Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that it will commence the e-payment revenue collection on the 3rd day of March, 2014. This was made known by the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NPA, Mr. Olumide Oduntan during a one day sensitization forum on the E-Payment Revenue Collection held at the Eko Hotels and Suite, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday. Odutan noted that NPA was ready to commence the new process immediately but would rather wait to discuss with the stakeholders in order that they may get their input on how to make the new process more efficient and better.…

 As the election of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) gradually gathers momentum,the National Electoral Commission (NECOM) has threatened to disqualify any member of the Caretaker Committee of any Chapter with intention to contest in the forthcoming election who failed to resign his or her appointment by Monday February 24, 2014. A release by the NECOM Chairman Okey Nerus said the action became necessary following what seems to be the lackadaisical attitude of some of the affected Caretaker Committee members to an internal memo dated February 11, 2014, urging them to resign their appointment by Wednesday February…

Alhaji Galitma Liman was the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in 2007. Our Correspondent recently spoke with him at Lagos where he bared his mind on crucial matters affecting Nigeria such as the recent resignations, the threat by APC and so much more. Excerpt; The President recently launched the National Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP). What impact do you think this will have on Nigeria as a Nation in relation to the vision 2020 agenda? You have heard this O’Neil talking about the new MINT nations-Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. His argument was that the ingredients of…

In strict adherence to the Comptroller General of Customs zero tolerance for smuggling, the Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service last weekend foiled an attempt by some smugglers to smuggle rice through the water into the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ernest Olottah to journalists via e-mail, a copy of which was obtained by Primetime Reporters. Rice worth #7.5 Million according to Olottah together with boat with outboard engine and vehicles for conveyance were recovered from the smugglers during the operation. The release which read in part said,” with…

The recent threat by the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) to drag Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) to court over alleged non payment of a N2 Billion intervention fund to Maritime Academy of Nigeria has been described as an act of ignorance. A foremost marine engineer, Olu Akinsoji said this in a telephone interview with newsmen  in Lagos.Akinsoji, a former Administrator of the academy said CLO had through the threat displayed its ignorance of the workings of the maritime industry. According to him, aside the 5% statutorily provided for in the Act setting up NIMASA,…

The senate committee on marine transport on Friday Vowed not to pass the 2014 budget of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, in the National Assembly until the agency satisfactorily convince the committee about the success level of project embarked upon with the Previous budget. This was disclosed by the chairman of the Committee, Hajia Zaynab Kure at the authority Headquarters during the oversight visit of the senators to the agency over the performance of the 2013 budget. It was gathered that the committee Chairman threat was due to the absence of the Managing Director of NPA, Mallam Habib Abdullahi during…

The Management of Port and Terminal Management Academy of Nigeria, POTEMA, has confirmed SHIPS and PORTS DAILY as the most widely read and widely Circulated maritime Newspaper in Nigeria. This was contained in an award given to the publication at the Academy’s 4th National Graduation Ceremony and the Investiture of Dr Taiwo Afolabi as the Chairman of the governing Council of POTEMA in Lagos on Saturday. Presenting the award to the representative of the Company, Daniel Nwakwuoke, the Chairman of the occasion, Otunba Kunle Folarin, said their is no doubt about giving SHIPS&PORTS the award because the Publication merit it…

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said that it has granted a total of seven thousand, nine hundred and twenty- eight (7,928) provisional release of containers trapped during the hand over of the Destination Inspection Scheme by the Service Providers. The Command also said that a total of Seven thousand and eighty-seven (7,087) Pre-Arrival Assessment Reports (PAARs) has been transmitted by the Service since the take over of the Destination Inspection Scheme from the Sevice Providers by the Nigeria Customs Service. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Charles Edike who made this…

Following the recommendations of the Senator Okunromu Committee that only the political parties with representations in government should send delegation to the National Confab which saw five political parties expected to send their representatives to the confab, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has faulted the action describing it as undemocratic. In a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan by the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, the party disclosed that by that singular decision, a large chunk of Nigerians would have been shut out of the dialogue that would have afforded them the opportunity to be heard adding…

Contrary to the media reports that the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has been mandated to re-organize the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the Registrar of CRFFN, Sir Mike Jukwe has denied any knowledge of such mandate given to anybody or agency by the Minister of Transport. Jukwe who was speaking to Primetime Reporters in a telephone interview stated that there was no such mandate and that if there is any such mandate, it would be incumbent on the officials of CRFFN to let it out and not the other way round. “I don’t know where all…