Author: Saint Augustine

A former Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA), Dr. Chris Asoluka has advocated longer tenure in office for Chief Executive Officers of maritime agencies for effective sector growth. Asoluka made the plea Thursday in Lagos during the 3rd year anniversary, annual lecture and award giving ceremony organized by Primetime Reporters online newspapers. According to him, government is always in a hurry to change heads of parastatals which had caused major setback for the industry in terms of infrastructure development. “Again , I think we are too much in a hurry in changing heads of parastatals in the industry,…

In her desire at sensitizing the officers and staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) towards improved productivity at all times, the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman has urged the workforce to consistently engage in various forms of exercise during their leisure as well consuming food items that boosts immunity and increases healthy living and sound mind in the work place. Usman made this statement during the official launch and flag off of the 2017 Work and Wellness Programme organized by the Health, Safety and Environment Division of the organization under the theme, “Eat Right and Keep Fit for Enhanced…

A publisher, Mr. Okey Ibeke has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to evaluate the underlying trade relationship with neighbouring countries under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) saying that the philosophy of such trade is unfavourable to Nigeria economy. Ibeke made the plea recently in Lagos, during a Town Hall Meeting organized by Business and Maritime West Africa even as he added that Nigeria was effectively being milked by neighbouring countries under the Common External Tariff (CET) regime. According to him, countries under the ECOWAS region were violating the World Trade Organization‘s rules of origin under the guise…

All is now set for the celebration of the 3rd Year Anniversary of Primetime Reporters, Annual Lecture and Award Giving Ceremony holding today at the Rockview Hotels, Apapa, Lagos at 10.00 am. The event which has as its theme,” Maritime Sector in Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow will have a renowned maritime practitioner and orator, Hon. Chris Asoluka deliver the theme paper at the event whereas the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will deliver a keynote address. The event which is to be chaired by the President, Ship Owners’ Association (SOAN) and Chairman Starzs Investment Company…

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it collected the sum of Seven Hundred and Seventy-Three Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Six Naira, Three Kobo (N773, 168, 246. 03) as revenue for the month of February, 2017. The anti-smuggling operation of the command also facilitated Sixty-One (61) seizures with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of Sixty-Two Million, Six Hundred and Eleven Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Naira (N62, 611,168.00) for the period under review. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen also indicated that five (5) suspects…

The Nigeria Customs Service has handed over the 661 pump action rifles seized on Sunday 22rd January 2017 by the roving team of the Federal Operations Unit Zone A Ikeja to the Department of State Security for further investigation. You will recall that the rifles were laden in a Mack truck with registration number BDG 265 XG conveying a 1x40ft container with Registration Number: PONU/825914/3 before it was intercepted along Mile 2-Apapa road, Lagos. The truck was immediately taken to the premises of FOU Zone A, Ikeja where physical examination revealed 49 boxes containing a total number of 661 pieces…

The Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP), an initiative of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has once again graduated 130 cadets from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt. This feat has further increased the pool of Seafarers in the sector as it brings to a total number of 1,045 graduates from the NSDP project, representing 42 percent graduates of the over 2500 NIMASA sponsored beneficiaries. Disclosing this at the graduation ceremony in Egypt, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside noted that NIMASA sponsored over 2500 aspiring cadets to the best…

Pictorial effect of the Signing of the partnership agreement between Eastgate Container Terminal Limited the concessionaire of Isiala-Ngwa Dry Port and the GRJ Group in Aba, Abia State. Picture 1: Signing of the partnership agreement between Eastgate Container Terminal Limited the concessionaire of Isiala-Ngwa Dry Port and the GRJ Group at Aba, Abia State. Picture 2: His Excellency Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State receiving the agreement document from Bill Nkemdiri, Chairman, Eastgate Container Terminal Limited the concessionaire of Isiala-Ngwa Dry Port while Mr. Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary Nigerian, Shippers’ Council look on with others stakeholder. Picture 3: His…

In keeping with the theme of the International Women’s Day Celebration ‘#Be Bold for Change,’ the Wife of the Governor, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano Wednesday commissioned Skills Acquisition Training Centres at Ukwalla and Oroma-Etiti, Anambra West Local Government Area, in practical demonstration of her charge to the women to embrace positive change by engaging in productive ventures. The wife of the governor commissioned the centers in the course of her ongoing tour of communities in Anambra State. The Skills Acquisition centres were set up by Mrs. Obiano’s NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) in conjunction with the Anambra State Ministry…

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano among other dignitaries will on Thursday, 16th March, 2017 gather at the Rockview Hotels, Apapa, Lagos for the celebration of the 3rd Year Anniversary of the Primetime Reporters online newspapers. The event which has as its theme, “Maritime Sector in Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” will also feature Annual Lecture and Award Giving Ceremony and will be chaired by the Chairman, Starzs Investment Company Limited and President, Shipowners’ Association of Nigeria (SOAN), Engr. Greg Ogbeifun. The anniversary which is…