Author: Saint Augustine

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the Committee set up by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) at its recent meeting to interface with the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) on the Practitioners’ Operating Fee was turned out of the Registrar’s office by the Registrar, Sir Mike Jukwe, a member of the Committee, Evang. Chuks David Kanikwu has said that there was no truth in that statement. Reacting to the claim, Kanikwu stated that the committee never went to with the Registrar rather it wrote the…

As the dust raised by the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees (POF) of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) that saw the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) pointing fingers at each other is yet to settle, the two associations are once again set on a war of words, this time at the chapter level. This is as a result of the inability of the two associations to agree over the identity of the attacker who attacked the freight forwarders’ operational stand at…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has frowned at the recent engagement of the German Development firm, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to assist it in implementing the Common External Tariff (CET) of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). Recall that at the beginning of a two-day seminar tagged,”Common External Tariff: Implementation, Challenges and Prospects”, organized by NCS for journalists in Abuja, GIZ’s Advisor on Trade Facilitation and Private Sector Development, Frieder Mecklenburg said his firm is in Nigeria to train officers and men of the NCS the…

The National Chairman, New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has advised the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to prioritize the welfare of the security agents operating in the country if he hoped to get the best out them. Aniebonam who was speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos on Monday stated that once the government take adequate responsibility of the officers in terms of the welfare of the officers and men of any of the agencies, they would go work. According to him, “Don’t forget that their own children go to the same institution as yours…

With just a few days to the end of the 7th Assembly, members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday suspended further consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) due to the sectional line the consideration of the report appeared to take. The Chairman Committee of the Whole House, Emeka Ihedioha, halted further consideration of the report when he discovered that argument over some contentious clauses has taken on regional dimension. Ihedioha, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the House, mandated the ad hoc Committee to do further work on the contentious clauses to enable the House make informed…

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking to be given the privilege to nominate competent candidate to fill Ekiti slot in the Federal Executive Council. In a letter he personally signed dated 31st May 2015, Fayose said that if the request is favoured by the President he would send a worthy and competent Ekiti professional for appointment in the federal executive council. He said: “Should the request be favourably disposed to, I shall be happy to nominate a worthy and competent professional who can always oblige your Excellency and your cabinet the…

The Anambra State Police Command on Tuesday said it had set up a Special Road Monitoring Team to check impunity and recklessness on major roads in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Eze, told NAN in Onitsha that the new team had been directed to restore sanity on the roads. Eze said the team that was operating on several vehicles would “put to end all negativities, indiscipline and intentional blocking of major roads in the state.” “The team that was recently set up by the Commissioner of Police will check the indiscriminate use of sirens…

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday visited the scene of a petrol tanker explosion in Iyana -Ipaja area of the state. Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed in the ensuing inferno. The governor blamed the frequent tanker explosions in the state on carelessness and indiscipline of truck drivers, saying the trend must stop. He said, “As at 1am this morning, a tanker loaded with 33,000litres of petrol fell from Ipaja Bridge and spilled all its contents within the environs of Ipaja, covering almost five streets from here. “In the last four hours, all our emergency agencies have…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other banks in the Federal High Court, Ibadan, for their roles in the recycling of mutilated currencies worth N8bn. The trial, which took place before Justice Ayo Emmanuel, had Patience Okoro, Afolabi Johnson, Ilori Sunday, Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Adeola and Fatai Yusuf being arraigned on five counts of conspiracy, diversion and stealing of mutilated currencies meant for briquetting. They were accused of replacing the mutilated currencies with cut-to-size newspapers and diverting the money for personal use. Also arraigned are Kayode Philips,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) said it withdrew the six-count fraud charges against former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, before Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja as a prelude to the consolidation of all the cases it has against him. The media and publicity department of EFCC in a statement explained that the withdrawal will allow the anti-graft agency consolidate the charges against the former governor, pending before two Federal High Courts in Abuja. In the withdrawn charge, Sylva was being prosecuted by the EFCC for allegedly converting N2 billion worth…