Author: Saint Augustine

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Fabian Ajogwu has said that Nigeria has not taken advantage of the huge opportunities provided by the shipping industry as it has not approached the issue of ship financing the way it has evolved rather it is still looking at it from a traditional perspective. Ajogwu who made this observation while delivering a lecture titled,” Innovative Concepts and Sustainable Approaches to Effective Ship and Maritime Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria: Critical Review” maintained that one could either have the money to buy a ship or have to take on debt capital or a hybrid of…

…Lists expectations in 2019 The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has said that its members operating at the Nigerian maritime industry were faced with a lot of challenges in the outgoing year of 2018. The Lagos State Vice Chairman, Dry Cargo Section of NARTO, Alhaji Abdullahi Inuwa Mohammed who stated this in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos noted that porr access road to the ports, non-availability of functional holding bays for receiving empty containers leading to the reduction in the man-hours of the truckers to the list of challenges faced by the truckers in the outgoing…

By Joe Sanni                           Information reaching me last evening shows that an emergency National Executive Council (ENEC) hurriedly put together by the National Vice President and National Secretary, in active cooperation with the National President and his PSO, has been used to commit a constitutional travesty. The so called ENEC, dominated by appointees of the President, most without operational and current Customs licenses, sat in judgment over duly elected officials of NECOM, Western Zone officers and chapters, without as much exploring due process or due diligence. Sounds like primitive desperation in a purely democratic set up. Fact is, those that…

An independent network of Ndi Igbo, One-On-One Nigeria, determined to achieve Igbo Presidency by returning President Muhammadu Buhari for second term has reiterated their commitment to achieve their objective through massive awareness campaign to convince Ndi Igbo that four years of president Buhari is better than eight years of any other person. This was contained in an address by the national leader of One-on-One Nigeria, Chido Obidiegwu during a World Press Conference in honour of president Buhari on his 76th Birthday at NUJ Press Center Awka, on Monday. Obidiegwu going through memory lane lamented that Ndi Igbo are still being…

Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the National Chairman of the Bring Back Buhari Maritime Campaign Group (BBBMCG), Mr. Taiwo Hassan has said that all is now set for the official launch of campaign rally for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari by the group across the nation’s maritime industry. Hassan who made this known in a communiqué at the end of the closed door meeting between the National Chairman of BBBMCG, Mr.  Uchechukwu Aniezechukwu and the President-General of the Association of Igbo Maritime Practitioners in Nigeria (ASIMPIN), His Royal Highness, Eze Damian Obanigwe in Lagos yesterday stated…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that it is committed to the protection of the interests of the Nigerian shipowners for the reasons of job creation, greater contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of the country, wealth creation and the sustainability of the industry. Peterside who gave the assurance while speaking at the 2nd annual Nigeria Ship Finance Conference (NISFCOE) in Lagos on Tuesday with the theme, “Advancing Ship & Maritime Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria: Innovative Concepts & Sustainable approaches”, stated that it had become obvious that as Nigeria supports the Nigerian shipowner, it was supporting…

A senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Mike Igbokwe has called on the federal government to put the necessary structures in place to ensure the immediate disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing fund (CVFF) and for proper monitoring of the disbursement and implementation of the provisions of the guidelines. Igbokwe who made this call in his opening speech at the 2nd annual Nigeria Ship Finance Conference and Exhibition (NISFCOE) which held in Lagos yesterday further suggested that based on Section 23 of the NIMASA Act empowering it to join in the formation of companies and also to enter into partnership with…

Mr. Basil Okpara has assumed as the acting Registrar of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as the former Registrar, Sir Mike Jukwe has proceeded on terminal leave with effect from 14th December, 2018, Primetime Reporters has learnt. This medium gathered that Jukwe who was due for retirement in September this year actually sent in his letter reminding the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi that he was due for retirement on 2nd September, 2018 but later on wrote again requesting the Minister to extend his appointment which he turned down. Our source who…

Following complaints of indiscriminate removal and destruction of campaign posters, banners and billboards of political parties and those of the aspirants by unknown persons, the authorities of the Lagos Police command, after due consultation with relevant stakeholders have directed that henceforth pasting of campaign posters, billboards and other advertisements should be done during the day time, between the hours of 6.00am and 6.00pm only. A statement by the spokesman of the command, CSP Chike Oti disclosed that it was alleged that those involved in this act usually operates at odd hours, particularly between 1.00am and 4.00am arguing that the trend…

Worried by complaints from some neighbourhoods in Lagos alleging increased activities of petty thieves and robbers who specialize in vandalizing vehicles parked by roadsides at night, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edgal has directed the Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers across the state to carry out strings of operations in their areas of responsibilities. Confirming the development, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Chike Oti said that in addition to the directive, the Commissioner of Police also advised all communities in Lagos to adopt some measures in order to improve security of lives and properties in…