Author: Saint Augustine

The President, League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke has called on the federal government to empower the Nigerian maritime journalists with 10 percent of the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund (CVFF). Anaroke who made this call while delivering his welcome address at an event to mark the 20th Anniversary Lecture/ Awards and Patrons’ Investiture ceremony with the theme, “Indigenous Fleet Development, What Options?”, argued that the call had become imperative as the Nigerian maritime journalists and publishers share the same fate of the Nigerian indigenous ship owners whose operations he said had been stifled by lack of fund…

The League of Maritime Editors and Publishers on Thursday said it is yet to come to terms with the rationale behind the over N500 million spent by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the Corporate Dinner and Merit Award organized recently by the agency at the Eko Hotels, Lagos when many incapacitated ship owners and agents lacked funds to charter vessels of three thousand tonnage to make a voyage for a contract at the cost of about N10 million, bunkering inclusive. The President of the League, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke who made the position of the League known…

The National Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr. Kayode Farinto has apologized to the maritime stakeholders in Nigeria for mobilizing them to support President Muhammdu Buhari in the 2015 Presidential election even as he regretted his action. Farinto who tendered the apology in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently recalled that he led stakeholders in the industry to campaign for President Buhari thinking that they were going to have the desired change in the sector adding that he was sorry to mislead them as all the campaign promises of President Buhari and…

The Lagos state police command has arrested three suspects namely; Kaiyewu Folahan, Akintunde Ibukun and Azeez Kazeem for impersonating Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and recruiting ad-hoc staff. According to the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Chike Oti who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos, the suspects were arrested following a complaint from the Deputy Director of INEC, Shomolu LGA, Mrs. Akinwunmi S.O. on January 22, 2019, that some persons at Shop No.33, Aluta Plaza, Federal College of Education, Akoka, were impersonating INEC officials and recruiting ad-hoc staff. He said that on receiving the information, the…

The Lagos State Police command has arrested ten suspected vandals who specialized in digging and cutting electricity cable that supplies street light in the state. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen at the command headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos revealed that information was received from a credible source at about 2.00am on the 15 January, 2019 that some vandals were sighted digging and cutting electricity cable that supplies street light around White sand area, Orile Iganmu Lagos. Edgal noted that acting on the information; operatives of FSARS attached to Ijora…

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected a total of Six billion, two hundred and ninety four million, eight hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and eighty two Naira, ninety eight Kobo (N6,294,860,182.98) in the year 2018 which represents about 76% of the total revenue target allocated to the command. Also, the command’s Enforcement Unit in an aggressive anti-smuggling drive against smugglers and non-compliant stakeholders also effectively combated smuggling activities leading to a total of 1,119 seizures with a DutyPpaid Value (DPV) of one billion, three hundred and ninety four million, one hundred and thirty…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman has said that the Authority is fully committed to the provision of the enabling environment for business to grow in the maritime sector. Usman stated this yesterday while receiving the Danish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jesper Kamp, who paid her a courtesy visit in the corporate headquarters in Marina. Represented by the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr. Sokonte H. Davies, she called for continuous engagement on the way forward in the maritime sector. The NPA boss told the Ambassador that the Authority is committed to the development of Deep…

In yet another massive intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of insurgency. The farmers-herders clash and sporadic attacks by cattle rustlers have displaced thousands, many of whom are currently seeking refuge at Maradun Local Government Area of the State. According to official reports, over 3,000 people have been killed, about 100,000 displaced, of which about 30,000 are in Maradun Local Government Area, and over 500 people kidnapped. Group Executive Director, Government Relations and Strategic Relations, Mansur Ahmed who…

The key to African economic emergence lies in removal of barriers, increased connectivity between nations and infrastructure development, DP World’s Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, told African leaders and top executives in Dakar Senegal. “We believe in the viability of Africa, we believe in investing in the continent during our investment in Senegal, will improved efficiency and volumes by 135 percent in 10 years,” Mr Bin Sulayem told the audience at the Africa Emergence Conference 2019 in Dakar Senegal. Addressing a panel on how private institutions can help support emergence in Africa with President Macky…

Barely one month to the February 16, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Lagos State Police command has said that it is in possession of intelligence that some persons are planning to come into the state posing as Police and Military Officers having sown Police and Military uniforms in some other locations with the intent to scuttle the elections. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi who disclosed this after a joint meeting with the heads of the security agencies in the state and the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner for Lagos State at the…