Author: Saint Augustine

Controller of immigration in charge of Seme border Area command, Mr. Dominic Obetta Asogwa has called on the Nigerian truck owners to always engage Nigerians as drivers to drive their trucks as that will go a long way in creating employment for Nigerians and reduce crime rate in the country. Asogwa who made this call on Friday when the leadership of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN) paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Seme decried the attitude of Nigerians who go on their way to engage foreigners especially from Benin Republic and Togo to drive…

The Nigeria immigration Service (NIS) has frowned at the multiple check points mounted by different security agencies along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway saying that the development was not healthy for the country economically. The Controller of Immigration, Seme Border command, Mr. Dominic Obetta Asogwa who made this known while playing host to members of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders (AREFFN) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Friday said that the practice discourages foreign direct investment inflow from the axis. While emphasizing that one of his cardinal objectives as Immigration officer was to attract Foreign Direct Investment…

…Decries customs interference with trade The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that the Nigerian importers and their agents lost a whooping forty billion Naira as container deposit to the shipping agents operating in the country in 2018. The National Vice President of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently said that such deposits always got depleted while empty containers were lying on trucks waiting on queue for weeks and sometimes up to one month to access the port to return them to the port. He revealed that…

…Lists measures to strengthen the ports The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association has called on the federal government to take steps towards upgrading the Certificate of Competency (CoC) being issued by the Nigerian maritime institutions to be in line with her counterparts across the world. The President of the association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who made the call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently said that the certificates issued here in Nigeria were not upgraded even when most institutions in Ghana which started off at the same time with Nigeria were now ahead…

… Further ease Lagos ports access roads gridlock Following the recent reopening of the reconstructed Wharf Road, certain road haulage operators in the maritime sector are taking actions to boost the benefits of the vital link to and fro the port city of Apapa, easing the nagging Lagos ports access roads gridlock considerably. Truckers, under the aegis of the influential amalgam, the Containerised Truck Owners, coupled by the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) and Container Truck Owners Association of Nigeria (COTOAN), informed that they are determined to provide efficacious antidote to eliminate the gridlock totally, not just to help…

…As AREFFN leadership visits Seme customs Controller The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Seme command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba has announced measures to shut down the Atlas Park at the joint border between Nigeria and Benin Republic over alleged illegalities. Speaking during a meeting with members of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Seme on Friday, Mohammed said that the Atlas Park in operation at Benin Republic was against the international law of transit hence the reason he was determined to…

In a bid to continue to boost investors’ confidence in the Nigerian maritime sector, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to unveil the 2019-2020 Nigerian Maritime Industry Forecast. The projection, the second in the series and an innovation in the Nigerian maritime industry, will take place in Lagos. Speaking ahead of the event, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, reiterated the Federal Government’s determination to diversify the economy, saying the maritime sector remains a viable alternative in this effort. Peterside said there was need to keep stakeholders and investors abreast of trends in the…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commenced the Onne Port Channel Oil spill clean-up operations at the Federal Oceans Terminal (FOT), Onne. The project of water channel clean-up is the first of such project being executed by the Personnel of Environment Department of the Authority from both the Corporate Headquarters and the FOT. Speaking on the side-lines of the kick-off of the clean-up project at the Engineering Department premises at Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT) Onne, venue of the take-off of the Onne Port Channel oil spill clean-up operations, the Acting Port Manager, Mrs. Barbara Ejemeh Nchey-Achukwu who represented the Port…

Barely three weeks to the February 16, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Ime Obi Ohaneze Ndigbo has finally ratified the decision of the Ohaneze National Executive Committee (NEC) to adopt the Atiku Abubakar/ Peter Obi ticket in the 2019 presidential election. The group which made its decision known in a communiqué it issued at the end of its meeting in Enugu yesterday and signed by its President General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, stated that the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) being a major political party in the country, nominated its son, Chief Peter Obi as the…

Following a report on Punch Newspaper publication of Thursday, January 24, 2019, pages 4 and 5, with the heading “Power-drunk DPO breaks Lagos carpenter’s hand, leg”, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edgal has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department, Panti,Yaba, DCP Yetunde Longe  to investigate the matter and submit report of her findings within one week. Edgal further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, DCP Nabuni Elkana Ayuba to issue the said Divisional Police Officer (DPO) a query to explain his actions regarding the…