime Transport Policy closely The National Maritime Transport Policy being developed by Nigeria is of interest in Belgium for windows of investment opportunity. Executive officers of the Port of Antwerp International stated this in Lagos during a meeting with Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh. Jamoh said there were huge opportunities for investment in wreck removal and recycling, stressing that the Federal Government is planning a coordinated wreck removal policy to drive investment in the area. The visiting team of executives from the Port of Antwerp International…
The Police High Command has described as untrue, unfounded, defamatory and libellous, the publication by Sahara Reporters, dated February 07, 2021, which alleged that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu paid over 2 billion Naira for the tenure extension. The Force in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba stated categorically that the extension of service of the IGP was strictly the prerogative of the President and was never paid for as maliciously reported in the publication. The statement added that the insinuations also by Sahara Reporters that the IGP did not “celebrate” his extension smacks of…
Sequel to the commitment of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, to continually take anti-crime fight to the dens of criminals and miscreants in the state, the Police command has arrested 27 suspects in a planned raid of different black spots in the Lagos metropolis between the late hours of Thursday 4th and early hours of Friday 5th February, 2021. The arrest was carried out by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) being a follow up to the directive of the Commissioner of Police to the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, to…
The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in Anambra state, Mr. C. Don Adinuba has described the late founder and Chancellor of the Tansian University, Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state, Rev. Monsignor Professor JohnBosco Akam as an exemplary son of the state even as he described his death as a sad development. Adinuba who expressed his sadness over the demise of the Monsignor in a statement in Awka on Monday stated that the late priest loved God with all his being, hence his decision to leave all the glamour and enticements of life and society and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) as well as Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) to identify persons and or entities transacting in or operating crypto currency exchanges within their systems and ensure that such accounts are closed immediately. In a letter to all the Deposit Money Banks, Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Other Financial Institutions on Friday by the duo of Bello Hassan and Musa .I. Jimoh, Director of Banking Supervision and Director, Payment System Management Department respectively, the Bank recalled its circular of January 12, 2017 with reference number:…
The Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to improving public facilities and emplacement of good working environment for officers and men across the country to enable them carry out their work in a safe and conducive atmosphere. Aregbesola made this statement while speaking during the commissioning of the newly completed ultra-modern Office Complex of the Kaduna State Command Headquarters in Kaduna. He commended the management of the Nigeria Immigration Service, on its firm resolve aimed at ensuring that command office complexes are built in all the 36 State commands of the Service and…
The Anambra State government has set in motion the machinery to work with West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace, to get Embraer of Brazil, the world’s fourth largest civilian aircraft manufacturer to locate a service centre for Africa in the state. Though the details of the state government’s move are not yet made public, it is understood that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has since last year been in talks with the Air Peace founder, Chief Allen Onyema, to get the Brazilians to cite the service centre at Anambra International Cargo Airport at Umueri which is still undergoing construction.…