Author: Saint Augustine

The withdrawal of services from the nation’s seaports, airports and land borders earlier scheduled to begin on Monday, the 15th day of May, 2017 by the freight forwarding associations and the amalgamated trucking associations may not go on as planned. This is because a compromised has been reached among the leadership of the freight forwarding associations, the amalgamated Trucking Associations and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council at a meeting held Sunday night in Lagos. It will be recalled that the freight forwarders led by the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the National Association of…

Following the expiration of the 42-day ultimatum given to government, freight forwarders and Licensed Customs Agents under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (ANLCA – NAGAFF) Initiative (ANI) are to withdraw their services from the ports, land borders and other entry points of Nigeria as from Monday, May 15, 2017 The group said the decision to withdraw their services effective Monday was borne out of what they perceived as government’s lack-lustre approach to their demands which arose from what they termed factors militating against the ease of…

Hon. Arch. Emeka Aforka (JP) is a one-time Transition Chairman of the Orumba North Local Government of Anambra State for a period of years and seven months under the administration of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. Under the current administrarion, he began with the Liaison Officer to Governor Willie Obiano for Orumba North, he was to later serve as Senior Special Assistant to Governor Obiano on Political Strategy and Grassroot Mobilizaton. Just recently, he was reappointed the Transition Chairman of Orumba North Local Government by Governor Obiano. Some journalists caught up with him at his…

The Transition Chairman of the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon. Emeka Aforka has debunked insinuations in some quarters that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the local government is fractionalized. Speaking to newsmen in his office at Ajalli, Hon. Aforka stated that there was only one local government party chairman and local government party executive in the local government alas at the ward level wondering what the news about fractionalization of the party in the local government was coming from when all the indices of fractionalization was lacking in the local government. He…

The Port Manager, Rivers Port Complex, A. G. Umar has stated that Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) operates a uniform tariff therefore debunking claims that tariff differentials scares customers away from Rivers Port. This he said during a recent visit of Maritime Energy and Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON) led by the National President, Amb. (Dr.) Ralph John to his Basket House office on a courtesy visit. According to him, Rivers Port was ready and open to receive as many vessels as possible as before stating that its strategic location near the hub of business as Aba and Onitsha gave it…

The wife of Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has charged women to embrace small scale agriculture as a business and a means of sustenance. The governors’ wife stated this in a presentation on ”Agriculture as a small scale Business “, at the 5th Southern Governors’ Wives Forum (SGWF) held from May 10-12, 2017 at Abeokuta, Ogun State. Mrs. Obiano described agriculture as a good venture for sustainable economic development which had become increasingly popular amongst Nigerians and could be undertaken by women, not only to put food on the table but also to improve their financial status.…

The Tincan 2 command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lillypond/Ijora Lagos has said that it has surpassed its first quarter 2017 revenue target by 119%. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Mahmud Dalhat who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the command Wednesday stated that the figure was an improvement over corresponding period in 2016. Dalhat who put the revenue target for the command in the first quarter of 2016 at N5.72 billion said that the command collected a total of N1, 616, 586, 543.00 (One billion, six hundred and sixteen million, five hundred…

The Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over two (2) suspects to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested for allegedly possessing illicit substances. According to a statement issued in Lagos by the command’s Public Relations Officers, Mr. Selechang Taupyen, the suspects, Mr. Sotoni Geopgesi and Mr. Achada Nonbe were arrested by officers and men of the command on information patrol along Lagos – Badagry express way on the 4th May, 2017. Taupyen stated that the accosted suspects were in possession some illicit substances which includes; four (4) wraps of Indian hemp, one (1)…

Even with the slump in global trade affecting most shipping nations, Singapore has once again emerged the number one nation in international seaborne trade facilitation making it the leading maritime capitals according to the World Report for 2017 by Menon Economics a Norwegian consultancy firm reputed for maritime survey. While Singapore came top as the number one in shipping, ports and logistics and attractiveness and competitiveness, it gained second place in maritime technology and fourth place in finance and law. According to Menon’s “The Leading Maritime Capitals of the World” Singapore was able to maintain its reputation as a world…

…As operators laud effective policing of waterways The President, Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transportation of Nigeria (ATBOWATON), Mr. Ganiyu Sekoni Balogun has said that patronage of the inland waterways transportation has improved over time leading to the movement of more boats and reduction in man hour loss to his members. Balogun who made this known in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recalled that boat operators initially had one trip from Ikorodu to Adax jetty or to Victoria Island in the morning and had to remain idle for the rest of the day waiting until evening…