Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has warned the general public to disregard a recent publication in the social media entitled,” 2014/2015 NIMASA scholarship form finally out” with contact numbers as 08052873989, 07064847811 saying that such advert never emanated from the agency. In a press release issued on Monday by the Deputy Director/Head Public Relations NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka and obtained by Primetime Reporters, the agency stated that it had been inundated with calls by well meaning Nigerians so as to ascertain the authenticity of such advert thus prompting it to state that the information was not from…

President Muhammed Buhari Monday in Abuja called for an explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the foreign loans obtained for rail projects but diverted to other purposes. Speaking at the end of a presentation on the Ministry of Transport by the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said that it was disappointing to find that foreign loans obtained in line with signed agreements were moved from one project to another. “I hope that due process was followed before such diversions were carried out. Taking money from one project to another has to be done…

Chief Emmanuel Nweke is the Chief Executive Officer of ITC Bonded Terminal, a freight Forwarder and operator in the maritime industry. He bares his mind in this media interaction with newsmen on how inconsistent government policies have been responsible for the dwindling fortunes of the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in Nigeria and how the terminal operators do not help in any way to alleviate the plight of the ICD operators. He however hinges the hope of ICD revival on the mercy of the new government of President Muhammadu Buhari who he has called upon to revise the policies establishing ICDs…

Contrary to condemnations that trailed the plan by the Federal Government to engage the services of two yet to be named foreign accounting firms to audit the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other revenue generating agencies of government, a financial expert, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has applauded the idea. Speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters yesterday in Lagos, Chukwu stated that the fact that the Federal Government appointed two international accounting firms to audit the accounts of the NNPC and other government agencies did no mean that local firms will not have enough mandate within their…

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has once again made good on a promise made before Ndi Anambra with the distribution of the sum of N10 million as palliatives to the victims of the Ose-Okwodu Market fire incident of April 2014. Speaking during the presentation of cheques to the Ninety-Seven beneficiaries at his Aguleri country home in Anambra East Local Area, governor Obiano said that the gesture was in keeping with his promise to Ndi Anambra to continue to pursue programmes that will impact positively on their lives. The Governor also assured that the government will rebuild the Ose-Okwodu Market,…

As mixed reactions continued to trail the planned re-introduction of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) as announced by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), the National President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Eugene Nweke has assured that the CTN as currently contemplated by the NSC has no additional cost to both the importers and their agents. Nweke who was reacting to fears in some quarters of additional cost on the importers and their agents following the initial CTN concept that was introduced in 2010 by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and was later suspended as a result…

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it collected about One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Billion, One Hundred and Eight Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Two thousand and Forty-Three Naira (N167, 108, 472. 43) between January and July 2015. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Eporwei Charles Edike who made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the conference room of the Command at Apapa stated that the amount was against the One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Seven Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Four thousand and Thirteen Naira (N159, 877, 474.…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) through its Public Relations Unit has announced the reactivation of its social network platforms. In a press release issued on Friday by the Deputy Director/Head Public Relations NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka and made available to Primetime Reporters, the reactivation was aimed at ensuring that stakeholders were well informed of the activities of the agency through effective dissemination of information using the modern day technology. According to Hajia Tumaka, “Following the recent changes in the Management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, the Public Relations Unit has reactivated the Agency’s Social Network…

The Federal Government is to appoint two reputable international firm for a forensic audit of accounts of the all its revenue generating agencies, in a bid to promote transparency in public accounting system. Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimole, disclosed this after a meeting his committee held with some of the target agencies in Abuja on Thursday night. They are Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Central Bank of Nigeria, Revenue and Mobilisation Allocation Fiscal Commission, Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigerian Ports Authority, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency International…

The Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro has assured Stevedoring companies of a quick resolution to some of the issues challenging their operations in the ports. The DG stated this when he played host to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Stevedoring Companies led by its National President, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola at the headquarters of the Agency in Lagos. Mr. Jauro who observed that the Federal Government has gazetted a new set of guidelines for stevedoring operations in the sector noted that its enforcement will commence in earnest…