Author: Saint Augustine

…Says I don’t need to be Board Chairman, Secretary to bring desired change The immediate past Sole Administrator of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has said that he is contesting for a slot in the Board of Trustees, BoT of the association to redefine the relationship between the Board and the Executive arms of the association. Mukaila who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, said that ANLCA Board needed to innovate and jettison the idea of doing the same set of things with the same parameters, expecting to…

…Sign MoU to enhance seamless movement of cargo The Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC and the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, on Thursday, led stakeholders to x-ray the factors inhibiting the actualization of optimal and seamless movement of cargoes by rail from the nation’s seaports to the Inland Dry Ports, IDPs and the hinterland in general at a one-day stakeholders summit held in Lagos. The event which has the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police, the Federal Road Safety Commission, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government Area, freight forwarders, transport operators’,…

Mr. John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has raised concerns over the delay of port concession renewal in Nigeria. Port & Cargo terminal is one of the port operators waiting on the government for the renewal of their port concession which expired a few years ago. According to him, the delay has destabilised Ports and Cargo’s operations, caused uncertainty among customers, and hindered potential new business opportunities. Jenkins said this during a courtesy visit by Bashir Ambi Mohammed, Head, Complaints Unit, Nigerian Shippers’ Council to the company in Lagos. He lamented…

A Leading Port Terminal Operator, Onne Multipurpose Terminal, OMT, Onne, Rivers state has again received KOTA CEMPAKA, the largest container ship ever to carry out full operations at Nigeria’s eastern ports. This is the second visit of the ship to the terminal in three months. KOTA CEMPAKA, owned by Pacific International Lines, PIL, is 300 metres long, has the capacity to carry 6,600 TEUs of containers. The ship made its maiden visit to the Onne Port on April 27, 2024 when it loaded and discharged over 2,000 containers full of Nigerian imports and exports. The vessel was received on its…

…Advocates Transition To Renewable Energy The new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, Wednesday paid a courtesy visit on the facility of the Truck Transit Park, TTP Nigeria Limited to get first information of the workings of the electronic traffic management firm engaged by the Authority. During his visit, Dr. Dantsoho was given a comprehensive tour of TTP’s operational facility, including a firsthand view of truck traffic management at Lilypond and the real-time CCTV live feed and monitoring systems employed by TTP at its control centre to oversee port gates, terminals, and pre-gates. He was…

…Insists government, its agencies should take responsibility Following the demands for waivers by freight forwarders as a result of the ongoing nationwide protest, the National Secretary of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria, AREFFN, Ichie Frank Obiekezie has said that freight forwarders have genuine reasons to abstain from taking delivery and to ask for waiver. Obiekezie who stated this in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos Tuesday, maintained that freight forwarders were not just asking for waiver for some days but for as long as the protest would last adding that they should not charge anything on any…

By Francis Omotosho In the recent Logistic Performance Index by World Bank, Nigeria was ranked 95th Position as other African countries like South Africa, Egypt, Benin Republic and others beat Nigeria in the ranking. The word logistic means reduction in total cost in addition to quality service delivery to customers. In simple words, it is all about delivery of quality services or goods at the most economic cost to customers. This is exactly what the consumers want for him to be satisfied. He wants a cheaper price with good quality; that is logistics. However, the three costs components of any…

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… We’re poised to break more records, says Comptroller Olomu The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated a total of N1,227,431,323,016.24 as revenue between January and July 2024. The command also collected N201,853,406,964.61 for the month of July this year, being its highest monthly revenue collection in the history of Nigeria Customs Service. Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, fsi who disclosed this on Wednesday, said he is committed to surpassing the existing records of revenue collection. According to the CAC, the collected revenue for seven months of 2024 is higher than the…

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB has fixed Wednesday, August 14 to Friday, August 23, 2024 as interview dates for applicants. Recall that the Board recently announced the result of teachers who sat for its Computer-Based Tests in Ibadan. In a statement by the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran on Wednesday, the interview sessions will take place at the Board’s headquarters at Agodi, Ibadan. Dr. Adeniran noted that 45,827 sat for the CBT examination while only 8,197 met the 50% cut-off mark. In the statement, Dr. Adeniran said the interview sessions will…