Author: Saint Augustine

…Game of golf good recreational activity – FOC, Hassan …As Osamgbi urges maritime stakeholders to consider golf game Officers and men of the Nigerian Navy took the spotlight at the Admiral Wambai retirement Golf tournament which took place at the Dolphin Golf Club, Navy Town Ojo Lagos Nigeria. With over one hundred (100) players comprising civilians and Naval Personnel, both serving and retired participating, the Naval Assistant to the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Lieutenant Commander Nathaniel Uti emerged overall winner with a net result of 4 under par playing on handicap 19. The Flag Officer Commanding, Naval Doctrine…

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, has officially released results of its just concluded computer-based tests. This was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran in a statement made available to the journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan. In the statement, Dr. Adeniran said the Board has set minimum cut-off marks for qualification to the next stage in the recruitment exercise. He said the cut-off mark in the exercise is 50%. The cut off mark, according to him will set the tone for the recruitment process. He further advised all candidates to log into…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative, on Tuesday resolved to adopt Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR in a matter before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions. The committee was investigating a petition brought against NIMASA where the Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative alleged that NIMASA failed to establish educational and skills acquisition projects in the coastal communities as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR. But, when the matter was called up on Wednesday, both parties agreed to seek peaceful settlement through Alternative Dispute Resolution. Speaking during the occasion, the…

Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi has announced the suspension of import duties and taxes on essential food items to make basic necessities more affordable for Nigerians and address the prevalent food inflation in the nation. In a public address on Monday evening, Adeniyi acknowledged the widespread economic challenges and outlined the government’s commitment to easing the financial burden on its citizens. He acknowledged that global inflation is impacting nations worldwide, including Nigeria, noting that to address this, the federal government, through the Nigeria Customs Service, is suspending import duties and…

Customs Area Controller, CAC of Apapa Port Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu has given a reassurance to port users operating in Apapa that activities of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS would continue uninterrupted despite apprehensions about an impending nationwide protest Addressing a meeting of stakeholders in Apapa on Tuesday, Comptroller Olomu said it has become expedient to rebuild confidence in importers, exporters, licensed customs agents, freight forwarders, haulage operators and other port users on the availability of Nigeria Customs Service officers in Apapa Port on all working days as usual. He stated that customs officers attached to the command at the…

The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) has emphasized inter-agency collaboration, community engagement, and advanced technology as key in fighting oil theft in the country. The Executive Director, Operations and Technical, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Capt. Warredi Enisuoh said this at the public hearing by House of Representatives Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft to address the pressing issue of crude oil theft in Nigeria recently. The hearing brought together representatives from various organizations, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Department of State Services, DSS. “The…

Ahead of the August 1 planned nationwide protest tagged #End bad governance, the South South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere has appealed to Nigerians, especially the youth, to jettison the idea of a protest, adding that it would create more problems than it is meant to solve. In a press statement which he released in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on Monday, Agbomhere stated that a protest coming a year into the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be the greatest injustice to a political office holder who has a four…

he Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has said that it collected the sum of N2.74 trillion in the first half of 2024 as against the N2.54 trillion revenue target set for it by the federal government. The amount surpassed the revenue target set for the Service for the first half of 2024 by the federal government by 8% translating to a 127% increase over the previous year’s revenue. A statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs also informed that N1.395 trillion was collected for the second…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has directed all telecom operators to reactivate all lines that were disconnected over the weekend in view of the short time available for consumers to undertake the verification of their NINs with their SIMs. Over the weekend, many telecom subscribers/consumers were unable to access their phone lines because of the inability of many telecom consumers to verify their National Identification Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs). To this end, the phone numbers of the affected subscribers/consumers were blocked by their telecom service providers in keeping with laws and policies of the NIN-SIM linkage.…

Recently, the 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF petitioned the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu against the activities of the Operators of scanning machines in the Western Seaports. The Compliance Team accused the operators of deliberately, purposefully and maliciously subverting the original plan and purpose of introducing scanning machines in cargo clearing processes, especially, in the nation’s Western Seaports, thereby perpetuating the option of physical examination. In this interview with the National Coordinator of the Save Nigeria Importers, Freight Forwarders and Exporters Coalition, SNIFFIEC, Chief Osita Chukwu discusses the petition and…