Author: Saint Augustine

The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, in charge of Maritime, Muhammad Musa Katsina, mni has demanded for the continued support of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in curbing the activities of criminally-minded people in the maritime sector. AIG Katsina made this plea when the management of NAGAFF paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Lagos, South West Nigeria. The AIG said one sure way of assisting the Police was in the area of responsible partnership, with a view to “nipping in the bud” all activities that could pose security threat to lives and…

…Says they cannot be regulated by government Terminal operators at the nation’s seaports have filed an action at the Federal High Court Lagos seeking to restrain the Federal government from economic regulation of their port terminals. In an originating summons issued on behalf of the terminal operators by their counsel Femi Atoyebi, SAN and Chidi Ilogu, SAN they have sought amongst other reliefs, a perpetual injunction restraining the President of Nigeria, the Minister of Transport, the Attorney General and the Nigerian Shippers Council from enforcing the Nigerian Shippers Council  (Port Economic Regulator) Order of 2015. Ruling on an exparte application…

The Headquarters compliance team, Ogun State axis has intercepted a Mack Truck fully loaded with one thousand, five hundred and thirty three (1,533) cartons of assorted brands of two (2) stroke engine generators popularly called I pass my neighbour recently along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Similarly, the team in another operation intercepted a Maxi-Bus along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway, laden with five hundred and forty-two (542) cartons of foreign frozen poultry products. The team leader, Assistant Comptroller Shittu Almaruf disclosed this during a brief chat with some media practitioners, where he disclosed that his squad was saddled with the responsibility to enforce…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has averred that vertical and horizontal partnership is required to grow the Nigerian maritime sector. The DG stated this when he played host to the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Rolf Ree in his Office. Dr. Peterside who described Norway as a great maritime nation which had earned global acclaim as a complete maritime cluster that was driven by technological development. He also expressed Nigeria’s readiness to partner with the Norwegian Government and its Maritime Authority for mutual benefit and thus propel the growth and development of the maritime industry in Nigeria. He…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Border command has intercepted and seized a total of two thousand, one hundred and thirty-one (2, 131) 50kg bags of rice valued at twenty-three million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand, nine hundred and fifty naira (N23, 973, 950. 00). The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen who disclosed this in a press release he issued in Lagos Wednesday said the imported rice was smuggled through Ere-Creeks which border Lagos and Ogun state. He informed that the rice which was smuggled through the creek was stocked in an uncompleted building when men of…

Another milestone was achieved at the weekend by the Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE) headed by the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano when 27 inmates who had been undergoing treatment and rehabilitation at the Home for Mentally Challenged at Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area were certified fit and discharged to reunite with their families. The centre which is run and managed by the wife of the Governor through CAFÉ in collaboration with the State Ministry of Social Development, Women and Children Affairs, had been handling fifty two inmates out of which twenty seven have been discharged…

…Seeks withdrawal of 2% Cabotage charge, multiple registrations The President, African Federation of Freight Forwarders, Chief Lexy Nwangwu has called for a stop in the collection of the 2% cabotage charge on the indigenous fishing trawler owners fishing on the Nigerian waters. Nwabgwu who was speaking in an exclusive interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos also wants multiple registrations by the agencies under the Ministry of Transportation to stop forthwith. He observed that the call had became necessary owing to the fact that fishing trawler owners were professional farmers whose activities were beneficial to the nation as it would save…

The Management of the Federal Polytechnic Oko has disassociated itself from the unfinished three storey building that collapsed on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Polytechnic, Mr. Obini Onuchukwu while reacting to the speculations that the building belonged to the Federal Polytechnic Oko and killed about seven people upon collapse explained that the building was owned by a private estate developer and not the Institution. Onuchukwu said the collapsed structure was located in a boundary village, Ndiagu, with the extension site of the institution adding “though the building was meant to be rented to our students when completed…

Former Administrator of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa-Ibom State, Engr. Olu Akinsoji has said that the success of the proposed performance audit of the government agencies in the Nigerian maritime sector by the Federal Ministry of Transportation will depend largely on the terms of reference given to the auditors by the Ministry. Akinsoji who was reacting to the statement made by the Minister of Transportation at the just concluded Maritime Technical Summit organized by the Association of Marine Engineers and Surveyors (AMES) showing intention to carry out performance audit of all the maritime agencies noted that the…

…Applauds Lagos Customs commands on export guidelines A maritime practitioner, Sir Tony Anakebe has called on the Federal Government to come out with an economic blueprint that will guide the investors to determine the economic direction of the government. Anakebe who made this call in a chat with newsmen in Lagos stated that an economic blueprint which would point government’s economic direction at least for the next one year would provide entrepreneurs with what to study and to start planning their businesses which would in turn stabilize he economy. According to him,” The only thing I am asking the government…