Author: Saint Augustine

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has counseled the Freight forwarders on the need to be careful in funding any transaction related to cargo clearance out of Customs control. In a release signed by the Deputy National President Seaport of the association, Prince Obums Anene and made available to Primetime Reporters on Tuesday, NAGAFF cautioned that all receipted transactions related to cargo clearance and Customs formalities must be paid by the Consignee as clearly stated in the import and export guideline of 2006 extant. “Consequently, we urge and encourage all practitioners to ensure that our principals are…

After about five hours meeting with the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has suspended its decision to embark on an indefinite strike, scheduled to commence on Wednesday. The decision, according to the union, was sequel to “fruitful” discussions it had with government and other stakeholders. Shekarau was said to have ordered the immediate withdrawal of the circular suspending the controversial CONTISS 15 and restoration of union activities in the Federal Polytechnic, Oko in  Anambra State and the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State.…

The APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) on Monday advised President Goodluck Jonathan to quit the presidential race having admitted that he underestimated the Boko Haram insurgency. In a statement, APC said it has information from credible sources that a fake Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect might become a tool by the Jonathan administration to blackmail members of the opposition, especially Buhari. APC alleged that the purported Abubakar Shekau would be coached to say he was working for the opposition party candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in order to link its presidential candidate to terrorism as it had attempted…

The Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Sir Mike Jukwe has given reasons why foreign companies engage in freight forwarding business in Nigeria despite efforts to get Nigerians engage in the business alone in the spirit of the Local Content Law. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos, Jukwe hinted that foreigners were involved in freight forwarding especially in countries that had liberalized trade which according to him most countries were doing today. He observed that because freight forwarding had security implications, it was very delicate to allow foreigners to be involved in the business and that…

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has said that it would soon come up with a deadline when all the monies owed it by the individual freight forwarders and Corporate Organizations should be turned in failing which it would apply appropriate sanctions. The Registrar of the Council, Sir Mike Jukwe who disclosed this in a parley with Journalists in Lagos admitted that freight forwarders and the freight forwarding associations owed the Council adding that the council had resolved that all the backlog of dues owed it must be cleared. “Well, at a point, not much…

Contrary to general believe that the Global West Vessel Specialists Limited was contracted by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to stop oil theft, NIMASA has come out to say that the company’s business was the provision of platforms for the agency’s operations as well as maintaining the platforms. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos recently, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi noted that the essence of the partnership was to enable the agency with the platforms so that it could move from one point to the other. Akpobolokemi also said that contrary to opinion, the company…

For more about two weeks now, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has been in the news, this time around for wrong reasons as the trio who identified themselves as “Concerned Members of ANLCA” made some allegations against the key officers of the association namely; the National President and the National Secretary. These disturbing allegations came barely few months after the National President; Prince Olayiwola Shittu managed to douse the tension brought about by the election of the National Executive of the association paving way for a successful election of the Board Chairman of the association which hitherto…

The Nigerian Ports Authority has said that it would not allow any government agency that had not been provided with office spaces to operate inside the port. The Port Manager of the Tincan Island Ports Complex (TCIP) Lagos, Mr. Babatunde Longe who made this known while playing host to Women in Logistics and Transport (WILAT) in his office in Lagos recently said that the authority had provided office accommodations to those agencies that were permitted by the government to operate at the ports. According to him,” we have not provided space for anyone that was not supposed to be at…

The Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the high incidences of oil theft recorded in the country in the past years was significantly reducing by the day. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi who disclosed this in Lagos on Sunday however admitted that the reduction was not because of the efforts of NIMASA alone but because of its collaboration with other security agencies in the country amongst which are the Nigerian Navy, the Air Force and the Nigeria Police. “Awareness on oil theft is rising that virtually in this administration, any person you meet in…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi has assured that work on the permanent site of the Nigerian Maritime University would be completed before the exit of his administration. Akpobolokemi who was fielding questions from Journalists on Sunday in Lagos stated that the agency had acquired a temporary site for the University to take off even as he said that there were other requirements that were being fulfilled which NIMASA was processing. He further revealed that the dockyard which the agency was building was at different stages as the sand filing of…