Author: Saint Augustine

The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has advised manufacturers in the country to stop complaining but dig out what Dangote, BUA and one other did differently that earned them exemption from the border closure by the federal government. It will be recalled that the federal government had last week exempted Dangote Cement, BUA and a gas company from the restrictions imposed on businesses by the ongoing border closure ordered by the federal government over one year ago. However, speaking in a chat with newsmen in Lagos last week, Aniebonam recalled that Dangote, BUA…

As the Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WOFHOF) Initiative celebrated its 2020 MMS Hall of Famers’ Day in commemoration of the United Nation’s 75th anniversary, Nigerian women have been tasked with sustaining peace and unity in the country. The celebration of MMS UN Generation Amazons in Lagos, Nigeria, themed; “The Third Paradise: A New Thinking on Women and Humanity” was dedicated to celebrate select women across the transportation and finance sectors in the country. Speaking at the event, the Chief Host and Chairperson of Nigerian Ship-owners Forum, Barr. Mrs. Margaret Orakwusi urged Nigerian women to eschew differences in ethnicity…

The government and people of Anambra State have lauded the world-class native daughter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for being voted the best Women’s Prize for Fiction winner in the last quarter of a century. In a statement signed by Mr. C. Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, it was highlighted that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in its 25-year history. According to the statement, Chimamanda, who won the Orange Prize in 2007, was chosen in a public vote from…

Sky Capital & Financial Allied International Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has appointed a new Managing Director, Mr. Maxwell Ideh. Ideh, a seasoned banking professional with over twenty years’ experience, is a 1994 graduate of Biological Science from the University of Lagos and also holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from the China Europe International Business School in 2012. He started his professional career with Allied Bank in 1995 and has worked with Eko International Bank, Access Bank, Oceanic Bank, Bank PHB, Keystone Bank, Mainstreet Bank and Polaris Bank. Speaking on the appointment, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive…

The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has emphasised the pivotal role of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in the attempt to fast-tract tax revenue to a prime source of government finance in the country’s economic development drive. President and Chairman of Council, CITN, Dame Gladys Olajumoke Simplice said this in Lagos recently during the 22nd Annual Tax Conference organised by the institute. Simplice commended NIMASA’s commitment to the development of the maritime industry through promotion of the Federal Government’s Ease of Doing Business initiative and expansion of infrastructure, saying they are keys to national progress.…

The Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), on Thursday mourned the passing away of former Ghana President, Jerry Rawlings describing him as a great liberator and one of the ever lived pan-Africanists. The media foundation with over 250 journalists covering migration across the world also expressed condolences to the people of Nigeria over the death of former Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa. Ajibola Abayomi, the President of JIFORM in a statement said: “Jerry left his footprint on the sands of time as a game changer in Ghana. During his life time, he spoke against enslaving of Africans on several…

The recent upsurge in the number of piracy attacks on vessels in the Gulf of Guinea as well as the frequency of the attacks has become a source of worry to many industry watchers. One of them, a former President of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who spoke in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday said that the development should be a source of worry to every maritime operator in Nigeria. Alalade recalled that the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) came out…

It was indeed a day to remember as the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative yesterday celebrated her United Nations Generation Amazons to mark the United Nations 75th anniversary with a search for the “Third Paradise.” The event which attracted women from all works of life took time to appraise and evaluate the Initiative’s journey on gender parity advocacy and strategy as well as to see how much lives had been touched and could be touched through her programmes. Speaking in his welcome address, the founder of MMS WoFHoF Initiative, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke noted that the Initiative…

The National Coordinator, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko has dismissed speculations of disunity in the NAGAFF hierarchy. Tanko made this clarification in a press statement yesterday after some online news sources had quoted the President of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche to have said NAGAFF stopped the planned protest of a group of freight forwarders and truckers known as COFFAMAT. COFFAMAT had threatened to withdraw their services from the ports if the Presidential task team continued, accusing the task team of complicity in the port access menace. Tanko, yesterday maintained that the…

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has admonished the Federal Government to tread with caution in its handling of prominent figures in the #EndSARS protests that recently rocked the nation.  The clergyman gave this advice in the wake of reports of arrest, seizure of international passports and freezing of bank accounts of people who were connected with the protests. The Archbishop in a statement, signed by the Director of Social Communications, Rev. Fr. Anthony Godonu stated that: “We have been reading with great concern, reports of arrest, seizure of international passports and the freezing of bank…