Author: Saint Augustine

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Wednesday said that it would present a position paper to the Federal government on the new auto policy recently implemented by the Nigeria Customs Service with a view to drawing the attention of the government on the negative impact of the new policy on Nigerians. This was part of the decisions taken at the end of the National Executive Committee Meeting of the association held in Lagos on Wednesday. The meeting which had in attendance, all the chapter executives of the association weighed very critically, the federal government’s policy on vehicle…

The Federal government has been called upon to consider re-introducing the pre- shipment inspection of cargoes destined for Nigeria in order to curb delays being witnessed at the various ports in the country. This was the views of the stakeholders at a one day National Dialogue on “Unlocking Shipping Gridlock at the Ports: Stakeholders Initiative”, organized by the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) in Lagos Tuesday. Speaking at the event, a Cargo Surveyor and Chief Executive Officer, Intrass Nigeria Limited, Mr. Femi Awogbade suggested that cargoes be inspected from their countries of origin before…

…Indicts top military brass of illegal oil bunkering Ijaw leader and delegate at the National Conference, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on Federal Government to revoke the pipeline security contracts awarded to ex-militant leaders including  Government Ekpemukpolo, (aka Tompolo) and Asari Dokubo. Clark, who was commenting on the report of the National Conference Committee on Public Finance and Revenue, also indicted top military personnel for oil theft in the Niger Delta region. Tompolo is a former commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, while Dokubo is the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Force, NDVF,…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has called on the Federal government to embark on the review of the subsisting port concession agreement it entered into with the private terminal operators in the concession period of 2006. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barr. Hassan Bello who made this call at an interactive session with senior media practitioners in Lagos recently said that the port concession agreement signed between the two parties in 2006 was long overdue for review. Bello regretted that the port concession agreement, which should have been reviewed every two years to accommodate the emerging…

Freight forwarders in Lagos on Tuesday disagreed with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council over its plan to introduce a minimum share capital for companies and individuals engaged in the freight forwarding activities in the nation’s seaports. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barr. Hassan Bello was quoted as saying in a parley with senior media practitioners in Lagos recently that the Council was concluding work on the plans to introduce a minimum share capital for freight forwarders in order to root out touts in the industry. However, the plan seemed not to go down well with the freight forwarders for whom…

Contrary to the reports in some sections of the media over its planned relocation from Abuja to Lagos, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has faulted the reports saying that the council’s head office was based in Lagos. Clarifying the report in a telephone interview with Daily Champion on Tuesday, the Registrar of the council, Sir Mike Jukwe hinted that it was erroneous for anyone to think that Abuja houses the head office of the council informing that Abuja is only a liaison office for the council. Jukwe admitted that although there was a relocation…

Seven journalists were recently honoured in the 2014 Promasidor Quill Awards at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The journalists who won the awards in different categories were rewarded for their reports through which they brought changes to bear in the various areas of the economy which they report. Gbenga Salau of the Guardian Newspapers went home with the best report on Nutrition award,Adekunle Yusuf of the Nation Newspapers went home with the best CSR and Industry report award while Ayodele Ojo of Daily Sun won the best Photo story of the year. Others are Kunle Falayi of…

Following the disagreement that trailed the choice of the date for the all important All Nigerian Political Parties Summit between the Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs, Sen. Ben Obi and the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the New Nigerian Peoples’ Party (NNPP) has called on the both sides to bury their ego and reconcile their differences. The call was contained in a press release issued and signed by the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, a copy of which was obtained by Primetime Reporters. The release stated that NNPP was deeply concerned about the discordant tunes…

In its move to reposition the service for improved revenue collection, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has redeployed a total of eight Assistants Comptroller General (ACGs) and twenty-two Comptrollers of Customs amongst them, the Zonal Coordinator of Zone A, ACG Banke Adeyemo. Primetime Reporters gathered that ACG Banke Adeyemo who was posted as the Zonal Coordinator  Zone A comprising Lagos and most south-west states barely five months ago has been redeployed to Tariff and Trade (T & T) at the Customs headquarters in Abuja. It was said that her redeployment may not be unconnected to the failure of the zone to…

…calls for a halt to blame game syndrome A security meeting involving the Commissioner of Police, Western Ports Police Command and the leaders of the various association operating in the Western Ports has ended in Lagos with a call on all concerned to take the security, especially that of the ports as a challenge. The meeting which was at the instance of the Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Western Ports, Mr. Kayode Aderanti had most of the associations operating in the ports in attendance, with top officers of the Western Ports Command and the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs). The…