Author: Saint Augustine

The Enforcement of the recent ban on rice importation through the land borders has started yielding expected results with the seizure of large quantity of smuggled rice by the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ operatives. This was disclosed by the Controller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’, Comptroller Umar Mohammed Dahiru, while inspecting the consignment loaded in five (5) trucks at the Government Warehouse Annex of the Unit. The Controller confirmed that the FOU ‘A’ Surveillance team led by Deputy Superintendent of Customs Ohagwu Jude, comprising other officers and men had invaded the volatile terrain of Iteku waterside, based on an…

The innovative programme of the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano who is providing shelter for indigent widows in select communities in Anambra State has continued to attract commendations from stakeholders across the state with the latest coming from the Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC) Anambra State Council, Comrade Ifeanyi Okechukwu. Comrade Okechukwu praised the initiative of the governor’s wife Sunday, during the 2016 May Day celebration at Ekwueme Square, Awka, Anambra State. The Chairman of TUC Anambra State Council, whilst applauding the commitment and passion of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie…

Following the ongoing consideration of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Act (repeal and enactment) draft bill before the National Assembly by the Nigerian Senate, the National President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has called on the Senate to consider alongside the bill, the National Transport Commission Bill. Amiwero who made this call in his submission to the Chairman Senate Committee on Land Transport stated that the National Transport Commission Bill is a multi-sector bill which accommodated the related service in marine, rail and road transportation in Nigeria forwarded to the National Assembly…

The Head of Public Relations of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Hajia Lami Tumaka has been named amongst the top 100 global Public Relations Practitioners in the world for mentees to follow by the EvanCarmichael.com worldwide in April 2016. This is in recognition of Hajia Tumaka’s passion for professionalism in the practice of Public Relations for which she is widely known. EvanCarmichael.com, is a popular website founded by Evan Carmichael, a Toronto-based entrepreneur and an international speaker dedicated to helping others succeed by monitoring their progress and influence in their professional and entrepreneurial careers. Hajia Tumaka’s core…

Freight forwarders and Clearing Agents with office space at the Container complex, Tin Can Island port, Apapa have called on the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to rescind its decision to sack them from the complex. This plea came after a peaceful protest was embarked upon on Wednesday by the clearing agents over quit notice given to them by Seaview properties Limited, a subsidiary of NPA. In a letter dated 11th February 2016 by Seaview propertied Limited to the clearing agents at the office complex and a copy made available to our correspondent, the property company asked everyone…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for the deployment of inter-agency resources including the use of advanced technology to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain. The DG said this when he led a delegation of the Management of the agency to the Air Force Headquarters to seek collaborative ways of dealing with the rising cases of piracy in the Nigerian waters. Peterside requested the immediate review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the agency had with the Nigerian Air Force with a view to strengthening the agency’s capacity to deal with…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has said that the Agency’s 2016 budget targets a strategic growth programme for the maritime sector. Peterside who said this during the defence of the Agency’s 2016 budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration observed that the Agency was committed to growing the maritime sector for the benefit of indigenous operators and the nation at large. He informed the Committee members that the Agency targeted strategic growth in five key areas in the year 2016 including maintaining maritime safety…

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos last Friday recorded a major fire out break which led to massive destruction of seized goods at the Government Warehouse and a wing of the Customs Training College classroom Ikeja. The fire which broke out at about 2200hrs on that fateful night spread to Annexes A and B as well as the inner chamber of the Government Warehouse, housing most of the seized items which included but not limited to jumbo bales of second hand clothing, used female shoes and bags, used tyres, vegetable oils…

The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Victor Dimka has handed over two suspects, Mr. Abdullahi Ismail and Mr. Valentine Malizu who were arrested for being in possession of forty (40) wraps of substances suspected to be illicit hard drugs concealed inside cartons of crayfish to the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. The seizure of the drugs which weighed about 43.4kg with a value of N412, 300.00 was made possible by the Border Patrol Crack Team ‘A’ led by CSC Ozah, M.O. recently at Elijah…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that it has teams intercepted a truck with registration number AGL 53 XF suspected to be carrying frozen poultry products along the busy Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu Expressway. The team leader of the Headquarters Compliance Team Ogun State axis, Assistant Comptroller Shittu Abdulmaruf who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen stated that the interception was made possible following the curiosity of his operatives who insisted on conducting physical examination on the truck. Abdulmaruf stated that upon examination, it was discovered that the truck had two thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight (2,438) cartons of smuggled frozen…