Author: Saint Augustine

The Chairman, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Tincan Island Chapter, Alhaji Isiaka Olalere has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to focus his attention towards the ongoing reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway so as to reduce the problems encountered daily by transporters and commuters alike on the road daily. Olalere who made this call in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos also called on the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero to rise up to the demands of his office and find ways of arresting the perennial gridlock that had…

…As Block says he’s not evading arrest The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has denied his alleged arrest by the Police over the letter which was allegedly written from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) stopping the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). A freight forwarder who did not want his name in print had on Tuesday told newsmen that Mr. Amiwero had been arrested on Sunday and taken to the Police Headquarters…

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has advised the federal lawmakers and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to put their house in order in the interest of the nation. Martins said this in a statement in Lagos on Friday, in reaction to the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly. A copy of the statement was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. The archbishop said the interest and well-being of Nigerians should, as a matter of priority, take precedence over those of the party and its members. “The leadership of the All Progressives…

The Nigerian Government has agreed to strengthen and expand cooperation between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the war against terrorism. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this in a meeting with the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, on Thursday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He restated his view that greater regional and international cooperation was needed to ensure victory over terrorism in Nigeria and other countries in Africa. President Buhari assured Mr. Ouedraogo that Nigeria would hold further consultations with other stakeholders to agree on a new date for…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara has called for unity among colleagues to tackle the matters affecting the nation. Mr. Dogara who made the call at Thursday’s plenary after the House sitting was disrupted by some members tussling for leadership positions, urged members to be grateful to their constituents for sending them to the House. According to the Speaker, “let me remind us of the fact that, we are a very fortunate, that out of the 170 million people, only 360 of us were selected or elected to represent the people. ”Nigerians expect us to really…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has decried the constant breach of the indigenization policy and the local content law of the Federal government by a number of foreign companies which engage in the business of customs brokerage in Nigeria calling for a stop in the trend. The Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made this known at a roundtable organized by the Maritime Correspondents’ Organization of Nigeria (MARCON) in Lagos yesterday regretted that the customs brokers in the country had lost their clients to the foreigners who came to do business in the ports thereby…

Nigeria has taken a major step towards concluding the process of domesticating five International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulatory instruments with the submission of the instruments of assent to five protocols of the IMO in London. This feat was achieved through the collaboration of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) being the focal point of all IMO conventions in Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Transport (FMOT) in a bid to ensure that Nigeria continues to implement the various safety measures and practices as endorsed by the IMO. The Nigerian High Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Dr Dalhatu…

… Declares Practitioners’ Operating Fess illegal The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has tasked the yet to be announced Minister of Transport to set as a priority the resolution of the crisis rocking the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) with a view to consolidating the gains so far made in the Council. The National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto gave the charge yesterday at a roundtable organised by the maritime reporters under the aegis of Maritime Correspondents Organisation of Nigeria (MARCON) in Lagos. Farinto who was in the company of the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved Konga’s acquisition of Zinternet Nigeria Limited (Zinternet) and its mobile money license. The acquisition, which consolidates the apex bank’s cashless policy programme, entitles Konga to a 100% ownership of the company’s assets. Zinternet is an innovative and inter-operable mobile banking and payment provider. Its payment solution, EzPayAfrica mobile payment service allows anyone with a mobile phone to send and receive money, electronically recharge their phone, pay bills and pay for good/services. Responding to news of the acquisition, Sim Shagaya, Konga CEO said: “We are excited to work with our banking partners to…

Stakeholders in the nation’s maritime industry have raise an alarm over what benefit Nigeria as a country as well as the nation’s business community stands to gain as Nigeria begins implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET). Speaking at the Launch of the Implementation of ECOWAS CET in Lagos yesterday, the National President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Eugene Nweke while commending the organizers of the programme expressed his reservation that the workshop did not take into cognizance the expected roles of the Nigerian freight forwarders in the new…