Author: Saint Augustine

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, expressed deep condolences during his visit to the families of the late Architect Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the National Maritime Authority, NMA. Dr. Mobereola remarked that Agu’s passing is a significant loss to the Nigerian maritime industry, acknowledging his contributions and influence in the sector. This was just as the family announced that the internment of the late NMA DG, Architect Ferdinand Agu, will take place on August 2, 2024. The obsequies will begin on July 23 in Abuja and will conclude with…

The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria, MARAN, Nigeria’s leading maritime beat association has extended a warm congratulation to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi on the occasion of his first anniversary as the Comptroller General of the service. The association thanked the CGC for not disappointing Nigerians and living up to the huge responsibilities reposed in him prior to his appointment. The association in a statement signed by the President of the association, Godfrey Bivbere and the Secretary, Babajide Okeowo noted that before his appointment the service was in a dire need of a core professional to steer…

…As Comptroller Olomu promises sustained tempo The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has recorded a landmark daily collection of N17,903,312,598 on June 14, 2024, being the highest since its inception. Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu described the feat as the beginning of many revenue collection, trade facilitation, and anti smuggling exploits to be achieved by the command in discharging its assigned statutory duties. Olomu, who assumed office as Area Controller of the nation’s premier port command a month ago, said the officers and men of the command under his watch are ready to…

The President of the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, FCFMT Alumni Association, Capt. Rotimi Williams Ogunsakin has distanced himself from a publication on one of the prominent maritime based newspapers (name withheld) published on June 3, 2024 with the headline: “The First Set Of NSDP Cadets That NIMASA Trained We’re Mostly Militants”, describing it as a misplaced publication. Ogunsakin who made this known in a rebuttal he sent to Primetime Reporters stated that he was quoted out of context. He contested that it was important to situate the interview he granted to a correspondent of the said newspaper…

…Praise Tinubu, Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite Youths in Nigeria on Wednesday described the Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Dr. Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin, as a man of impeccable character and robust conscience. ‘’Dr. Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin is a shining example, a model to all of us, of what service is all about. Nigeria should count itself as blessed for producing somebody like him’’, the youths said. They also commended Oluwatoyin for playing an important part in the regeneration of the country’s economy. ‘’Dr Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin is a man who knows his onions.’’ At a one day gathering of…

…Sends names to Anambra State House of Assembly The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has this afternoon submitted the names of Capt. Barr. Casmir Nwafor (Rtd.) and 20 others to the Anambra State House of Assembly for consideration as Transition Committee Chairmen of the 21 Local Government Areas of the State. Pursuant to section 208 of the Local Government Law 1999 as amended, (number 6 law of 2012), Governor Soludo sent the names of 21 Transition Committee (TC) Chairmen and members for Local Government in the state whose tenure will be for three months. While Capt.…

SIFAX Shipping Company Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has sealed a partnership deal with ECU Worldwide, the world’s number one LCL player, to boost export activities from Nigeria. Less-than-Container Load (LCL) is one of two main types of containerized transportation services. The other is Full-Container Load (FCL). LCL is optimal when you don’t fill up an entire container. LCL allows the transportation of small cargo volumes without paying for the whole container. The partnership will help business owners and exporters whose consignments are less than container load to access the international market. According to Paul Linden, MD, SIFAX Logistics…

Over 100 children and youths across Lagos schools were thrilled over the weekend as resource persons from Fidelity Bank and CRC Credit Bureau, took them through early-life money management tips. The children from various schools, who in their numbers converged on the Muson Centre in Lagos, defied the early morning heavy rain and the mid-term break to be part of the epoch-making basic financial literacy class organized by the Finance and Business Online Publishers, FiBOP. Delivering a lecture on the theme “Financial Literacy in a Digital Era: Catching Them Young”, Dr. Tunde Ahmed Popoola, Group MD/CEO of CRC Credit Bureau,…

…Auctions seized petrol to members of the public …Rakes in N30.6 billion between January and May 2024 The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has recorded some successful anti-smuggling operations resulting in the seizure of contraband items. The command, within the period covering 17th April, 2024 and 13th May, 2024, intercepted contraband items valued at the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Nine Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, One Hundred Naira (N129,854,100.00). The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ben Oramalugo who disclosed this at a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on…

In acknowledgment of her outstanding impact on global trade, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, has been recognized as one of the honorees in the 2024 Most Influential Global Top 100 Export and International Trade Edition. Themed, “Championing the Vision of Global Africa as a Unified Economic Block and Single Market,” the initiative which was announced on May 25, 2024 in celebration of Global Africa Day, lists several leaders in the global trade space of African descent, including the President, African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah; Minister of Trade…