Author: Saint Augustine

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that the former members of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as well as some high ranking officials of the Federal Ministry of Transport had been promised one percentage or the other from the proceeds from the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF), hence their insistence on going ahead with the collection of the fee even against a court injunction to that effect. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto noted that there was…

…Kicks against Transport Ministry’s approval of the Fee’s collection Following the approval granted by the Federal Ministry of Transport to the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to immediately commence the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF), the President, National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has written President Muhammadu Buhari requesting the stoppage and cancellation of the fee. Amiwero who had earlier written to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on this issue, maintained that the collection negated the rule of law…

In preparation for the commencement of the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees (POF) as directed by the Federal Ministry of Transport, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) will today begin visitation of the Freight Forwarding Association Secretariats to demonstrate for them how to generate the POF invoice and make payment . In a letter addressed to the Chairmen, Board of Trustees (BoT) and the Presidents of the four Freight Forwarding associations namely; National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Agents (NCMDLCA), Association of Registered Freight…

Nigeria’s wartime leader and former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon has said that “Nigerians are better off with the Igbos.” He made the assertion while delivering a eulogy at the burial service of Late Chief Mrs. Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State; just as Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano described the late First Lady as a woman who exemplified the virtue of patience, charity and humility.” The former Head of State and Governor Obiano, spoke at the All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Onitsha Anambra State. General Gowon’s declaration was borne out of…

A few days after taking over as acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Calistus Nwabueze, has been replaced by the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Haruna Jauro. Nwabueze took over from the former Director-General of the NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, on Tuesday, following a directive from the Federal Government that Akpobolokemi should hand over to the most senior officer. Our correspondent learnt that Jauro took over the reins from Nwabueze after a protest against Akpobolokemi to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation. In his petition, Jauro was…

Adegboyega Olopoenia is the National President of the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners. In this interview with newsmen in Lagos, he bares his mind on the recent handover of the outgone Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi to Barr. Callistus Obi as the Acting Director-General of the agency, the need to appoint a professional to head all maritime agencies and many more. Our correspondent was at the briefing and filed in this report. Excerpt; What is your view on the recent appointment of a new Acting Director-General for the Nigerian Maritime Administration…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has called on the Federal government to as a matter of urgency audit the account of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) so as to ascertain the true position of the Council’s finance. Speaking at a news briefing in Lagos yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary (NPS) of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto argued that since the Governing Board of the Council was not in place, there was the need to ascertain who had been approving all the funds that the Registrar and his team had been spending. Using…

A Lagos-based DNA expert, Dr. Oyinwola Oni, has stated that 40% of men do not know that they are not the biological fathers of their first child. He said this while recounting a rather personal event in his life where a former girlfriend attempted to force a set of twins on him. Speaking with City People, he said: “How I got into doing DNA is an interesting story which all man should learn from. I lost my wife about 6 years ago. About that time there was a lady I have known for long in Nigeria but who now lives…

After weeks of intensive debate within the freight forwarding industry over whether or not the practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) should be collected, the Federal Ministry of Transport has finally given approval for the immediate commencement of the collection of the fees all the nation’s seaports, border stations and airports. It will be recalled that at the first meeting between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the freight forwarders at Abuja in June this year over whether or not the fees should be collected, the Ministry asked to be given time to study the contending issues over the collection of the…

The Chairman, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC), Otunba Kunle Folarin has said that the Council was not working in conflict with anybody or group in the Nigerian Maritime Industry. Folarin who made this known while fielding questions from journalists on the sideline of a one day roundtable on the maritime sector and the port industry with the theme: Setting Maritime Agenda for the Attainment of 20:20 20 Vision” in Lagos yesterday stated that the Council had kicked off a series of roundtables that would come up with yesterday’s event. According to him,” Agbakoba’s initiative is quite different from ours. Agbakoba’s…