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A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo Wednesday ruled that the Lagos state government demolitions of the houses of the fishing communities in the state are unconstitutional and violated the rights the residents. It will be recalled that the residents went to court in October last year to protest the Lagos state government’s plan to demolish their waterfront communities on the pretext of cutting crime in the megacity. The government however went ahead with the demolitions in a series of raids across the city that saw security agents bulldoze homes to the ground and in April shoot…

…Tightens border security against trans-border crimes …Rakes in N317, 809, 119.63 in May 2017 The Seme area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its anti-smuggling operations against trans-border crimes of illicit drugs trafficking and other vices. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu who made this known while handing over a dismissed officer caught with three hundred and ninety one kilograms (391 kg) of tested Cannabis sativa (Marijuana) to the Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), disclosed that a lot of strategies had been adopted by the command to ensure that the busiest land…

According to a news report being circulated by Eneh Victor Chigozie the Social Media aide to a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, “a group, Anambra Consensus Project (ACP) has commenced face to face interactive sessions with all the governorship aspirants in the state. Eneh’s post claims that “Anambra Consensus Project is a non-governmental organization that strives to create tight associations and relationships amongst Anambrarians and Anambra residents in bringing relevant issues before the people for awareness, understanding and decision making. The post continued, “the President of the group, Dr. Emeka Eze, a Prince of the…

Apparently determined to actualize the executive order on 24 hours ports operations, the Nigeria Customs Service have insisted that advanced cargo manifest must be submitted 7 days ahead of the arrival of the vessel to the nation’s seaport. The Service also directed that import and export documents be reduced from 14 to 8 while that of export be reduced from 10 to 7. Speaking at a one day town hall meeting organized by journalists under the aegis of the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hammed Ali (rtd) stated that…

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello, has said that for the Executive Order on 24 hours port operations to be achieved, the port economic regulator should be allowed to act independently from any market interest in developing rules. Speaking at a one day town hall meeting on 24 hours port operations organized by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) in Lagos, yesterday, Bello said that the regulator should also be allowed to monitor compliance and sanction defaulter when the need arises. The NSC boss who was represented by Mrs. Juliana Saka, Principal…

In a sustained strive to ensure total adherence to the Presidential Order as it affects 24 hour operations at the ports, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has urged stakeholders at the nation’s seaports to collaborate effectively towards the actualization of the tenets of the Executive Order across the ports through the window of the institutionalized ease of doing business. Usman who inspected operations at the Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa from Saturday  midnight to the wee hours of Sunday morning assured that the port environment had been prepared for total compliance to the…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the agency will ensure that Nigerians benefit optimally from shipping and also assured that the maritime domain will be safe, secured and clean for all to do business. The DG who stated this shortly after receiving the TELL Award of Excellence for the 2016 Public Organization of the year 2016 in Lagos noted that the award was to challenge the agency to continue in its quest to improve on the ease of doing business in the Nigerian maritime domain and assured investors…

It is no longer news that the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on the 18th of last month issued the Executive orders on port operations in Nigeria where he spelt out in clear terms, the dos and the don’ts in the nation’s maritime industry, all in an effort to further boost the ease of doing business policy of the Federal Government in relation to the Nigeria’s maritime industry. The Executive Orders stipulated that; there shall be no touting whatsoever by official or unofficial persons at any port in Nigeria. On duty staff shall be properly identified by uniforms and official…

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the commitment of the Senate to bring to an end all forms of discrimination against people with albinism, known as Albinos. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, further promised to provide equal opportunities for the albinos to enable them contribute their quota to national development. The Senate President gave the assurances while addressing members of the Board of the Albino Foundation that paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday, in Abuja. Saraki said: “I want to assure you that our meeting today is to send…

Following stories trending in the public domain stating that arms were found in a vehicle offloading yams at Nnewi, the Anambra State Government and the security agencies after a thorough investigation have come out to describe the stories as false and unfounded. The State Government which made its position on this matter known to the public through a statement signed in Awka by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ogbuefi Tony Nnacheta, while further describing the development as a fib, however called on residents of Nnewi and Ndi Anambra in general to go calmly about their business and continue to…