Author: Saint Augustine

Contrary to  media reports that duty on used vehicles had been increased to 70 percent with effect from July  1, 2014, as contained in the new auto policy, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, on Wednesday discredited the reports saying there was no truth in them. Aganga who was speaking in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, where he said the council members were appropriately briefed in order to correct the misrepresentation however stated that the duty on used cars remained 35 percent. The minister further…

Barely two weeks after a twin car explosion rocked the Folawiyo Filling station at Creek road, Apapa, Lagos, the Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) PTML Chapter, Eze Elect Goodluck Onunji has called for the immediate relocation of petroleum depots and tank farms spread across Coconut and Kirikiri areas of Apapa in Lagos. Speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in his office in Lagos, Onunji disclosed that the continuous stay of the tank farms and other petroleum depots close to PITML terminal poses a great danger to the security of Lagos state in particular and Nigeria…

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has thrown its weight behind calls in some quarters for the harmonization of the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) and the CRFFN Act to create room for uniformity in the Freight Forwarding sector. Yo may recall that the National Coordinator, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNIFFIEC), Chief Dr. Osita Patrick Chukwu at a public forum in Lagos recently had advocated that the licensing regulations of the Nigeria Customs Service be withdrawn from it and be handed over to the CRFFN which was aptly empowered by…

Contrary to reports that the Federal government may have shifted the effective implementation date for the levy component of the new auto policy, the Nigeria Customs Service Wednesday said it has commenced the implementation of the levy component of the policy as earlier directed by the Federal government. You may recall that Primetime Reporters last week reported that Federal government has granted an extension of the commencement date from July 1, 2014 it earlier set for the kick off of the Levy component of the policy to January 1, 2015. The report has it that the extension plan which was…

Following the just concluded maiden edition of the stakeholders’ meeting between the new Customs Area Controller of the PTML Customs Command, Mr. Folorunsho Adegoke and the leaders of the freight forwarding associations under the command a fortnight ago, the former Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) PTML Chapter, Mr. Ugochukwu Nnadi has petition the Customs Area Controller of the command over what he called gagging the stakeholders by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Steve Okonmah. In the petition he titled, “ Gagging the Stakeholders”, Mr. Nnadi expressed his displeasure over the comment he credited to Mr.…

  The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ikeja-Lagos has said that it has made seizures of prohibited goods valued N483,324,260.00 (Four hundred and eighty three million, three hundred and twenty four thousand, two hundred and sixty naira only) with a payable duty of N263,086,234.00 (two hundred and sixty three million, eighty six thousand, two hundred and thirty four naira only) with a DPV of N746,410,494.000 (seven hundred and forty six million, four hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and ninety four naira only) between the period of January to May,2014. Speaking in a press release…

The National President of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association, Engr Mathew Alalade has lamented the neglect of seafarers by the government even as the President of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN), Mr. Bolaji Akinola said 6000 cadets of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria(MAN) Oron are lacking sea time training.   Alalade disclosed on Wednesday during the celebration of the 2014 day of the seafarer in Nigeria.   Alalade said, every year too many seafarers are either injured or lose their lives in maritime accident.    “More often than not their injuries and…

Mr. Tony .O. Anakebe is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Gold-Link Investment Nigeria Ltd. A businessman of no mean stature. He started his career in Clearing and Forwarding more than 15 years with Ideato Trans-world Agency Nigeria Ltd.in 1999 as a Clearing Officer, a position he held until 2002 when he resigned from the company to take up another appointment with Masphala Nigeria Ltd as Supervisory Officer. In 2005, he reigned and established his own company known today as Gold-Link Investment Nigeria Ltd. Mr. Anakebe has been a major contributor to the development of the Nigerian Maritime…

Seafarers operating in the country may have cause to smile as their poor condition of service may tumble for the better, as the Maritime Administration (MA), the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to review it.   Director General of the agency, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, stated this yesterday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital at the celebrations marking this year’s Day of the Seafarers, which is marked all over the world as permitted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).   In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Director in the Director General’s office, Chief…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA) has quoted the Director General of the agency, Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi as saying that adequate sensitization of boat operators, enlightenment of passengers and enforcement of safety standards are necessary to curb the growing cases of boat mishaps in Nigeria.   The Director General who was said to have said this at the flag off of Safety Awareness Campaigns for operators of boats and other mechanically propelled water crafts explained that NIMASA is committed to the safety of lives and property on the nation’s water ways and as such will continue to…