Author: Saint Augustine

…Outlines other factors The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello has identified absence of institutional framework, relevant policies such as the National transport policy as factors militating against effective shipping development in Nigeria. Bello who was speaking at an event in Lagos recently noted that the National Transport Policy is an omnibus policy to give direction to all multimodal transport system adding that Nigeria needed not only the ships but also the ports. He described the ports in Apapa and Tincan as museum ports which according to him had reached their capacity noting that “when…

The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association has called on the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to make its position known on the delay in the implementation of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as rolled out recently by the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC). The President of the association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who made this call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos said that it was time NIMASA come open on this issue having lingered for months now. Alalade disclosed all parties including the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Transportation,…

The Lagos State Police command has arrested the principal suspect in the murder of the 56 years old Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Etashol Hotels and Suites, Olusola Olusoga and her Manager, Tunji Omikunle who was aged 39. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi who made this disclosure at a press briefing in Lagos yesterday revealed that the suspect, Ehizojie Vincent Jeffery was arrested in Port-Harcourt where he had gone to take refuge after the heinous act. Edgal recalled that on 25th January, 2019, at about 3.00am, the Managing Director/CEO of Etashol Hotels and Suites, one…

Following the recent boat mishap that occurred at Bayeku in the Ikorodu area of Lagos leading to the loss of three persons, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has called on the general public especially water transport users to strictly adhere to its safety guidelines, especially for boat operators to stop traveling in the evening after 6pm. The General Manager Public Affairs NIWA, Mr. Tayo Fadile who made the call in a press release in Lokoja also assured that NIWA would continue to encourage boat operators to do the right thing and reduce the incessant boat mishap on the nation’s…

…Speaks on challenges of 2019 polls The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will create additional polling units after the 2019 general elections to decongest the existing ones and make voting less cumbersome for Nigerians during elections. The INEC National Commissioner, Barr. Festus Okoye who stated this in Awka recently said that this has become necessary as successive INEC leadership lacked the political will to break up the existing polling units and create new ones so as to lessen the length of time voters had to spend at a polling station in order to cast their votes.…

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has blamed the pulling out of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Nigerian government by a shipping giant, PIL on adverse business environment which discourages healthy competition with the foreign vessel owners who benefits a lot of incentives from their home governments to remain afloat. Bello who was speaking at an event in Lagos recently recalled that the Nigerian government and PIL had signed an MoU to finance the re-establishment of the national carrier using the 60:40 sharing formula but regretted that PIL had to withdraw…

The Controller of Immigration, Seme Border Area command, Comptroller Dominic Obetta Asogwa has faulted the Federal Government’s immigration policy especially as it relates to her West Africa neighbours who he said gain entry into the country without the necessary documents to allow them do so adding that the disposition of the government on this matter is robbing off on her citizens. Asogwa who noted this while playing host to a group of freight forwarders who paid him a courtesy visit in his office recently disclosed that most of Nigeria’s West African neighbours treated Nigerians with disdain in their own countries…

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, says the agency has created operational conditions that have prompted a turnaround in prospects for maritime safety and successful utilization of the country’s enormous marine resources. Peterside stated this in Abuja last week while delivering a lecture on “Maritime Safety and Shipping Development in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects,” at the National Defence College. He said NIMASA’s Total Spectrum Maritime Security Strategy had engendered significant improvement in maritime safety and security in the country. The other measures adopted by the agency to better the state of safety and security…

The Lagos State Police command has confirmed the arrest of two adult accomplices in connection with the initiation of twelve (12) school children aged between 8 and 16 years old into a notorious cult group known as Awawa cult group at Egan, in Igando area of Lagos. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos state, CP Edgal Imohimi who disclosed this at a press briefing at the command’s headquarters on Monday stated that the children were discovered to have been initiated into a nefarious association by a Guardian and Counselor attached to a public school in Egan, Igando, Lagos. Edgal noted that…

Following the impending Appeals by the All progressive Congress (APC) and the subsequent exclusion of all its candidates in Rivers and Zamfara States as well as publishing of the candidates of Buruji Kashamu faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last Thursday, the commission has said that it will not speculate on what the ruling of the Appeal Court will be on the matter. The INEC National Commission, Barr. Festus Okoye who disclosed this at a one day sensitization forum for journalist in Awka on Friday stated that the position…