Author: Saint Augustine

…As FPSO set to arrive Nigeria in August The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said the on-going construction of the multi-billion dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project will increase the knowledge base of NIMASA as a safety administration and enhance its regulatory capacity. Peterside who made this known during a meeting with the Executive Vice President of Samsung, Mr. Younsang Won, Representatives of Total Nigeria and  the Vice President in charge of Egina project, Yongho Jo,  while on a working visit to inspect the project at the…

The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected a total of one hundred and thirty-six billion, three hundred and forty-four million, six hundred and nineteen thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven Naira, eighty-nine Kobo (N136, 344, 619, 137. 89) from 1st of January, 2017 to 30th of May, 2017. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Mohammed Jibrin who made this known in a press briefing held at the command in Apapa, Lagos, Wednesday disclosed that the figure represented a 38.78% increase over the corresponding period last year. According to Jibrin, the command within the corresponding period…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has described the Executive Orders signed by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as a direct indictment on the heads of the various government agencies associated with proper management and administration of port activities and operations. NAGAFF which made this known in a press release signed in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary; Mr. Stanley Ezenga posited that that there was nothing new in the Executive Orders for the reasons that there were extant laws and regulations guiding the ports operations as approved by the Government for which the Head of…

The Federal Operations Unit 9FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it intercepted various contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of three hundred and thirty-four million, forty-two thousand, three  hundred and ninety-six Naira, eight Kobo (N334, 042, 396. 8). Similarly, the unit through its interventions recovered two hundred and seventy-three million, six hundred and seventy-five thousand, one hundred and thirty-eight Naira, seventy-five Kobo (N273, 675, 138. 75) from duty payments and demand notices on general goods that tried to beat the system from seaports, airports and border stations in the guise of false…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has emerged the winner of the 2016 Public Organization of the year award organized by TELL Magazine Nigeria Limited. During a recent visit to the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside to inform him of the award, the Chairman, Awards Committee of TELL Magazine, Mr. Babs Alasa said the process leading to the award of Public Organization of the Year to NIMASA began with a call for nominations from the public. He said the nomination brought out three organizations, with NIMASA earning the highest percentage of the votes to beat the…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has urged the youths not to miss any opportunity to acquire new skills as a means of personal development and route to gainful employment. Governor Obiano made the call on Sunday at the 2017 Diocesan World Youth Day celebration at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Awka, Anambra State. The governor, who was represented by his wife Ebelechukwu, told the youths that white-collar job was no longer enough for the teaming youth population and advised them to take advantage of government sponsored skills acquisition training programmes. Said he: “The government is tackling unemployment headlong…

Following the inability of the maritime industry stakeholders to organize the biggest maritime exhibition, Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) in the last one year, the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Shipowners Association (NISA), Engr. Emmanuel Ilori has said that the association is working with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and other statutory government agencies to come out with an event everybody will be proud of. It will be recalled that NIMAREX, a brainchild of NISA pioneered in the nation’ maritime industry in the year 2011 and run into its 4th edition before it abruptly disappeared from the…

Following the conflicting reports in the media last week on the agencies permitted by the federal government to operate at the nation’s seaports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reiterated for the umpteenth time that it would enforce the Executive Order concerning the 24-hour operations at the nation’s seaports. A statement issued on Saturday by the Principal Manager, Public Affairs of NPA, Ibrahim Nasiru noted that the directive had amongst others stated that only seven (7 ) agencies were permitted to operate within the Ports. The agencies according to Nasiru are; the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and…

The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Women Forum has given the Assistant General Manager/Head of the Occupational Health Unit of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mrs. Ngozi Obikili a special recognition to attend the forthcoming  conference which comes up between the 8th and 11th May, 2018 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The recognition will see Obikili attend the forum as well as present an official paper to the association. In an official statement announcing the recognition to NPA, Siti Noraishah Azizan, Chairperson of the conference, stated that several persons from various organizations had contested keenly for the coveted recognition and…

Dr. Zeb Ikokide is the National President of the Nigerian Institute of Freight Forwarders. In this interview with our correspondent I Lagos, he bares his mind on the ongoing debate over a bill seeking to amend the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) Act by the Chairman, House Committee on Ports, Harbours and Waterways, Hon. Pat Asadu. He calls for the delisting of the five registered freight forwarding associations from membership of CRFFN and other matters connected thereto. Below are the excerpts; What is your take on the CRFFN amendment bill 2017? The amendment as proposed…