Author: Saint Augustine

The National Coordinator, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNIFIEC), Chief Osita Patrick Chukwu has accused the shipping line agencies operating in the Nigerian seaports of taking advantage of the failure of the Nigerian government to do the right thing to rip off Nigerians. Chukwu who was reacting to the condition of the port access roads in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos alleged that the shipping companies benefit a lot from the condition of roads in Apapa while praying that the roads remained untouched. According to him,”Shipping companies are taking advantage of the failure of the…

Following the spate of illegal arms importation into the country by importers, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is asking for a meeting with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) with a view to reversing the trend through legal instruments. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali who disclosed this recently in Lagos both agencies would sit down in the meeting to take a critical look at the laws establishing them as to fashion out penalties to be meted out to the offending shippers. Ali said,”I have asked for a meeting with the Executive Secretary of Shippers’ Council and I said what…

Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Felicia Obembe and Sergeant Blessing Okurube yesterday received keys to their bungalows at the newly commissioned Muhammadu Buhari Police Housing Estate in Badagry, Lagos State. The officers were among the initial beneficiaries of the 1,083 bungalows of both 2 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms delivered to the Nigerian Police Multipurpose Co-operative Society Limited by Remax Realtors Nigeria Limited. Handing over the keys to the beneficiaries, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris charged the officers to make good use of the properties as well as to put in…

The new General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications Division of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi Goje has assumed duties. Goje was the General Manager, Eastern Zone of the Authority but redeployed to the Division recently following the scrapping of the Zonal structure. A seasoned Port Administrator, Goje began his Civil Service career with the Borno State Government as Land Officer in the Ministry of Land and Survey shortly after his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment in 1983 and rose to the rank of Deputy Director in charge of Land Administration in 1992. The new image…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced its willingness to assist in the investigation of the importation of 2,671 arms seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) if called upon. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris who stated this on Thursday during the commissioning of the first phase of the Muhammadu Buhari 1,083 Housing Estate in Agemowo Badagry, Lagos said the Police was yet to be communicated officially to investigate the seizures. According to him, “The CGC has spoken about the seizures and the  police as a security agency if asked to get involved in the investigations, will investigate the…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has again reiterated the commitment and readiness of the Federal Government towards providing an enabling environment for relevant stakeholders and port users in order to institute the enhancement and actualization of best practices across the nation’s Seaports. This she said would go a long way in aiding the realization of the dream of the organisation in making the Nigerian Ports a reference point in sub-Saharan Africa. Usman made these statements at the 5th edition of the Women in Logistics and Transport (WILAT) International Conference held at the Oriental…

The Police Multipurpose Co-operative Society estate has been commissioned by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotum Idris in Badagry, Lagos State Thursday. Named after Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, the housing estate which was conceived eight years ago under the then Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro was contracted to the Remax Realtors Nigeria Limited and financed jointly by the Stanbic-IBTC Bank and the Police Mortgage Bank. The estate which is sited at Agemowo, along the busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway when fully developed will have 1,083 bungalows of both 2 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms delivered to the Nigerian Police Multipurpose Co-operative Society…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has disclosed that proper legal frame work, synergy and information sharing amongst government agencies and stakeholders will help curb the issues of criminalities in the nation’s territorial waterways and the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Peterside who stated this during the 1st specialized meeting on maritime piracy organized by the Interpol Regional Bureau of West Africa in Lagos, called on Stakeholders to work harmoniously and not at cross purposes in order to find a lasting solution to the menace of piracy activities in the region. Speaking…

The National Association of Road Transportation Owners (NARTO) has confirmed that the truckers have slightly adjusted upward the freight rate to reflect the current realities in the trucking business. This is even as the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has directed all the trucking associations operating in the nation’s maritime industry to submit what they felt should be the standard rate for transporting cargoes from the ports so that there be a uniform rate. Speaking in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos, the Lagos State Vice Chairman of NARTO, Dry Cargo, Alhaji Abdullahi Inuwa Mohammed observed that the a lot…

As the hardships encountered daily by commuters as a result of the rehabilitation of Apapa Wharf road increases by the day, the National Coordinator of Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNIFIEC), Chief Sir Osita Patrick Chukwu has call on the federal government to consider closing down Apapa and Tincan ports, in Lagos to give room for repair works. Chukwu who made this call in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said activities at both ports should be moved to the eastern ports or Warri, Port-Harcourt and Onne. He pointed out that alternatively, goods can be moved…