Author: Saint Augustine

Following the repeated cases of boats mishaps accross the nation, commuters at the various ferry stations in Lagos have called on the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to come up with watertight safety measures that will restore passengers’ confidence in water transport as a means of transportation. Speaking newsmen in Lagos, the commuters at the Marina jetties said that introducing passengers Manifest was not enough to put confidence in the passengers that fear mishap anytime they are on sea arguing that safety was more than just passengers’ manifest. The respondonts however demanded for adequate safety measures as the only way…

As part of his tour of the facilities of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), President Goodluck Jonathan will on Saturday, May 10 flag-off Nigeria’s first specialised university for the maritime sector. The President will be conducted round the state-of-the-art facilities at the temporary site of Nigeria Maritime University at Kurutie, while also performing the ground-breaking of the permanent site, located at Okerenkoko, both in Warri Southwest Local Government Area of Delta State. According to NIMASA Director-General, Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, President Jonathan will similarly perform the ground-breaking of NIMASA Dockyard and Shipyard, also sited at Okerenkoko, which…

The Apapa Area one Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that the teething problem associated with the Pre Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) was gradually coming to an end even as it disclosed that a total of 28,861,000 (twenty-eight thousand, eight hundred and sixty-one PAARs has been released in the month of April . The command also said it has raked in a whooping N22,132,876,041.87 ( twenty-two billion, one hundred and thirty-two million, eight hundred and seventy-six thousand, forty-one Naira,eighty-seven kobo) from 1st to 28th of April, 2014. The Customs Area Controller of the Command , Comptroller Charles Edike…

The Western Marine Command (WMC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it impounded goods worth N13.3 million between January and April 2014. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Okpara, who was speaking to journalists in Lagos on Tuesday stated that the amount was however against the N16 million worth of goods it seized in the first quarter of last year. Giving a breakdown of the seizures, Okpara said they include 769 bags of rice and 715 cartons of poultry products among others. According to her, most of the seized items were intercepted at different locations at Idiroko,…

Being a full text of the speech delivered by the Coordinator of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha on the Re- election of Prince Olayiwola Shittu at the Rock view Hotels, Festac Town, Lagos. Mr. President, may I once again say a big congratulations to you and those who are elected today. I think today happens to be a different date in the history of ANLCA and I am going to take your time a little please. As you can see, I am here today with only one Board member.…

Being a full text of opinion expressed by the outgoing Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the ANLCA National President, Joe Sanni on why the National President, Prince Olayiwola Shittu Deserves a second term prior to the just concluded NECOM election of ANLCA With the first tenure of the Prince Olayiwola Shittu National Executive Committee (NECOM) gradually coming to an end in a couple of day’s time, questions of the desirability or otherwise of the achievements-laden NECOM returning for a second tenure, has been marred by perfidious mischief makers. It is only in ANLCA that hard workers/achievers are being given sleepless…

The National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has pledged to get the association chartered through the National Assembly in order to give vent to their profession. Shittu who made this known while presenting his acceptance speech to mark his re-election as the National President of ANLCA on Monday also said that he would work towards getting the Federal Government to give Licensed Customs Agents commission on revenue they helped collected for it as was the case with other agencies of government involved in revenue collection. He stated his resolve to pursue the above named…

Then Commercial Manager, Tincan Island Container Terminal (TICT), Mr. Richard Akinbosotu has denied a report credited to him in one of the Maritime Journals describing it as false, malicious and capable of causing disharmony in the industry. Akinbosotu who made this known in a press release he issued recently, a copy of which was obtained by Primetime Reporters stated that the Journal which quoted him as accusing the Comptroller General of Customs, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi Inde of attempting to illegally move about 155 containers from Tincan Island Container Terminal without due process was entirely lies and falsehood fabricated to suit…

Following a report in one of the Maritime Newspapers where it was said that the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) was registering touts and hoodlums as members, the Registrar of the Council, Sir Mike Jukwe has come out to debunk the allegation as false. Speaking in a chat with Primetime Reporters when it visited the Abuja office of the Council, Sir Jukwe observed that the publication cannot be true owing to the fact that mere application for registration with the council cannot confer registration or membership on the applicants. He went on to explain that…

The Management of APM Terminal Apapa has promised to collaborate with the Commissioner of Police in charge of Western Ports, Kayode Aderanti to make the ports secured from miscreant. Andrew Dawes, the Managing Director of APMT stated this during the Courtesy visit on the facility by the Commissioner of Police Tuesday. The Managing Director stressed that the terminal had no reason being in business if the port where they carry out their business is not secured. “We are ready to collaborate with you, work with you to secure our operational base, our facility is opened to you at anytime. “We…