Author: Saint Augustine

…Says President of Igbo extraction answer to Nigeria’s prosperity A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife has described as a worrisome trend the growing trend of decampment of some politicians and respected personalities in Anambra State to other parties with dire consequences for the nation’s democracy and the integrity and dignity of Ndigbo. Ezeife who made this disclosure in Awka during a press conference with newsmen on political developments in the State and Nigeria also described the emergence of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction as answer to the development, economic and social challenges being experienced presently. The…

Member representing Ayamelum Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Uche Okafor has given kudos to the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano over his timely release of constituency funds due to each constituency in the state. Hon. Okafor while speaking as a guest on the 28th Edition of Anambra Scorecard, an online live programme where the led engage their leaders, explained that the successes of the Honourable Members of the House were hinged on the fact the Governor was a listening leader who also “releases the much needed constituency funds as and when due.” Speaking on his…

…NIMASA Board tour Zones                                                         The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has restated that the present Management is on course in its bid to reform, reposition, restructure and re-organize the Agency. Peterside made this assertion while briefing the Chairman of the NIMASA Governing Board, Gen. Jonathan India Garba (Rtd.) and other members of the Board in Port Harcourt during the familiarization tour of the Governing Board of the Agency to the operational zones of NIMASA which commenced at the Eastern Zonal office of the Agency. The DG stated that in spite of…

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has commended the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.) and his management team on measures put in place which resulted in the stupendous seizure of no fewer than 661 pump action rifles in one fell swoop. A release issued in Lagos by the General Manager Public Affairs of NPA also said that the Authority was particularly impressed of the fact that the controversial 40 feet container manifested to be carrying steel doors had actually exited the port before it was timely intercepted somewhere around mile 2, Lagos.…

Chief Barrister Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara is the Managing Partner, Maritime and Commercial Law Chambers located at Apapa, Lagos. In this interview with our correspondent, he bares his mind on the activities of the maritime industry in the last one year, his expectations from the industry this current year of 2017, the expected role of the stakeholders to advance the course of the industry and much more. Below are the excerpts of his chat with us. Enjoy! What is your assessment of the maritime industry in the outgone year of 2016? The maritime industry for 2016, talking about its assessment, I…

A maritime lawyer, Barrister Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara has called on the stakeholders in the nation’s maritime industry not to get tired of articulating their thoughts on ways to reposition the industry and communicating same to the government as it is in their own interest to do so. Nwagbara who made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos noted that although the stakeholders had done enough in terms of speaking on the ills of the industry and ways of addressing them, he however believed that with the crop of leaders at the helm of the various maritime agencies,…

…Meets with Vice Chancellors of six partner Universities The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the process to establish partnership with the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to develop human capacity in the maritime sector. The Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside stated this during a meeting with stakeholders and Vice Chancellors of the Nigerian Universities where the NIMASA sponsored Institutes of Maritime studies are domiciled in Abuja recently. Dr. Peterside who chaired the meeting restated the Agency’s commitment towards growing capacity in the maritime sector and urged  Universities in the country to include maritime…

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has collected a total of N594, 195,311.23 (Five Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, One Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Eleven Naira, Twenty-Three) in the month of January 2017. The Command also made Forty Three (43) seizures with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N92, 385,870.00 (Ninety-Two Million, Three Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy Naira). A release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Selechang Taupyen indicated that the revenue collected was majorly from imported general goods and baggage assessment using the Passengers Baggage Entry Sytem (PBES) platform. Commenting on…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has congratulated the Comptroller-General of Customs Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), the officers and men of the service for the feat they achieved in detecting and ensuring the seizure of 661 riffles falsely declared as steel doors. It will be recalled that the Comptroller-General of Customs on Monday conducted newsmen around the seizure at the premises of the Federal Operating Unit (FOU) Zone, Ikeja Lagos where he said that three persons had been arrested in connection with the seizure adding that officers who cleared the consignment at the Apapa port would be…

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use any medium available to him to address the nation so as to douse the tension generated in the country by the rumours of his death. It will be recalled that the social and traditional media had been awashed by the news suggesting that it is either that the President has passed on or that he is critically ill and on a life support machine, a rumour the Presidency had dismissed as false and misleading. But in a press release issued in Lagos by the NNPP, the…