Author: Saint Augustine

Barely one week to the National Executive Committee (NECOM) election of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), one of the contenders to the office of the National President of the association, Hon. Tony Iju Nwabunike, has spoken glowingly of the outgoing National President, Prince Olayiwola Shittu. Nwabunike who was speaking at an event to round up his campaign at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Chapter of the association in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday said President Shittu did well in in terms of administration which saw the association having a permanent National Secretariat which hitherto was not there before…

A top contender to the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Tony Iju Nwabunike has said that he will work to take customs clearing jobs back from serving Customs officers and foreigners who denied licensed customs agents their legitimate duty at the customs ports. Nwabunike who made this known when he released his Manifesto in Lagos recently through the Senior Special Adviser Media to ANLCA President and National Publicity Secretary aspirant, Mr. Joe Sanni promised to facilitate constructive engagement with Customs, in partnership with the relevant committees of the National Assembly and the Presidency,…

The Managing Partner, Maritime and Commercial Law Partners, Barr. Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara has offered to give pro bono services to the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) to enable it test most of the issues militating against developments in the nation’s maritime industry in court. Nwagbara who made this offer in a one-day talk-shop organized by MARAN in Lagos recently said that beyond talking, the group should take out some of the issues and test them in court and allow the court to make pronouncements on them which he said could equally be used as a benchmark to measure performance…

Stakeholders in the nation’s maritime industry recently gathered at the International Maritime Press Centre/MARAN Secretariat in a talk-shop to discuss the place of logistics services in the Nigeria’s maritime sector. Put together by the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) with the theme,” The Prospects and Challenges of Logistics Services as the Life-Wire of Nigeria’s Maritime Sector”, the event provided the participants drawn from the government agencies, terminal operators, logistics providers, the freight forwarders and the rest the opportunity to review the logistics sector in Nigeria as it affects the industry. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of the…

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted various contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, Thirty-Five Million, Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Thousand, Forty-Six Naira, Thirteen Kobo (N1, 035,232,046.13) in the month of February 2018. The seized items includes; 18 assorted vehicles, 4,201 bags of foreign parboiled rice (about 7 trailers), 2,619 cartons of frozen poultry products, 1,105 jerrycans of vegetable oil, 2,637 pieces of used tyres, 1,333 bales of used clothing, 2,001kg of Pangolin, 343kg of Elephant tusks among others. The detained vehicles include; 1 Roll Royce, 1 Chrysler, 1…

…Sign MoU on fuel-ethanol project to create 2 million jobs The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kogi State Government have executed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of fuel-ethanol processing plant that would produce 84 million litres of bio-fuel per year. Speaking during the signing of the MoU yesterday in Abuja, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the project would yield a cane mill and a raw and refined Sugar plant of 126,000 tonnes annually. He stated that the Bagasse co-generation plant would also generate 64 Megawatts of power, stressing that the…

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has expressed worry over the absence of the basic infrastructure like the roads and rail system in the Deep Seaports being constructed across the country especially the Lekki Deep Seaport. Bello who made his feeling known while speaking at a one-day talk-shop on “The Prospects and Challenges of Logistics Services as the Life Wire of Nigeria’s Maritime Sector”, organized by the Maritime Reporters’ Association Nigeria (MARAN) in Lagos yesterday said that unless these two modes of transportation were factored in, in the construction of the new Deep Seaports,…

By Joe Sanni The campaigns for the various National Executive Committee offices has gained feverish proportions amongst the two discernible groups within ANLCA, jostling to take over from the expiring tenure of the Prince Olayiwola Shittu-led National Executive Committee (NECOM), whose constitutionally tenured NECOM expires on the 14th of April, 2018. The National President has so far stayed aloof the contentions within great ANLCA, which he has consciously and steadfastly raised its profile nationally and internationally with the multiple achievements that are easily discernible especially the Dikko Inde House National Secretariat, amongst other intangibles. Many aspirants, especially to the office…

…As Peterside says Nigeria’s economy bound for growth …NIMASA projects huge investment opportunities The Nigerian Maritime industry is projected to grow by 2.5% – 5 % within the period 2018-2019 and a projected increase in demand for maritime services in Nigeria during the period of projection. This was contained in the Nigerian maritime industry forecast for 2018/2019 unveiled today in Lagos, by Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The analysis in the publication showed that Nigerians should expect total fleet size to grow by 4.08% in 2018 and 4.41% in 2019. The maritime…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has commended the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) for continually serving as a multilateral organ for regional cooperation amongst ports in West and Central Africa and also, as a vehicle for the actualization of the dreams of the African Union (AU) as well as the objectives of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Usman gave the commendation in her welcome address to the delegates of PMWCA Technical Committee Meeting held at Oriental Hotel in Lagos Monday. She also identified PMWCA as a channel for…