Author: Saint Augustine

Air Peace has apologized to its customers over the disruption of her flights on different routes on Friday. A statement issued by the airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said some of the carrier’s scheduled flights were disrupted due to a depressurization challenge on its Lagos-Enugu flight, which compelled it to declare the aircraft unserviceable in line with its uncompromising stance on matters of safety. The airline said it regretted the resultant delay of flights on several routes the aircraft was scheduled to service, assuring that it had made arrangements for other aircraft in its fleet to salvage the…

Maritime journalist, Mr. Sylvanus Ekpo has advocated for the appointment of a full-fledged Director of Public Relations for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as part of Management Function. Ekpo made this advocacy in a lecture entitled, “Protocol Management in Modern Corporate Branding”, at a 3-day training on Effective Public Relations and Protocols Management in Corporate Governance organized by the Maritime Media Limited in partnership with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in Lagos on Wednesday. He recalled that the PR office in NIMASA was always manned by a Deputy Director adding that a Deputy Director…

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, United Nations, and other members of the international community to urgently call President Muhammadu Buhari to order over his incessant intimidation and harassment of opposition figures in the country ahead of the 2019 general elections. Frank specifically condemned in strong terms the plot to arrest the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, over frivolous charges simply because of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peter Obi, was a former Chairman of the…

Following a publication on pages 4 and 5 of the Punch Newspaper dated Thursday, December 13, 2018, and titled, “Police torture good Samaritan for trying to free extortion victim”, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, to withdraw the case from court for reinvestigation. The CP further directed the DC, SCIID to constitute an investigative panel and invite all the parties involved in the matter, including the police officer that handled the case for thorough enquiries. A statement from the command’s…

West Africa’s leading carrier, Air Peace has said it will move a part of its flight operations to the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos on January 2, 2019 to position itself for better service to its customers. The airline, which has its main hub at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, said it would now operate its Lagos-Akure, Lagos-Asaba, Lagos-Kaduna and Lagos-Port Harcourt NAF Base flights from MMA2. A statement issued by Air Peace Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said the development was in line with its expansion plan and strategy to deliver…

…Bags CILT Fellowship Award The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said that the maritime sector and logistics are the driving force behind globalization, stressing that everything about trade and development is centred on maritime transport and logistics. Peterside stated this at the inauguration of Council Members of the Chattered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and investiture of Fellowship awards held in Lagos recently. He noted that NIMASA was working hard to ensure that Nigeria continued to position itself for optimal benefits from international transport and logistics. The Director General…

The Chairman, Port Consultative Council (PCC), Otunba Kunle Folarin has said that the only answer to seamless and hitch-free cargo clearance in the Nigerian ports lies in integrating the process of Single Window project or the Port Community System as obtainable in other climes. Folarin who made this known in a lecture he delivered at a one day seminar for maritime journalists held in Lagos recently said that the structures of the individual agencies like the Nigeria Customs Service which still witness a long queue of desks were no fashionable as other countries had set those manual method aside and…

A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Adebayo Sarumi has advised the Nigerian shipowners to insist on carrying the project cargoes coming into the country even as he charged them not to leave the business to the supplier to go looking for his own countries’ shipping services to bring them to the country. Sarumi who gave this admonition in a speech he delivered to the end of the year workshop and dinner organized by the Shipowners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) in Lagos on Tuesday stated that a few people had shown that beyond the offshore oil…

The Lagos State Police command has come out to disagree with the assertion that sex in a car in a public place is not a crime in Nigeria describing the assertion as misplaced. Recall that an online publication credited to @POLICENG_PCRRU to the effect that “Sex in a car in a public place is not a crime in Nigeria provided that the location is not a place of worship, parties are 18yrs+, the act is consensual (agreed to by parties) and parties are of opposite sex. If threatened with arrest over above, pls contact @POLICENG_PCRRU”. However, the Commissioner of Police…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has called on Officers and Men of the Fire Service Department to rededicate themselves to the vision, mission and core values of the Authority by displaying professional ability and agility and demonstrating high sense of responsibility in the discharge of their duties in line with the management thrust of operational efficiency. She made this call while addressing graduands of Squad 50 of the Fire Service Cadets at their passing out parade at NPA Fire Service Central Training School, Apapa on Wednesday December 12, 2018. “Nigerian Ports Authority Fire Service…