Author: Saint Augustine

…Gives him 14 day ultimatum to retract directive A group known as ANLCA Core integrity Group has threatened to facilitate the removal of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Chief Henry Njoku if he fails to withdraw his directive to the ANLCA National President, Prince Olayiwola Shittu demanding that he respond to allegations made by another group. It will be recalled that a group which called itself ANLCA Concerned Members had earlier written a petition to the ANLCA BoT alleging misappropriation of fund against the ANLCA President, Prince Shittu and the National Secretary,…

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) was established by the Act 16 of 2007 to among other things, “determine the persons or classes of persons who constitute Freight Forwarders for the purpose of the Act, determine the standard of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to be registered as freight forwarders and raising those standards from time to time in accordance with international industry practice and regulating and controlling the practice of freight forwarding”. Others are, “ regulating and controlling all the associations of freight forwarding agents, regulating and controlling persons who…

Counsel to the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Mr. Femi Atoyebi SAN has advised his client STOAN as well as the general public to ignore the illegal directives or any other directive of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) premised on the judgment of the Federal High Court Lagos as delivered by Justice Ibrahim Buba last year. In a letter titled,” Re: Nigerian Shippers’ Council Notice To All Port Users (Notice NO: NSC/LN-PU/2015/001) Atoyebi reminded his clients and the general public that they were not bound to follow the directives as issued by the NSC until his client’s pending…

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Malam Habib Abdullahi has urged all the parties involved in the Gas Industrial Park Project at Ogidigben Ports, Warri, Delta State to ensure the success of the project in the national interest. According to the Managing Director, the project should be of great interest to the nation, considering the tremendous economic and social benefit that would be derived from it when it is successfully completed. Malam Abdullahi made the assertion while speaking at a meeting with officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the progress so far made on the project in…

Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has said that the development of skilled manpower was a priority for his administration to ensure availability of skilled work-force that would support and service the state’s area of needs in the labour market. The governor spoke on Saturday at an interactive session with the Catholic Women Organization (CWO), Onitsha Archdiocese held at Bethany House, Onitsha. Governor Obiano who attended the CWO event with his wife, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano, explained that the reason behind the inauguration of the State Youth Skills and Empowerment Scheme was not just to ensure that the youths were…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the “sickening and outlandish” claim by the Jonathan campaign Organization that a leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, plans to become Vice President through the back door, was designed to divert attention from the runaway success of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, at the Chatham House in London Thursday. In a statement issued in London on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the PDP and the Jonathan Administration still do not have any answer to what has now become an epochal moment that has separated the wheat…

The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday Challenged the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to explicitly explain to Nigerians why it is overtly interested in the continued stay in office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who gave this challenge in a statement issued on Saturday stated that there wass the need for Nigerians to question why the APC had continued to invent stories and show undue interest on Prof. Jega that such disposition suggested a bond between the main opposition party and the INEC…

Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has likened the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, to a crawling baby that has nothing to offer the nation. She made the remark at the Benue State edition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Campaign Rally held at the IBB Square, Makurdi, on Friday. According to Mrs Jonathan, “a child that is still crawling at age 72 does not have anything new to offer the people of Nigeria”. Patience Jonathan described the APC as a sinking ship that would drown and remain under forever. She also lambasted Buhari and the APC…

Barr. Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara is the Principal Partner of the Maritime and Commercial Law Chambers based in Lagos and the Secretary of the 2015 NIMAREX Planning Committee. In this interview with our Correspondent, he bared his mind on the preparation for the 2015 NIMAREX edition, the achievements of the NIMAREX in the past four years, development in NISA and other matters connected thereto. Excerpts; You are the Secretary of the NIMAREX 2015 Planning Committee. Can you let us know your preparations so far for this year’s event? NIMAREX 2015 is the 5th edition in the series of NIMAREX event in…

Effective enforcement of the Demolition Law by the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has stemmed incidents of kidnapping in the state. This assessment was made by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Joseph Agugoesi on Thursday when he led a detachment of Police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to execute the demolition of two bungalows used as kidnap den in Azigbo, Nnewi South Local Government Area. The first bungalow, a four bedroom house adjoining the main building owned by one Eugene who resides outside the state is located at Iruokpala village Azigbo. The building was used by a…