Author: Saint Augustine

The Federal Government has said that it will begin full implementation of the 2017 Revised Export and Import Guidelines on January 1, 2018. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who disclosed this at a one day sensitization workshop with the theme: “Understanding the Nigerian Revised Import and Export Guidelines, Procedures and Documentation Requirements for Ease of Doing Business” held in Lagos Thursday said that the guidelines had been circulated to the relevant MDAs since April this year for onward transmission to other stakeholders under their respective jurisdictions. Represented by the Director Home Finance of the Ministry, Mrs. Olubunmi Siyanbola,…

The Federal Government has said that it will begin full implementation of the 2017 Revised Export and Import Guidelines on January 1, 2018. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who disclosed this at a one day sensitization workshop with the theme: “Understanding the Nigerian Revised Import and Export Guidelines, Procedures and Documentation Requirements for Ease of Doing Business” held in Lagos Thursday said that the guidelines had been circulated to the relevant MDAs since April this year for onward transmission to other stakeholders under their respective jurisdictions. Represented by the Director Home Finance of the Ministry, Mrs. Olubunmi Siyanbola,…

In a bid to reduce the level of poverty in the state, the Lagos State Government has commenced a 5 day training of Badagry women on the use of water hyacinth to make hand crafts. The Lagos state government is to train and empower them with grants to carry on with the venture afterwards. The programme which commenced yesterday saw about 50 women living in Badagry, selected to participate in a 5 day programme being tutored on the inherent prosperity in water Hyacinth made crafts. Addressing the participants, the Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr. Damilola Emmanuel…

Star actress and filmmaker, Stephanie Linus will be attending the 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in India where she is expected to speak alongside Ms Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the US President; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent dignitaries. The Summit which will take place from November 28 to 30 in the city of Hyderabad is jointly organized by the United States and the Republic of India. This year’s Summit will highlight the theme: “Women First, Prosperity for All” and will focus on supporting women entrepreneurs, solving 21st century challenges, and fostering economic growth globally. GES this year…

Stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry have opposed moves by the Nigerian Navy seeking amendment to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA) Act to contribute 1% of its revenue to the Nigerian Navy. The move was condemned by industry players during a One-Day Public Hearing on “A bill for an Act to Amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act, No. 17 2017 to increase the functions of the Agency; and for related matters (HB; 1131 & 1178), before the House of Representative Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration. Speaking at the event, the President, African Ship…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano yesterday charged students of Christ The King College (CKC) Onitsha, to imbibe the virtues of leadership enshrined in the College motto: “Bonitas, Disciplina, Scientia.” The Governor made the call after the celebration of Mass with the students and old Boys of the foremost secondary school to commemorate the feast of Christ The King at the school Assembly ground in Onitsha, Anambra State. Governor Obiano, a member of Class of 74 set, told the students that it was not enough to claim that one was a student of the college without living up…

The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has frowned at the continuous misrepresentation of the freight forwarders by men of the press and the maritime stakeholders in general describing it as a slight on the noble profession. Aniebonam who made his displeasure over the development known during the inauguration of the reconstituted National Executive Council (NEC) of NAGAFF in Lagos however said that the onus was on the freight forwarders themselves now to jettison the nomenclature”customs clearing agents”. “You are not customs clearing agents, the law has given us a status as freight forwarders,…

Three queens have emerged in the 2017 edition of the Face of Maritime International (FOMI) beauty pageant. They are King Joyce Saviour, Queen-Face of Maritime International 2017, Asiru Balogun Kikelomo-FOMI Ambassador 2017 and Eniola Sekoni-FOMI Intellectual 2017. The award winners are Okpala Chinonye -FOMI Miss Tourism 2017, Chukwu Justina-FOMI Miss Influential, Best Marshall -FOMI Miss Photogenic, Nwachukwu Precious -FOMI Most Talented, Agboola Joy-FOMI Best Catwalk and Poise, Francis Precious -FOMI Miss Hilarious and Arise Elizabeth -FOMI Best Dinner Gown 2017. The contest which debuted in 2016, started this year’s journey with the sale of forms on the 1st of July,…

Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed pride and confidence in the special ability of the women folk in an effort to enhance the maritime industry and improve the nation’s economy through incursion into areas supposedly dominated by men. Speaking at the Tincan Island Container Terminal Ltd. (TICT), the Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman eulogized Matilda Adeniran, Tina Onwudinwe, Abiola Adegoroye and Mary Ajayi who became the first set of professionals in the whole of Africa to be trained in the operation of Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) (a specialized cargo handling equipment). Usman poured encomium on…

Following the announcement of a new date for the re-run of the Anambra Central Senatorial election in the state, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye has harped on the need for all the machinery of the party to be placed on the alert. Oye who made this call in a statement he issued in Awka on Thursday noted that the re-run was a very important election through which the party would produce its first Senator for Anambra State even as he recalled that the first Senator for the party was Christie Anyanwu elected…