Author: Saint Augustine

Ahead of the August 1st commencement date for the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) as directed by the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Ernest Elochukwu has said that the Minister is wasting his time in trying to use his weight to bulldoze the collection of the controversial fee despite a subsisting court ruling for the maintenance of the status quo by all parties. Elochukwu nailed the coffin on the controversial collection, as he declared that ‘POF is fraud’, which he said emerged from the…

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) today took their protest against the forthcoming November 18 Governorship poll in Anambra State to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Area of the state. The group had gotten wind of the Governor’s coming to the church to celebrate with the Youth of the parish who marked their 2017 Youth Day and stormed the parish shouting ” No Election” to the consternation of the faithful who had earlier gathered to worship their God. According to the Senior Special Assistant Media to Gov. Willie Obiano, Mr. James Eze, “The growing popularity…

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council and its Secretariat. Peterside who made the appeal when he led a delegation of some members of AAMA Executive Committee to meet with the IMO Secretary General, Mr. Kitack Lim at the Organization’s Headquarters in London, said that there was the need for Africa’s proportionate representation to commensurate with the size of the continent’s membership of IMO. According to the AAMA Chairman, “You will agree with me that the number of African…

High Court 3, Awka, presided over by Justice Dennis Maduechesi on Friday declared Dr. Victor Ike Oye as the substantive National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). In the suit filed by Dr. Oye and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the plaintiffs pleaded with the court to nullify the purported removal of Dr. Oye as the National Chairman of APGA. Ruling on the matter, Justice Maduechesi told the respondents, Elder (Dr.) Chuks Achusi and two others representing themselves, and others of the National Working Committee of APGA who participated in the meeting of 5th October 2015 that…

The Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFF) has written to the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi stating that the money accruing from the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) should not be used to conduct the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) Governing Board election as earlier proposed. The letter which was jointly signed by Dr. Frank Ukor and Ichie Frank Obiekezie, National President and National Secretary respectively noted that their position was informed by the fact that CRFFN had collected a lot of money from the annual subscriptions even when…

The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has cautioned the freight forwarding practitioners not to be carried away by the directive of the Comptroller-General of Customs on dismantling of illegal checkpoints across the nation to do any wrong thing against the Customs laws. Aniebonam who gave this advice on a press release he issued in Lagos on Friday noted that the directive of the Comptroller-General had not removed the powers of the Customs to patrol freely within the territorial boundaries of Nigeria. He pointed out that the advice became necessary as the Presidential Orders…

The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has petitioned the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo over planned commencement of the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as from August 1, 2017. Amiwero in the letter which was copied to President Muhammadu Buhari and 10 others called on the acting President to stop the planned collection as it contravened the provisions of the Act establishing the Council, the judgement of the Federal High Court and the letter from the Office of…

Chief Innocent Chukwuma, OFR, and Innoson Nig Ltd. have filed a fresh lawsuit against Guaranty Trust Bank PLC in the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja claiming a total sum of 400 billion Naira damages for injury to their reputation, moral character, credibility, office, vocation and trade. They also seek for an order of perpetual injunction restraining GT Bank from further defaming them. The lawsuit which was filed by Innocent Chukwuma’s counsel, Prof Joseph N Mbadugha Esq, is sequel to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in favour of Innoson Nigeria Ltd. in Appeal No: SC/694/2014…

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has called on those who are criticizing the yam export initiative of the federal government to see opportunity rather than disaster in the initiative. Ogbeh who made this call in a speech to mark the 50th anniversary of IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria noted that Nigeria was now exporting yam and would continue to do so as there were gains inherent in the initiative. According to the Minister,” I am no more worried about yams, we are exporting yams and we intend to continue to export yams and in reaction to…

The President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Chief Increase Uche has announced the preparedness of the association to take part in the forthcoming Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) Governing Council election scheduled for September 23, 2017. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos Thursday shortly after his confirmation as the substantive National President of NAGAFF following the demise of the former President, Uche said that they had asked NAGAFF members to start making preparations for the election. He also said that the association strongly support the collection of the Practitioner’ Operating Fee (POF) scheduled…