Author: Saint Augustine

Lagos Lawyer and Mediation Advocate, Mr. Valentino Buoro has urged the Federal Government to urgently engage the services of skilled mediators to facilitate the ministerial order for a meeting between the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria and the Associations of Freight Forwarders registered and recognized by the Council. In a statement he issued in Lagos yesterday, Mr. Buoro emphasized that the well intentioned directive of the Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi that the practitioners reconcile their differences within two weeks may hit the rocks if the parties were allowed to meet amongst themselves without skilled…

…Says Jonathan disappointed Niger-Delta region …Urges Tompolo to come out of hiding A Niger-Delta woman activist, Chief Mrs. Rita Lori Ogbebor has called on the Federal government to reconsider its decision to stay action on the development of the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko, Delta state adding that the university was something the region was entitled to. Lori Ogbebor who made this appeal in a chat with newsmen in Lagos last week added that there was nobody from the Niger-Delta who was going to accept whatever reason the federal government had given due to the fact that the people of…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised the Management of the AP Moller Terminals (APMT) to desist from its plan to admit agents to its examination bay at Apapa for the purpose of carrying out physical examination of cargo on provision of customs license. NAGAFF gave this advice through a letter written to the Management of the terminal by the Secretary of the association, Mr. Arthur Igwilo and titled,” Re: Meeting held  4th February 2016 at APMT with regards to physical examination access control”, a copy of which was made available to Primetime Reporters on Friday.…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to declare his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as he promised during his 2015 Presidential Campaign and as required by law. PDP in his official twitter account stated that a source at the CCB had informed it that President Buhari did not submit his asset declaration form Commission. According to PDP,” President Buhari is yet to declare his assets to the CCB as promised during the presidential campaign. “A source in the CCB has informed us that the president did not submit his asset…

By Phrank Shaibu                                                                                In Nigeria, road safety is still a very complicated, highly misunderstood and an under addressed issue. The reasons are very many but they all hang on a long chain of non appreciation of the magnitude of the problem as a major disaster which claims many lives unnecessarily. Besides the traditional beliefs cum fatalism attached to road crashes by many under informed individuals and the circle of ever emerging religious groups that deliberately associate such incidents to blood sucking demons on the roads, the inaptitude of both the government and the governed count most for retarding the growth…

The General Manager Public Affairs of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Captain Iheanacho Ebubeogu has given reasons why NPA cannot totally hands off from cargo operation even when the ports have been concessioned out to private operators. Ebubeogu who was speaking at the just concluded 2-day conference organized by the Maritime Correspondents’ Organization of Nigeria (MARCON) in Lagos gave two reasons why the authority could not dissociate itself from the terminal operators. According to him,” The first is wreck removal. Whoever we send to remove the wrecks for us, if a ship goes and hit the wreck, that person is…

The Managing Director, Apapa Bulk Terminal Limited (ABTL), Captain Mohammed Bashir has described as a total waste the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) embarked upon by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) recently. Bashir who made this observation while delivering a paper at the just concluded 2-day Shippers’ Day Celebration/ Exhibition organized by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in conjunction with the Shippers’ Association, Lagos State (SALS) in Lagos stated that the programme could have achieved its desired result if NIMASA had consulted widely before embarking on the project. He argued that instead of sending about 2,500 Nigerians…

Intels Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s foremost oil and gas terminal operator was on Thursday conferred with a Gold Award for Exemplary Oil and Gas Logistics Service by Maritime Correspondents Organization of Nigeria (MARCON). The award presentation which was part of a two day conference on Improved Ports Efficiency in Nigeria organized by MARCON was in recognition of Intels’ outstanding feats in service delivery, good customer relations and its promotion of a harmonious operating environment through deliberate and sustained drive for staff welfare and commendable relationship with its host community. President of MARCON, Ismail Aniemu, while reading the award citation described Intels as…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reassured the Federal Government that the agency is positioned to turn around the fortunes and gains of the economy aside the oil and gas sector, saying that  the sector can be second to none in foreign exchange earnings for the federal government. Managing Director of the NPA, Mallam Habib Abdullahi gave the assertion Wednesday at a two day event put together by Maritime Correspondents Organization of Nigeria (MARCON) in Lagos. Represented by the General Manager, Public Affairs, NPA, Captain Iheanacho Ebubuogu, Abdullahi explained that ports efficiency as a catalyst for economic growth was  germane…

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Ameachi has reiterated the ministry’s commitment to partner with the National Assembly to ensure that the four sectoral bills pending before the upper and lower chambers are passed into law and implemented accordingly. Amaechi who made this known while delivering a keynote address at a 2-day conference on Improved Ports Efficiency in Nigeria, organized by the Maritime Correspondents’ Organization of Nigeria (MARCON) in Lagos Wednesday, mentioned the pending bills before the National Assembly as the Nigeria Railways Authority bill (2015), National Transport Commission bill (2015), Nigerian Ports and Harbour Authority bill and the…