Author: Saint Augustine

The National Coordinator of the NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko has given reasons why his team forged a collaboration with the maritime truck owners to end the persistent gridlock on the port access roads in Lagos. Speaking to newsmen in his office recently, Tanko who described the collaboration as a good one explained that the reason behind that was to end the extortion of truck drivers by the the Presidential Task team and other security agencies. The National Coordinator who expressed sadness over the cost hauling goods out of the ports to any part of Lagos state noted…

Comptroller Hammi Swomen on Tuesday 8th December, 2020 takes over as the new Area Controller of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The new Area Controller lauded the effort of his predecessor, Comptroller Morenike Oladunni on her positive impacts on the improved revenue profile of the command. He also encouraged officers and men of the command to continue to work as a family and as a team whilst he tasked them to intensify more efforts in order to boost the revenue profile of the command. Photo: New Customs Area Controller, KLT command, Comptroller Hammi Swomen. Send…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commended members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) for shelving their proposed three-day warning strike scheduled to start on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. In a statement signed by the Assistant General, Corporate and Strategic Communication, NPA, Mr. Ibrahim S. Nasiru, the withdrawal of the strike followed several hours of deliberations between the Union and the NPA Management on Tuesday December 8, 2020. The statement disclosed that in the course of the meeting, Management of the Authority assured members of the union and other stakeholders that the problem of congestion and rent seeking…

Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (PCHS), operator of Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Lagos, has donated some office equipment to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to cushion the effect of the agency’s losses during the EndSARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums. The office equipment donated by the subsidiary of SIFAX Group, include 10 desktop computers, 10 printers, 10 UPS and two large photocopy machines. At the formal presentation ceremony of the items which was held at the NPA Headquarters, Marina, Lagos, Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, Administration, PCHS said the donation was meant to help the agency…

The leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) yesterday paid a working visit to the Headquarters of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in Lagos in a renewed move to restore trust and confidence between the two biggest freight forwarding associations in the country. Speaking on the purpose of the visit, the National President of ANLCA, Iju Tony Nwabunike stated that who opined that the visit was supposed to afford the leadership of the two associations an avenue to sit down and reflect on their challenges and come up with a framework to tackle…

Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, the Executive Director, Administration, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (PCHS), operator of the Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Lagos, has debunked some news reports that the terminal isn’t efficient in its barge operations. Many terminal operators have adopted barge as an alternative option for cargo transfer in view of the deplorable access roads that have made transfer through the road a nightmarish experience. According to Olugbade, while reacting to the reports, Ports & Cargo terminal is the number one in the handling of barges at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos, going by the volume…

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ended a meeting with 36 state governors on the issue of security with a charge to them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies. The President, who listened to presentations by a governor from each of the six geo-political zones on their specific security challenges, recalled that in the old order, communities identified new comers and passed information to constituted authority. “The sub-region is no longer safe, more so with the collapse of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi’s…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Monday condemned last Thursday’s attack on the corporate office of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) located at the Apapa area of Lagos by people suspected to be members of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA). The Executive Secretary of NSC, Barr. Hassan Bello who made the condemnation when he paid a working visit to the corporate office of MSC called on the freight forwarders to always go by the book and avoid taking laws into their hands. Bello equally blamed the management of the company for the seeming lack of responsiveness on…

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja, commissioned the Army Cyber Warfare Headquarters, warning that any form of hooliganism hiding behind lawful and peaceful protests will be dealt with decisively to ensure peace and stability in the country. Buhari made the comments while virtually declaring open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020. President Buhari commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for their efforts at swiftly restoring law and order in various states during the large-scale criminality that ensued in the wake of the #ENDSARS protests. While also reiterating government’s commitment to the rights of citizens to embark…

As concerns mount on the sustainability of the insurance scheme planned for truck owners, drivers and their motor mates by the Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations (COMTUA), the Deputy President of the coalition, Mr. Stephen Okafor has arrayed the fears of the general public even as he has disclosed how they intend to sustain the scheme. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Monday, Okafor noted that the members of the council were not expecting government to give them money to sustain the insurance scheme adding that “we have also agreed within us to collect a check off dues…