Author: Saint Augustine

By Phrank Shaibu I have watched and read with enormous interest the ongoing debate on the introduction of speed limiters for commercial drivers in Nigeria and I must confess that the arguments both for and against its implementation are clear hints that Nigeria’s road safety is still travelling on a long route of seeming undefined destination. On the part of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), it is very easy to notice a mixed basket of unconvincing logic. First, is that its claim that about fifty percent of road crashes are caused by speeding beyond limits is mere guess work.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Warisenibo Dakuku Adolphus Peterside as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Dr. Peterside replaces Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro who until Thursday March 10, 2016 superintended the Agency in acting capacity. Dr. Peterside holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree in Management Sciences (Organisational Behaviour) from the University of Port Harcourt with an MBA in Business Administration and Bachelor Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences (B.MLS) in Haematology both from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. He has also attended high…

The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has restated the Country’s commitment to ensure safety standards in the nation’s maritime sector. The Minster who stated this in his address at the regional training on Ports State Control (PSC) for West and Central Africa in Lagos, said that because merchant ships often trade outside the areas that are under the jurisdiction of the Flag State, maritime agencies could therefore guarantee that all ships under their flag were in full compliance with safety requirements. Accordingly, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) mandated maritime administrations to periodically carryout port state control in…

A pensioner, Mrs. Rose Arabameh Julius, has donated her entire monthly pension of Ten Thousand Naira to support the Buhari administration’s war against corruption. Mrs. Julius, who retired as a cleaner from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, also promised to contribute N1,000 every month out of her pension towards the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons. She said that she was making the donation because she was convinced that President Muhammadu Buhari was a tested man of integrity who can be trusted to restore the lost glory of Nigeria and drastically curb corruption in the country. The pensioner also commended the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Garba Shehu who disclosed this via his twitter handle Tuesday described Orelope-Adefulire as an accomplished politician with many years of experience in the public service. Mrs. Orelope-Adefulire served as the Deputy Governor of Lagos State in the last administration of the former Governor Babatunde Raji Fashiola (SAN) who is now the Minister of Power, Works and Housing. She has also served as the Commissioner of Women…

The Zonal Coordinator Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs (ACG) Charles Eporwei Edike will today visit the headquarters of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) at 12 noon. The National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NAGAFF, Mr. Stanley Ezenga who cited a letter signed by DC D. Yisa-Omogbehin in a press release he issued on Monday in Lagos stated that ACG Edike who supervised Customs operations in the entire South West Customs Area Commands would be visiting NAGAFF as part of his familiarization tour of important locations in the areas under his…

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has commiserated with President Mohammadu Buhari on the death of Minister of State for Labour, late James Ocholi, his wife and son saying it was with shock and sadness that he received the news of the tragic incident. In a statement, Chief Obiano said the Government and people of Anambra State shared the pang of late Ocholi’s death as a fellow compatriot in the service of the Nigerian nation. The Governor regretted that the loss of Ocholi and members of his family had come at a time all hands were needed on deck to prosecute…

The Federal Government has ordered a comprehensive audit of the Nigerian maritime industry with the sole aim of identifying ways of improving the sector to meet with the current realities in line with the change agenda of the current administration. The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi made this disclosure at a meeting with the maritime reporters in Lagos on Sunday. Amaechi stated that the federal government was determined to bring the Nigerian maritime industry at par with its competitors across the globe adding that government could not afford to deal with polarised associations and organizations in the…

The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeoshun and the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) to evolve a process of separating the licensed customs agents from the freight forwarders so as to address the vexed issues currently affecting the economy of the nation. Amiwero who made this appeal in a letter he addressed to President Buhari and copied to the Minister of Finance and twelve others contended that the curriculum of the freight forwarder were transport related and had no relation…

The immediate past Chairman, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Alhaji Hakeem Olanrewaju has called on the freight forwarding practitioners in the Nigerian maritime sector to embrace professionalism and key into the window of opportunity being offered to the by the Honourable Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the National Assembly as part of the change agenda of the current administration. Olanrewaju who made this known in a statement he issued in Lagos during the weekend with the title,” Ministerial Directive To The Freight Forwarders / Customs Brokers – A Wake -Up Call…