Author: Saint Augustine

A former Chairman of the Governing Council of the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Aare Hakeem Olanrewaju has accused the federal government of subtly corrupting the freight forwarding practitioners through the yearly budgetary allocation to the Council. Olanrewaju who made this allegation in a statement in Lagos on Thursday observed that approximately the amount used to kick start the administrative life of the CRFFN between the year 2008 and 2012 (of the first and second Governing Council) was in the average of N200 million to N250 million. He recalled that out of this approximated amount; staff…

…Says Minister’s assertion true For going ahead to award the contract for the construction of Baro river port in Niger State to the tune of N5.8 billion even when he is aware of the non-viability of the port, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria has taken a swoop on the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, insisting that he owes Nigerians apology for embarking on waste of public funds. The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi had in a television programme recently stated that the construction of river ports across the country is a waste…

Following the recent outcry by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over its exclusion from the rules of origin in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement which came into effect on 1st January, 2021, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised the Service to wait until it is assigned role to play in the AfCFTA. It will be recalled that the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.), during a press conference to mark this year’s International Customs Day in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed concern over non-inclussion of the Service in the rules of…

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of twenty thousand, three hundred and fifty six, (20,356) senior Police Officers. Nine Commissioners of Police including the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP John Abang were promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and another nine, promoted from the rank of Deputy Commissioner to Commissioners of Police. The promotion, according to a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani,  is one of the decisions of the 11th Plenary Meeting of the Commission held in Abuja on Wednesday, January 25th, 2021 and presided over…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of 17 Permanent Secretaries in the Lagos State Public Service. The appointments take effect immediately, according to a statement by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointees are: Dr. MUSTAFA, Ibrahim Akinwunmi; Consultant Special, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, AYOOLA, Iyabo Oyeyemi; Director, Projects Financial Mgt. Unit, State Treasury Office, GEORGE, Abosede Oluwakemi; Director, Admin/ Human Resource, Sustainable Development Goals & Investment, HUNDOGAN, Sewanu Temitope; Director, Finance & Accounts, State Treasury Office, ENGR. (MRS) KOSEGBE, Abiola; General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency and ONAYELE, Augustine Abiodun;Secretary, Lagos…

The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) are set to collaborate with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Branch, in enforcing the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018 as amended. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed this while welcoming the executive members of the NURTW (Lagos Branch), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (a.k.a MC Oluomo), during a courtesy visit to the Agency. CSP Jejeloye stated further that it is pertinent for the Union to educate their members in different dialects on the need to comply…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that that Eight Hundred and Two (802) Nigerian nationals returning from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th of January, 2021. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, the Returnees would be conveyed via two Saudi Arabian Airlines. The statement added that the first batch would arrive on the 28th of January, 2021 at 11:50hrs, while the second would arrive 29th January, 2021 at 10:35hrs. It further disclosed that the…

Nigerian academic, entrepreneur and inventor, Prof. Gregory Ibeh has endowed $1 million for the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Ibeh will also help facilitate the research via his Abia-based Gregory University Uturu, which announced the move in a statement on January 19. According to Rosemary Igboekwe, Registrar of Gregory University Uturu, the endowment fund, which will be available to scientists and researchers within the bounds of southern Nigeria as grants, will be channeled through Gregory Iyke Foundation, the philanthropic organ of Prof. Gregory Ibe. The move will put Nigeria, which has been heavily reliant on foreign scientific aid, high…

In its determination to improve the security situation in the country, the Federal Government has called on the European Union (EU) and other relevant stakeholders in migration management to lend their support to the nation’s efforts at curbing irregular migration through the deployment of more modern technology at the entry borders to help mitigate the influx of illegal migrants into the country. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the appeal yesterday in his office in Abuja, when he received a delegation from the European Union (EU), led by its Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Ketil Karlsen. According to…

As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement gets underway, the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Iju Tony Nwabunike has advised members of the association in the Eastern zone to get ready to trade with the proximate Central African countries. Nwabunike who gave the admonition in address at the election of officers into chapters in the Eastern zone in Port-Harcourt on Tuesday noted that the position of the Eastern ports and chapters held strategic interface opportunities with proximate Central African countries like Cameroun, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Angola, Central…