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The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has dragged the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Mohammed Bashir; Council for the Registration of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and the Inspector-General of Police before the temple of justice to stop collection of CRFFN’s Practitioners Operating Fee (POF). Also joined in the suit brought before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos were the Attorney-General of the Federation; National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF); National Association of Freight Forwarders and Consolidators (NAFFAC); National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA); the Association of Registered Freight…

Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Monday rejected alleged transfer of some detained Boko Haram members to Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State. MASSOB said Boko Haram activities were taboo to Igbo culture and that Biafraland was not a dump site for Islamic religious fundamentalists, who always engage in bloodletting. National Director of information, MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu, who issued a press release on the contentious issue of alleged decision to transfer Boko Haram prisoners to Anambra State, Monday, stated that it had discovered that this latest move by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to relocate what…

At the occasion of the Inauguration of the National Economic Council, held at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday 29th, June 2015. Protocol I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the　National Economic Council (NEC)　for　this Administration. The National Economic Council was established by the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), as amended, Third Schedule, Part I, Section 153: Sub section (18 & 19). The　NEC,　as one of the Federal Executive bodies, has the mandate to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation,…

Chief Willie Obiano, on Monday cancelled his official engagements, including Executive Council meeting to meet President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged transfer of some Boko Haram detainees to prisons in Anambra. Anambrariansnews reports that it could not be so as the National Executive Council (NEC) attended by all the state Governors in Nigeria was inaugurated by Buhari Monday and Obiano could not abandon all he was doing to go and see Buhari on a day he was supposed to be in Abuja. Anambrariansnews maintains 47 Boko Haram suspects have been dumped in Ekwulobia prisons, Anambra state based on intelligent reports…

…As Soldiers take over Anambra prisons Few days after Anambra-based traders under the auspices of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (AMATA) shut down all markets in the State to protest the widely-believed relocation of Boko Haram convicts to Ekwulobia Prison, traders from the entire South-East region yesterday showed solidarity to the cause by staging a 7-hour protest in Ekwulobia, to demand that the prisoners be moved back to the North. The South-East solidarity protest is coming on the heels of information that 47 members of the dreaded Islamic sect were moved to Ekwulobia prisons in Aguata Local Government Area few…

…Says ANLCA had been polarised The Concerned Accredited Freight Forwarding Associations (CAFFA) has taken a swipe on the National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu accusing him of “talking from the both sides of his mouth in dealing with the matters connected to the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). Speaking in a press release issued by the association and signed by Dr. Eugene Nweke of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders NAGAFF), Chief Festus Ejiofor of National Council of Managing…

The Ogun State First Lady, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has harped on the need for women to acquire skills relevant to their intended profession and businesses such that they could leverage on it for competitive purposes. Mrs. Amosun who made this observation in a keynote address she delivered at the 2015 Women in Logistics and Transport Nigeria (WILAT) conference held in Lagos last week advised women to always seek out forums like the one presented by WILAT to enable them network together. Represented by the Wife of the Secretary to Ogun State Government, Barr. Mrs. Folashade Adeoluwa also added,” Women must…

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on Justice Olamide Oloyede to toe the honourable path by first, resigning her position as a High Court Judge in the state’s judiciary before, “ganging up with the opposition to attempt to destroy the state government” of which she is an integral part. The ruling party made this call on Sunday in response to a petition the judge forwarded to the State House of Assembly, demanding the impeachment of the governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and his deputy, Iya Afin Titi Laoye Tomori, over the backlog…

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Economic Council led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The council, which has the 36 State Governors and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria as members, was inaugurated on Monday. It is saddled with the responsibility of advising the President on economic affairs of the country. Speaking during the inauguration, Buhari tasked the members of the council to come up with ways of liquidating outstanding salaries and wages across the country. He also restated his administration’s commitment to tackling insecurity, corruption and other social vices in the country. Send us your news, press…

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron has doubled the tuition fees payable by its cadets, SHIPS & PORTS can authoritatively report. A document obtained by our correspondent shows that the management of the institution increased the fees by 100% with effect from the 2014/2015 session. Before the tuition was increased, ND 1 and HND 1 cadets paid N100,702 while ND 2 and HND 2 paid N61, 340 but with the increase, ND 1 and HND 1 students will pay N200,704 while ND 2 and HND 2 cadets will N121,980. Some cadets of the foremost maritime academy who commented on the increase expressed…