Author: Saint Augustine

The federal government has cleared the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle over allegations of complicity in banditry in Zamfara State. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, in an interview on a national television station, Arise Tv said allegations against the Minister were thoroughly investigated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and found to be baseless and politically- motivated. According to him, the NSA’s investigation concluded that the allegations against Matawalle were “mere fabrications.” He said, “As far as I know, most of those things are…

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, alongside the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, and Dr. Segun Awolowo, the Secretary of AfCFTA Nigeria will be among the distinguished guests gracing the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria, MARAN Annual Maritime Lecture, MAMAL 2024. The event is set to take place on November 21, 2024 at the prestigious Providence Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, and will address the theme, “AfCFTA: Dismantling Trade Barriers, Navigating Regional Trade.” This year’s lecture is poised to tackle the pressing issues surrounding the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, offering insights on how to…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF says it is partnering the Nigeria Customs Service Area II Command, Onne to mitigate the impact of stress among freight forwarders at Onne, Rivers state. Disclosing this to some selected journalists during a sensitization campaign tagged, “Stress Management Iln the Maritime Industry”, at Onne, Rivers state recently, the NAGAFF Onne Chapter Chairman, Seaport, Forwarder Ike Okechukwu Ernest said the pressure his colleagues are passing through in the course of their business on daily basis motivated him to carry out such awareness campaign on stress management in relation to maritime industry. He…

More accolades for the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, Dr Muhammed Bello Matawalle for his commitment and dedication to his duties. The latest is the remarks of goodwill of the Minister made by the newly elected National Speaker of the leading Youth’s body in Nigeria, the Youth Assembly of Nigeria, YAN, Comrade Famuyibo Oluwasegun, during his acceptance speech at the national election held at Agura Hotels, Abuja weekend. Comrade Oluwasegun, who hails from Ekiti State, described the Minister as a Youth role model who has demonstrated rare courage in fighting bandits and terrorists to their standstill in North West…

…Rolls out scorecard The lawmaker representing Awka North/South federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Prof. Oby Lilian Orogbu has reaffirmed her commitment to enhancing the welfare of citizens, pledging more interventions in various communities. The lawmaker spoke at a programme of the United Nations women, UNW held in collaboration with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS at the weekend. The event in Awka, the Anambra State capital which later culminated into a town hall meeting was designed to drum support for more women inclusions in the legislature. Presenting her scorecard before the mammoth crowd that included…

The Rural Electrification Agency, REA has signed a landmark, multi-stakeholder Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with strategic partners to enhance collaborative efforts aimed at accelerating access to clean, reliable, and sustainable energy for unserved, underserved, and peri-urban communities across Nigeria. The signing ceremony took place in Abuja, and marks a significant step towards driving innovation and expanding renewable energy solutions in key institutions in Nigeria. With an active history on sector coordination and energy access project implementation in Nigeria, the REA continues to facilitate productive partnerships with other government agencies, development finance institutions as well as the private sector geared towards…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, has taken a significant step towards enhancing the country’s trade and investment landscape with the launch of the Bashir Adeniyi Centre for International Trade and Investment. The centre, named after the Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC, Adewale Adeniyi, was inaugurated recently in Lagos at the NIIA. The CGC expressed optimism about the centre’s potential, saying, “The establishment of this Centre comes at an opportune time as Nigeria is repositioning itself in the global trade environment. “As we continue to advance these initiatives, I envision that this…

As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance integrity and transparency in Customs operations, the Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC, recently, read a riot act to the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, ACTU members at the Nigeria Customs Headquarters in Abuja shortly after the inauguration. This initiative follows the recent partnership between the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Represented by the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, DCG in charge of Enforcement, Investigation, and Inspection, Aliyu Alajogun, the CGC emphasized the importance of tackling corruption and other related offenses head-on. Addressing the ICPC delegation,…

The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has expressed profound sadness and deep sense of loss on the passing of a most illustrious Nigerian patriot and former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC, Professor Humphrey Nwosu, in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 83 in the United States after a brief illness. In his condolence message, Governor Soludo lamented that Nigeria has lost a true umpire of electoral integrity in Prof. Nwosu, describing him as a distinguished son of Anambra State from Ajali community in Orumba North Local Government Area who brought immense…

The management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has advised the International Oil Companies, terminal and jetty operators, and all other companies involved in stevedoring in the country to refrain from engaging unregistered dockworkers. NIMASA, in a statement signed by the Head, Public Relations Unit of the agency, Mr. Edward Osagie encouraged all stakeholders including dock labor employers and stevedoring companies to apply for new operating licenses or renew expired ones within a 30-day moratorium. “This requirement is stipulated by the NIMASA Act of 2007 and outlined in the NIMASA Stevedoring Regulations of 2014, which mandates strict…