Author: Saint Augustine

The President, African Federation of Freight Forwarders, Chief Lexzy Nwangwu has decried the African governments’ preference for the foreign freight forwarders to the indigenous ones in the movement of cargo inflow to Africa. Nwangwu who expressed his displeasure over the development frowned at a situation where governments in Africa which bring in between 80% to 90% of the cargo handed over all those cargoes to foreigners leaving the indigenous ones to rot away in debt. He frowned at inadequate local capacity to turn around the fortunes of the local ship owners and operators so as to better the lot of…

The National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has said that he has never been comfortable with the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Shittu who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos recently recalled that the Ministry of Transportation was one of the largest ministries and the most viable ministry in the country superintending over all the agencies that had impact on the livelihood of the practitioners in nation’s maritime industry compared to other ministries. While lamenting that the civil servants in the ministry sit about in their offices relying on…

The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators’ Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Dr. Vicky Haastrup has said that the kind of understanding terminal operators have inculcated in the Dockworkers which has overtime changed their mindset was responsible for the cessation of unrest and strife by the Dockworkers at the nation’s seaports. Haastrup who spoke to newsmen shortly after her investiture as the fourth President of the Certified Institute of Shipping Nigeria (CISN) recently in Lagos stated that the problem they had where the Dockworkers did not had the right kind of attitude before now was as a result of lack of understanding…

A foremost Mariner, Captain Tajudeen Alao has described as good news the planned re-establishment of the national carrier by the Federal Government to expand the shipping business in the country. Also who made this assertion in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently said this was so because Nigeria had not been partaking in international trade adding that President Buhari had made up his mind to re-establish it even as he said that the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi was only championing it. According to him,” The President said it, that was part of his campaign promises, so,…

The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has advised the Registrar of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Sir Mike Jukwe to thread with caution while expending the council’s fund in the absence of a well constituted Governing Council. Aniebonam who handed down the advice in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently also decried the continued absence the governing council adding that there is a limit to which an individual can administer the CRFFN. He pointed out that leaving the council without a governing council for a…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has identified quality of governance, anti-corruption, institutional integrity, education as well as sound economic policies as factors that can transform a nation to greatness. Peterside who was a speaker at this year’s University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Distinguished Persons Annual Lecture of the Faculty of Management titled,” Connected Vision: Building Blocks of a New Nigeria”, at the Enugu Campus of the University also noted that the availability of natural resources was also a key variable. He said that good governance was a critical factor to…

…Also 4 girls, Driver to Nigeria Immigration Service The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command has handed over fourteen (14) wraps of substance suspected to be Indian hemp with one (1) suspect to the Commander, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  on the 10th and 21st November, 2016 respectively. According a release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen, the suspect, Mr. Hassan Yusuf was intercepted by the patrol officers along  Ashipa – Gbethromey axis. Taupyen further disclosed that the Command also handed over a driver and four (4) children in his possession to the Comptroller,…

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has urged the members of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to assist the Management of the Agency discharge its mandate optimally. Delivering a keynote address at the retreat for the Board members on the topic “Integrating the Transport Sector with the Ocean Economy in Nigeria”, Hon. Amaechi called on the members to assist the Management of NIMASA to deliver on its mandate and collaborate with other transportation sectors to build an efficient intermodal system for the country. Represented by Mr. Danjuma Dauda, Director of…

The Supreme Court on Thursday further lend credence to the candidacy of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede as the flag bearer in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. This was sequel to the striking out of all the pending interlocutory appeals filed by the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the party. Justice Walter Onnoghen, leading four other justices of the apex court, held that Wednesday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal on the main appeals rendered the interlocutory ones academic. Onnoghen held that it was against the rules of the court to determine interlocutory appeals and motions when a lower court had…

The Obong of Calabar, His Royal Majesty, Edidem Ekpo Okon has commended the Federal Government for constituting the Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) saying that the calibre of personalities in the Board gives a lot of confidence and hope that the Nigerian maritime industry is set to experience renewed development. The Obong of Calabar who said this while receiving the Board of NIMASA in his palace described the maritime industry as great facilitator of trade and called on the Board to develop a master plan for the advancement of the Nigerian maritime industry. His Eminence,…