Author: Saint Augustine

The Annual African Shipping and Oil Roundtable/Award Dinner, facilitated by Africa Business and Logistics Support Services (ABALSS) UNLIMITED, a platform promoting Regional Integration and Economic Sustainability through Maritime and Energy sectors in Africa, will hold from the 20th – 22nd September 2016, at the Calabar International Convention Centre, Cross River State. A release signed by the Communication Strategist, Christy Abiodun Osemobor disclosed that the 6th Edition with the theme, “Harnessing Africa’s Maritime Logistics for the Emerging Oil and Gas Market for Sustainable Economic Growth will be declared open by His Excellency, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State with Honourable…

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it collected the sum of N95,760,763,642.04, as revenue for the month of August, 2016. According to a statement released on Customs website, the amount ranked the highest revenue so far collected in 10 years, a feat it said pointed to the efficacy of the Comptroller-General’s policy thrust. It stated that the feat was remarkable going by the Forex difficulty, low imports and general economic downturn in the nation today. It recalled that Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) on assumption of office as the Comptroller-General of Customs August last year arrived with a three…

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria has said that there has been no major structural change in the transport sector in the first half of 2016. The National Director of CILT Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe who disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos said this was so because there was still no bill to support the new role conferred on the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) as the Economic Regulator of the nation’s ports. According to Ndibe,”One would have expected that by now, there would have been a bill on that to actually give teeth…

XD The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has stressed the need for the importers and their agents to imbibe the spirit of compliance in carrying out their activities at the nation’s port. Assistant Director, Compliance Monitoring of the Council, Mrs. Celine Ifeora who made this call at a forum in Lagos also appealed to the licensed customs agents to educate their principals, the importers on the need to make correct declaration of their imports so as to avoid seizure or forfeiture of their goods to the government. Mrs. Ifeora dismissed the notion by some importers who believed that if they declare…

The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Apapa Area Command, Comptroller Willy Egbudin has said that henceforth, no officer is allowed to start examination of cargo at the terminals under his command once it is 4.pm each day. Egbudin who disclosed this at a forum in Lagos was responding to the concern raised by an Assistant Director at the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mrs. Celine Ifeora over the late commencement of cargo examination by the officers of the command which she said slows down trade facilitation at the ports. He informed that he had instructed the Customs Investigations Unit (CIU) to report…

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that the agency will continue to partner with the Nigerian Navy for the security of Nigerian water ways and the optimum exploration of the nation’s marine resources. Peterside gave this assurance when Naval Cadets of the 66 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) visited the agency on a study visit. The Director-General assured the Cadets that the symbiotic relationship that existed between NIMASA and the Nigerian Navy was inseparable because of the functions of both agencies saying their visit to NIMASA was…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has restated that the agency is capable of carrying out its regulatory functions and will not abdicate its mandate to anybody. Dr. Peterside made this known while receiving the members of the National Association of Stevedoring Companies led by the President, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos. The DG warned that NIMASA would not abdicate its regulatory responsibility as it concerned the operations of stevedoring companies and how they relate with terminal and jetty operators saying that they do not have the…

The Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos has denied media report alleging that some officers of the Unit shot one Mr. Sunday Umaru  whose bus was conveying smuggled rice and abandoned him in pains, then took the bus and its content to Customs Office at Ikeja. The Unit’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Jerry Attah who made the denial in a press release he issued in Lagos on Wednesday described the report as unverified and capable of misleading the public. According to Attah,”On the 30th of August 2016, at about 1325hrs, Operatives of…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, Ikeja Lagos has intercepted various contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of 186,911,500.00. Similarly, the Unit through its interventions recovered N63,555,123.25 from vehicles and other goods due to under-payment, undervalue and false declaration as the case maybe making a cumulative of N250,466,623.25 between July –August 2016. The Unit’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Jerry Attah stated that between July and August 2016, about 225 different seizures were recorded  comprising foreign parboiled rice, frozen poultry products, fairly used vehicles popularly known as tokunbo, and various general merchandise. Attah…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tincan Island command has said that it collected a total of N26.6 billion in the month of August 2016. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Uche Ejesieme who disclosed this in a press statement he issue in Lagos Monday said that the figure represents a positive signal going by the indices of the previous month. Ejesieme recalled that the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar had earlier expressed his determination to institute operational reforms and policies that would guarantee  maximum revenue collections. He listed some of the measures introduced at…