Author: Saint Augustine

Sequel to the composition of committees of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the National Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and member of the Council, Dr. Kayode Farinto has been appointed to head the Education and Training Committee as Chairman. A letter conveying the appointment which was signed by the Secretary to the Governing Council and Registrar CRFFN, Sir Mike Jukwe and sighted by our correspondent however said that the terms of reference and membership details of the respective committees were attached to the letter.…

By Val Iwuchukwu The attention of the National Secretariat has been drawn to a publication taken out by the National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA- Adumaza Joe Sanni which is now trending in blog, print and social media. The publication was anchored around the forthcoming Western zone chapter election, but the writer digressed and took a swipe on National Executive Committee of ANLCA with obvious intention to cause disaffection within the Association and to give out NECOM as grossly incompetent bunch and suggest that our great Association is dying by installment. His piece was a combination of truth, half-truth and outright…

…Says SON product registration no longer requirement for imports clearance The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has put the value of substandard products it seized in the last one year, both those destroyed as well as those awaiting destruction at N22.7 billion. The Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma who disclosed this at SON/Maritime Stakeholders’ Awareness Forum with the theme, “Collaboration as a tool for zero substandard imports”, in Lagos on Thursday named some of the products seized in the last one year to include; tyres, electric cables, LPG cylinders, lubricants, communication cables, unfortified sugar among others. Aboloma who was represented…

…Says Njoku led Board to conduct Western Zone elections …Dismisses Joe Sanni’s position on Western Zone elections The National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Tony Iju Nwabunike has finally declared his support for the Chief Henry Njoku faction of the association’s Board of Trustees (BoT). It will be recalled that following the emergence of Chief Tony Iju Nwabunike as the National President of ANLCA on the 8th of March, 2018, leadership crisis engulfed the Board of Trustees of the association following the outcome of an election purportedly held by BoT members on the 13th…

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), the umbrella body of over 45 major opposition parties, yesterday after a closed door deliberation at Yaradua Centre Abuja, announced former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as the consensus candidate of the opposition. National spokesperson of the CUPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, who made this known in a release he signed in Abuja stated that over 41 political parties in attendance, endorsed the decision which enjoyed majority support. He said that the coalition arrived at Atiku’s choice after he towered high on the criteria used…

…Seeks declaration of state of emergency at seaports, border stations A frontline maritime journalist, Mr. Asu Beks has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint a serving career officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to head the Service as the current Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) lacks the cognate professional experience and competence to lead the Service. Asu Beks who made this call at a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday said that only this would surely restore the lost glory of the service and instill accountability, professionalism and boost morale of officers and men of…

The Bring Back Buhari Maritime Campaign Group (BBBMCG) has struck a partnership deal with Oodua Maritime Forum aimed at ensuring that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected to continue as President beyond 2019. Rising from a meeting jointly chaired by the National Chairman of BBBMCG, Mr. Uchechukwu Aniezechukwu and the President of Oodua Maritime Forum, Chief Oye Ariyo, the groups agreed that based on facts available on ground and following a research conducted by the groups, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo remained the best candidates for the 2019 general election and adopted by both organizations. The two…

A group known as Bring Back Buhari Maritime Campaign Group (BBBMCG) has pledged to work assiduously for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 Presidential election. The group in a communiqué signed by its National Chairman, Mr. Uchechukwu Aniezechukwu and National Coordinator, Alhaji Lameen Aliyu pledged to be involved in specifically and clearly enumerating and promoting vigorously by its coordinators in the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory , the achievements of Mr. President in various sectors of the economy. It said that it would clearly avoid smear campaign against the persons and political parties of Mr. President’s opposition,…

The Defence Headquarters has said that Operation AWATSE has recorded tremendous achievements since the commencement of Operation 777 in October this year. It will be recalled that Operation AWATSE is one of the 7 Joint Task Forces under the control of Defence Headquarters participating in Operation 777, an operation also being conducted and coordinated simultaneously nationwide by the Defence Headquarters. It is worthy of note that Operation AWATSE’s mandate is the protection of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipelines and infrastructure along the 72 km stretch of pipelines from Atlas Cove to Mosimi Depot and conduct of operations against anti-kidnapping, anti-robbery…

…Suspects concealment of facts on bribe allegation Suspecting half-truth and outright concealment of facts on the seizure of 40 containers of tramadol, the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LMEP) weekend called on the management of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to make public the identity of the importer or importers who offered the sum of N150 million bribe to the Customs for one of the containers to be released. Noting that the Comptroller-General of the Service, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd.) had told newsmen that the importer had offered the sum of $280,000 bribe for one of the containers to be released,…