Author: Saint Augustine

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised it members and indeed all freight forwarders to follow the standard trading conditions approved by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and the import guidelines 2013 as amended in the discharge of their functions at the ports. The Founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam who gave this advice in a press release he issued in Lagos on Tuesday stated that every importer was expected to retain the services of a freight forwarder with all relevant import documents and evidence of Customs duty thereto. Aniebonam…

The Head of Shipping Development Department in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Akin Akinyosoye has been awarded the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy Fellowship Award. The award was in consideration of Mr. Akinyosoye’s participation at the 3rd Port Management Programme (PMP) held in Singapore with other participants drawn from various parts of the world. The PMP is an executive programme covering a wide range of topics including master planning for new ports, maximising efficiencies in container/cargo terminal operations and vessel traffic management using state of the art equipment amongst others. An astute administrator…

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) has said that the service is spearheading a total ban on importation of rice in Nigeria by the year 2017. Ali made this known while delivering a lecture titled,”Non-Oil Revenue for Economic Growth: Impact of Nigeria Customs Service”, at the just concluded All Nigerian Maritime Journalists’ Retreat with the theme: Increasing Investment Opportunities in Nigeria’s Rich Maritime and Oil and Gas Sectors, organized by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) at ASCON, Topo, Badagry, Lagos State. Represented by the National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the…

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima has said that the floating dockyard being built by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA) will open new windows of opportunity in the maritime industry in West Africa. Senator Yerima who said this when he led some members of the Committee to evaluate the extent of work on the floating Dockyard being built in Galati, Romania also observed that the opportunities would not only be limited to job creation or conservation of foreign exchange but would include capacity building and wealth creation in the industry.…

High Chief Menu Toyon, the Mobee of Badagry Kingdom spoke for the host community on the proposed Badagry Deep Sea Port. In this interview with journalists after the recently held All Nigeria Maritime Journalists Retreat, Toyon expressed worries about challenges associated with host communities of maritime and oil industries. Excerpts; You are part of the community that used to be prominent for maritime activities; shipping slaves from Badagry to other parts of the world. Government has approved a port in Badagry, how do you feel about it? I am delighted but there is no good thing without the other side.…

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has said that it has only succeeded in exercising the powers vested on it by the Act establishing it on Nigeria’s over 3000 kilometers of navigable waterways from Nigeria/Niger and Nigeria/Cameroon borders to the Atlantic ocean. The General Manager Corporate Affairs, NIWA, Mr. Tayo Fadile who stated this in a lecture titled,”Nigeria Inland Waterways Infrastructure Development: Opportunity and Challenges”, which he delivered at a 3-Day All Nigerian Maritime Journalists’ Retreat organized in Topo, Badagry, Lagos State by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) said that the navigable waterways included the nation’s portion…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has described the loss of five members of the Nwigwe family of Urunnebo, Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government as a painful loss. The governor who was represented by the Head of Service, Prince Harry Uduh stated this today at the burial  of the victims including a wife, Francisca; three children: Chisom, Ebubechukwu, Ifechukwu and a house-help already buried at Ihiala her home town. Consoling the bereaved the governor said,”What can you tell a man that lost his wife and four children? It is a very painful loss. I believe in my heart that…

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)  has said that it has collected a total of Two Trillion, Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Billion, Four Hundred and Sixty-Six Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty-Six Naira, Seventy-Four Kobo (N2, 528, 466, 964, 156. 74) between the period of 2014 and 2016 into the government coffers. The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) who disclosed this while delivering a paper titled,”Non- Oil Revenue for Economic Growth: Impact of Nigeria Customs Service”, at the ongoing 3-Day All Nigerian Maritime Journalists’ Retreat in Topo, Badagry, Lagos State on Thursday said that…

Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the agency is set to deliver what will be Africa’s fifth largest floating dockyard in 2017. Dr. Peterside said this during a project evaluation and inspection meeting with officials of Damen Shipyards and NIRDA in Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday. The DG who was accompanied on the inspection visit by members of the National Assembly Committees oversighting NIMASA observed that a modular floating dockyard of the kind NIMASA was building in Netherlands and Romania apart from boosting ship repair capacity had the potential to…

The National Assembly Committees over sighting the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have assured the agency of the needed legislative and budgetary support to grow the capacity of professionals in the industry for the good of the country and the industry. The leadership of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport and the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration said this while on oversight visit to Romania to assess the condition of young Nigerians studying various maritime professions at the Maritime University, Constanta, Romania under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP). Senator Ahmed Rufai Yerima, Chairman Senate…