Author: Saint Augustine

…Warns erring owners risk sanctions. In a bid to ensure safe and secure shipping on the Nigerian territorial waters, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has warned all owners of abandoned Ships/Vessels to urgently remove same from the Nigerian territorial waters on or before 28th of April 2017 or risk sanctions ranging from forfeiture or removal by the agency at the owners expense. The Director General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside who stated this recently in Lagos noted that it was instructive to ensure that the nation’s waters remain safe for navigation in order to advance the…

The Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has disclosed that the primary concern of her husband is the welfare of Ndi Anambra and the development of the communities. These formed the thrust of her message recently when she visited Achalla, Amanuke, Urum, Mgbakwu and Isuanaocha communities in Awka North Local Government Area. Mrs. Obiano who just returned from participating in series of programmes at the 61st Session of the United Nation’s Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, United States of America, under the auspices of her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative…

… Sensitizes stakeholders on the imperatives of environmental safety and security The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has expressed her profound appreciation to the media for partnering the NPA Management in achieving its set objectives as well as in conveying some of its programmes effectively to the public. Usman who also said that she had learnt so much within the little time she had spent in the port industry charged the media to always cross check their facts before publishing to reduce contrary stories. Speaking while receiving a platinum award bestowed on her by…

…As Norwegian Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Fisheries visits NIMASA. As part of measures to attract foreign investors to tap into opportunities that abound in the Nigerian maritime industry, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will be showcasing the potentials of the Nigerian maritime sector at the Norway Shipping Week that would hold later this year. The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside made this known when the Norwegian Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Mr. Ronny Berg and the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Jens-Peter Kjemprud paid a courtesy visit to the NIMASA…

A maritime practitioner, Mr. Lucky Amiwero has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to re-constitute the Nigeria Customs Service Board without further delay. Amiwero who made this call in a letter he addressed to the President, copied to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and eight others and made available to Primetime Reporters stated that the re-constitution of the Board would address the short fall of fiscal policy direction that had generated controversy due to absence of a properly constituted board to direct the fiscal policy Implementation as contained in the Customs and Excise Management Act C 45 of 2004. He…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it will spend the bulk of its 2017 budget on the training and re-training of its officers as well as on the training and re-training of the licensed customs agents. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) who disclosed this while addressing members of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in Lagos yesterday noted that without training and re-training of customs officers and agents, there was no way they were going to meet up with the best practices expected of them. He pointed out that the Nigeria customs…

The trail of endorsements of Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano who marked three years in office recently has continued with resounding commendations by Ndi Anambra in New York for a job well-done so far and a call on all sons and daughters of the state across the globe to ensure that he is re-elected as governor come November 2017 to continue to serve the people in the next five years. The governor received the plaudits at an Interactive Session held Sunday by his wife, Ebelechukwu and Ndi Anambra in New York in the course of her well-received presentation at…

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) has acceded to the demand by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) to set up a joint committee comprising its members, members of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the officials of the Nigeria Customs Service so as to assist the Service in actualizing its dreams. Ali who made this position known while addressing members of NAGAFF during his one day official working visit to the headquarters of the association in Lagos Monday stated that the setting up of the committee would…

The wife of Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has called on women in Anambra State to join hands together and build a peaceful and prosperous society beginning with the family and ultimately extending to the larger society. The governors’ wife stated this in her message to Ndi Nne Anambra on Mothers’ Sunday being marked today. Speaking on the significance of the 2017 Mothers’ Sunday which is witnessing a joint observance by the Anglican and Catholic Communities in the state, Mrs. Obiano told mothers that it is high time they joined hands to build together and thanked God…

In a scorched earth attack on the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and in particular its Managing Director, those arrayed against it showed scant regard for the interest of the NPA and by extension the interests of Nigeria; their concern is personal and pecuniary, period!. When you hear talk of the fight against corruption, places like the NPA are the trenches where it must be won, a coal face to be conquered. It is precisely in such places where government revenues are collected and dispensed with in prodigious quantities that corrupt activities have long thrived and become second…