Author: Saint Augustine

SIFAX Logistics Company Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has donated some modern office equipment to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA. The equipment includes two units of an air conditioner, a refrigerator, an executive office table, and a chair. While handing over the equipment in Lagos, Basil Agboarumi, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Governmental Relations, SIFAX Group, said the donation was in line with the company’s commitment to its robust stakeholder engagement across all the sectors it has operations, both locally and internationally. Agboarumi said the company also believes in the vision of LASTMA which is to ensure…

Following recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in many countries in the West African region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, made the submission in a statement delivered at the 21st West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly, WATRA Annual General Meeting, AGM which held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from the 19th to 22nd March, 2024. Dr. Maida, whose message was delivered at the WATRA AGM by the Deputy Director, Public…

…Pledges effective communication at all levels The newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola says the Agency’s Management under his leadership will build a purpose driven organization, while also prioritizing effective communication at all levels to enhance innovation, collaboration and synergy. In his maiden address on his assumption of duty last Friday, the DG noted that the Agency under his leadership would prioritize safety, security, efficiency, environmental sustainability amongst others. “We must strive to foster innovation and excellence in everything we do. The maritime industry is constantly evolving, driven by technological…

The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Dr. Zacch Adedeji has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to combating illicit financial activities within its borders and across the continent. Adedeji gave the assurance while addressing the delegation from the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa, CoDA led by its Executive Director and Head of the Secretariat of the African Union High-level Panel on Stopping Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Mrs. Souad Aden-Osman, who were on a courtesy visit to the Revenue House in Abuja recently. He briefed the delegation on the ongoing initiatives of the Inter-Agency Committee and highlighted the challenges and…

In a decisive move aimed at upholding fiscal responsibility and safeguarding the economic integrity of the country, the Federal Government has initiated criminal proceedings against Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform. The charges, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, were announced on Monday by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. The lawsuit, designated as suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, implicates Binance with a four-count tax evasion accusation. Joined with the crypto company as second and third defendants in the suit are Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, both senior executives of Binance currently under the custody of the Economic and Financial…

…Urges SON, NAFDAC, NDLEA, others to do same …Applauds Lagos State Governor on opening up of Mile 2 – Tincan Island Port corridor The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria, APFFLON has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, for approving a 5 day Adminstrative and Operational Awareness Training programme for Declarants (Agents). A statement signed by the National President of the association, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite on Monday and made available to Primetime Reporters stated the well attended workshop which held at Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos from 11th to…

… Collects over N240 billion as revenue in 2024 The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Tincan Island Port Command has said that it has seized a total of eleven (11) guns including pump Action guns, six (6) pistols including semi-automatic arms and pepper spray guns, military vests, among others. The command also said that it also made yet another seizure of psychotropic substances imported into the country in collaboration with its partner agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in recent time. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos on Friday, the Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera…

About 500 residents of Ijora community in Lagos State have benefitted from free food items donated by SIFAX Group, a leading business conglomerate with business interests in maritime, aviation, oil & gas, financial services, and hospitality. The donation is part of the activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration. According to Mrs. Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Executive Director, Business Development & Strategic Planning, the current economic reality as well as the need to identify with Christian and Muslim faithful in one of the company’s host communities made the donation imperative and timely. She said: “SIFAX Group has a reputation of…

A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said. The cuts, according to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Muoka, occurred somewhere in Cote D’Ivoire and Senegal, with an attendant disruption in Portugal. The statement informed that Cable companies – West African Cable System, WACS and African Coast to Europe, ACE in the West Coast route from…

Ten women with remarkable difference and impact have been nominated for recognition as Inspired Amazons to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day, IWD by the MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame, WoFHoF Initiative, a non-profit organization which has the Governing Council Chairperson as Amb. Dr. Kema Chikwe, former Minister of Aviation and Transport at different times. The event billed for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 at the Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos will be chaired by Amb. Unyime Ivy King, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Protection Plus Services Limited, a Lagos-based foremost maritime security firm. According to Mr. Kingsley Anaroke,…