Author: Saint Augustine

The Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), PTML Chapter, Chief Goodluck Onunji has blamed the bottlenecks bedeviling the Pre- Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) on the importers who cut corners in order to short change the government. Chief Onunji who was speaking in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos also blamed the challenges on the activities of the service providers who he said provides the network with which the customs server works. He stated that those that were complaining against PAAR were those who failed to comply with the provisions of PAAR by not declaring genuinely but…

The PTML Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday displayed  intercepted bale of army camouflage uniform suspected to have been imported illegally into the country. It also paraded a suspect who was arrested in connection with the seizures. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Folorunsho Adegoke, who paraded the suspect alongside the seizures said the military camouflage which was concealed in a Volkswagen vehicle, was discovered during routine physical examination by operatives of the command. He gave the suspect’s name as Emmanuel Eko who claimed to be serving in the British Army. According to him,“we…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will today flag off the Maritime Labour Convention, MLC 2006 in the Nigerian Maritime industry. The Director General of NIMASA, Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi who made this known in a welcome address he presented at a special session with ship owners, seafarers employers, Manning Agents and seafarers at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday said that a detailed action plan had been put in place preparatory to the flag off of the convention in Nigeria today. The Director General who was represented at the event by the Deputy Director,…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the Federal government of Nigeria to set up a joint technical committee to harmonize the application of the Customs law with the freight Forwarding Act of 2007. In a letter addressed to the Honourable Ministers of Transport and Finance, Senator Idris Umar and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala respectively titled,” The need for Harmonization of Operational Relevance of Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) with the Council for the regulation of Freight Forwarding in  Nigeria (CRFFN)”, and signed by the Secretary General of the Association, Fwdr. Increase Uche, the…

The Nigerian maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the United States government has confirmed that thirteen more ports facilities in Nigeria were now fully compliant with the International Ships and Ports Facilities Security (ISPS) Code. This was contained in a press release issued last week by the agency in Lagos and was signed by the Deputy Director Public Relations, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi and made available to Primetime Reporters. The release stated that with the latest development, the total number of compliant ports facilities in the country were twenty-two, up from nine since the last visit of the…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) last weekend faulted media reports alleging the failure of the Authority to remit the sum of over 713 billion Naira into the Federation Account since 2009 describing it as misleading. This was contained in a press statement it issued on Friday titled,” Revenue Remittance: NPA has complied with the law”, which was signed by the Assistant General Manager Public Affairs of the Authority, Musa Iliya and made available to Primetime Reporters. The release noted that the allegation was made by the Committee on public finance of the on-going National Conference in a report it submitted…

Mr. David Chukwudimma Pius was born on the 10th day of April, 1974 at Amenu village, Uburu in Ohaozara local Government Area of Ebonyi state, Nigeria. He attended his primary education at Central School, Oyibo, Rivers state and his Secondary Education at Mivara Secondary School and the united Christian Secretarial and Business College, all in Lagos state, Nigeria. He proceeded to Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state where he obtained  Higher Diploma in Mass Communication. Mr. Pius also obtained an Advance Diploma in Cost Management from the Nigerian College of Cost Management/ Certified Institute of Cost Management Nigeria. He holds…

The Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC) has called on the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), prof. Attahiru Jega to adopt some of the strategies that made the June 12, 1993 Presidential election a success and incorporate them into his plans for the 2015 general elections. Speaking at the 21st anniversary of the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential elections by the Military junta of the former Head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babngida (rtd.) held at the Excellence Hotels, Ikeja on Thursday, the National Coordinator of OPC, Otunba Gani Adams stated that the advice was timely especially as the June…

The New Nigeria peoples’ party (NNPP) has described as sad the recent law enacted by the National assembly that empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister political parties on the ground that they failed to win any elective position at the grass root level. This was contained in a press statement  issued recently by the party at Abuja and was signed by the party’s National Vice-Chairman, North-West, Alhaji Mohammed Babayo Abdullahi.  The statement  faulted the law on the ground  that if the country continued to make laws that infringed on the provisions of the constitution, the nascent democracy…

The New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) has said that the death of the former Minister of Information and Communication and former Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili has robed the nation and its citizens of a great patriot who in all her life left footprints of service and excellence. This was contained in a press release it issued on Tuesday in Lagos which was tagged,’ Prof. Akunyili Dorathy is gong; The Demise of a Courageous Amazon”, which was signed by the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam and made…