Author: Saint Augustine

Following the re-instatement of the sacked Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, the Chairman of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Apapa Chapter, Dr. Fred Nnam Ajuzie has called for the sack of all heads of government agencies and parastatals in the maritime sector. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, Ajuzie advocated for the sack of all the heads of government agencies in the maritime sector that worked under the former President Goodluck Jonathan arguing that, “everything about the last administration was wrong thus the reason Nigerians…

The Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has given reasons why the Nigeria’s currency, the Naira appreciated against the United States Dollar after months of depreciation. Speaking with Primetime Reporters in Lagos last week, Chukwu attributed the development to couple of policy actions taken by the apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) one of which he said was the prohibition of the lodgment of cash dollar into domiciliary account. He pointed out that with that, there was a lot of cash dollar liquidity adding that the CBN further boosted the dollar liquidity in the system…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has expressed its displeasure over the inability of its members and their principals to open Form M for importation of goods coming into the country. The National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made this known while briefing the newsmen on the outcome of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting yesterday in Lagos stated that the development was against the directive of the President. Farinto argued that even if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wanted to enthrone a disciplined monetary policy, the laid down procedures must be followed…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated its commitment to Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in the nation’s maritime domain. The Deputy Director/Head Public Relations NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka who made this known in a press statement she issued on Wednesday in Lagos and made available to Primetime Reporters disclosed that the agency was part of the team that participated in the search and rescue operations of the crashed Bristow helicopter at the Oworoshoki end of the Lagos Lagoon on Wednesday that lasted several hours alongside other Government Agencies, where six of the twelve passengers on board…

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero. The termination of Alhaji Bayero’s appointment is with immediate effect. A statement by the presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina directed Bayero to hand over the management of the NPA and all government property in his possession to Mr. Habibu Abdullahi who has been reinstated as Managing Director of the NPA by President Buhari. The President also wished Bayero well in his future endeavours. Abdullahi who had since retired from the services of NPA was first appointed NPA Managing Director…

In its renewed bid to facilitate trade and promote cross border transit regime between the Nigeria Customs Service and the Customs Administration of Republic of Benin, the Nigeria Customs Service last week handed over 5 Nissan Frontier vehicles to the Benin Republic Customs Administration as logistics support. Speaking during the handing over ceremony at the Seme Border Station, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi said that the gesture was in furtherance of the Service’s quest to reduce the smuggling of vehicles into the country without following the due customs process of clearing at the border…

As countdown to the departure of the outgoing Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi enters the 5th day, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has denied media report tipping it as having endorsed a candidate to succeed Dikko. A maritime industry based weekly newspaper had reported on Monday that ANLCA had endorsed the group choice for South-West Comptroller-General candidature. But in a press release issued on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto and made available to Primetime Reporters, the association described the story as a figment of the imagination…

The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it collected a total of N631, 424,201.09 (Six Hundred and Thirty-One Million, Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand, Two Hundred and One Naira, Nine Kobo) as revenue for the month of July, 2015. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajao Afiz and made available to Primetime Reporters, the Command further said that it made 36 seizure with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N20,168,880.00 (Twenty Million, One Hundred and Sixty-eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty Naira) in the month under review. The…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has described the outgoing Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi as the Veteran of Customs Reforms in Nigeria. Speaking in a press release issued in Lagos on Tuesday by the Head of Special Duties NAGAFF, Mr. Dipo Olayoku and made available to Primetime Reporters, NAGAFF stated that the shoe he was leaving behind was quite too big in the area of revenue function, anti-smuggling, infrastructure, welfare of officers, capacity building, information technology, innovation in risk management technique, trade facilitation and partnership in Customs operations, trade intelligence gathering…

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, has turned in his resignation letter to President Muhammad Buhari indicating he wishes to leave the job on August 18, according to sources in the presidency. Dikko has served out his first four year tenure and has served two years into his unannounced second tenure, and it is unclear why he has decided to go in one week’s time. Our sources however note that several Customs leaders are currently being investigated for corruption and some may be fired or arrested. President Buhari is reportedly looking to fill Dikko’s position with…