Author: Saint Augustine

The Secretary, Coalition of Ports Dry Cargo Transport Operators (CPDCTO), Mr. ifeanyi Ekwunife has accused the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and its National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Dr. Kayode Farinto of not having a grip of the politics behind the certification and registration of trucks as being championed by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Western Ports. Ekwunife who made this position known in a rejoinder on the press briefing held by Dr. Farinto recently who he directed all ANLCA members not to patronize trucks not registered with the NPA, Western Ports, said that it was curious that ANLCA…

In keeping with the mandate of her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ), the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has promised to provide empowerment support to any inmate of Onitsha Prisons who excels at the Skills Acquisition Centre planned for the facility by the Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke. Mrs. Obiano made the pledge during Easter Sunday Mass at the Onitsha Prisons, Anambra State. The wife of the governor whose NGO CAFÉ provides empowerment for indigent women and widows, and the less privileged with funding by philanthropists, cautioned the inmates about…

The Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja has said that it has made a total of two hundred and sixty eight (268) seizures as well as arrested thirty-four (34) suspects in connection with those seizures in two weeks. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Uche Ejesieme who disclosed this in a press statement he issued in Lagos on Thursday stated that the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the seized goods was three hundred and sixty million, one hundred and ninety eight thousand, two hundred and fifty naira (N360, 198, 250.00). He gave the…

The wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has described “Baby Moses” who was abandoned at a rubbish dump at Nibo in Awka South Local Government and later rescued as a perfect Easter gift to Ndi Anambra. The wife of the governor stated this during a visit to ascertain the health status of little Baby Moses Thursday at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku, Awka, Anambra State. Mrs. Obiano who disclosed that Baby Moses was the third abandoned baby rescued under the two-year old administration of Governor Obiano, her husband, assured that she would take full…

The Nigeria Shipowners’ Association (NISA) has distanced itself from recent statement made by the President of the association, Capt Niyi Labinjo over the appointment of Dakuku Peterside as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). According to a statement by the General Secretary of the association, Tunji Brown, Capt Labinjo remained suspended and his statement cannot represent that of the association. According to him,” The issue of his (Labinjo) suspension from office is now a matter currently pending before Honourable Justice Dagat of the Federal High Court Sitting at Ikoyi Lagos, following the transfer of Honourable…

The Chairman, Coalition of Port Dry Cargo Transport Operators, Abdullahi Mohammed Inuwa has exonerated his members from the alleged diversion and theft of containers loaded on their trucks saying that it was hijackers who commits the heinous crime and not his members. Reacting to an allegation from the National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr. Kayode Farinto who told newsmen in Lagos Tuesday that the association had recorded cases where cargo exited from the ports were missing and untraceable just because such transporter and trucks suddenly became nonexistent, Inuwa while acknowledging the fact in…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has reiterated the Agency’s commitment to ensuring that Nigeria becomes the hub of maritime activities in Africa, thereby making it a reference point in the continent. The DG stated this when he officially took over from the former Acting Director General, Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro at the headquarters of the Agency in Lagos. Dr. Peterside who observed that the Agency had competent personnel to drive the mandate of the Agency also called on Mr. Baba Jauro to always avail the Agency of his experience and…

Following a 72 hour deadline given by the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS),  Hameed Ali to importers to clear their imported rice through land borders or forfeit them to the  Federal Government, the Shippers’ Association Lagos State ( SALS ) has said that the  ban on importation of rice from land borders would obviously affect revenue collected by NCS. In a statement released in Lagos Wednesday, the President, Shippers’ Association Lagos State, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Nicol said that the association was very passionate about government making enough revenue to fulfill its responsibility of governance especially at this crucial period. According…

It was reminiscences and the relive of good old memories Tuesday March 22, 2016 as the Founder of NAGAFF Dr. Boniface Aniebonam led top management members of the Association on a courtesy visit to the AIG Zone 2, Bala Hassan. The setting was the conference room of the AIG Zone 2, Onikan Lagos where Dr. Aniebonam submitted that the role played by AIG Bala Hassan in the inauguration of NAGAFF in 1999 is the tonic Nigerians needed to appreciate and support Nigerian Police for the protection of Nigeria Constitution. Dr. Aniebonam said the visit was to enable the new crop…

APM Terminals Limited, Apapa, Lagos has awarded scholarships to fifty Nigerian undergraduate students studying at local colleges and technical schools under its annual scholarship and internship programme. Speaking at a reception ceremony in honor of this year’s recipients held at the Apapa Port, APM Terminals Apapa Managing Director Andrew Dawes noted that the annual scholarship and industrial training initiative was part of the company’s overall Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, which promotes active local community involvement throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network. Over the four years of the scholarship program, two hundred students have been provided with support and…