Author: Saint Augustine

Facts have emerged on how the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF may have Influenced the removal of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN from the list of agencies receiving budgetary allocation from the federal government annually. Primetime Reporters reports that although the federal government may have taken a decision not to fund professional institutes anymore but a letter from NAGAFF to the National Assembly may have triggered the inclusion of CRFFN on the list. Speaking in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Friday, the founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam…

…Says Customs will have a lot of auctions to sell soon Foremost freight forwarder, Ichie Frank Obiekezie has said that these set of jobs that the Nigerian freight forwarders are handling now may be the last they will ever handle following the foreign exchange fluctuations. Obiekezie who made this assertion in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos on Thursday observed that the freight forwarders were preparing themselves for more hard times as according to him, if the importers cannot see dollar to import or if they import, but cannot make any profit, they may not be encouraged to import…

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu In continuation of his 65th birthday celebration, which took place on Saturday 10th February 2024, the Chairman of the Chrome Group and the founder of the Sir Emeka Offor foundation, SEOF, Dr. Sir Emeka Offor has given out palliatives to all correctional centers across Anambra state. Sir Emeka Offor handed out 1,000 bags of rice, 1,000 cartons of Indomie noodles, and 75 cartons of Izal disinfectant on Friday 16th February, 2024 at the Radio House, Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local government area of Anambra state. He expressed his desire to extend a hand of care and support to…

A licensed customs agent (name withheld) has called on the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS to adopt the use of discretionary power in determining the exchange rate for the calculation of duty payable on imported goods rather than depending solely on the official rate issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The agent who chose to speak under anonymous because he has no permission to speak on the issue said that by applying discretionary power which according to him was provided for in customs law, the Service would not only facilitate trade but expand the frontiers of trade and encourage…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has denied any involvement in fraudulent activities or underhand dealings in the e-auctioning of vehicles or other goods. The Service in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada in Abuja on Saturday was in response to a petition to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi by the 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF with the tittle, “The Monumental Stealing By The Customs Auction Committee And Their Plans To Dispose-Off Overtime Containers” and widely reported in the media. Maiwada explained that the NCS…

…Calls for resuscitation of Joint Planning Board Nigeria as a country is actually not spending enough to stimulate economic growth when compared with other countries of its size in terms of population. This is the opinion of the BudgIT Foundation which believe that countries as big as Nigeria are spending more. The Senior Research and Policy Analyst, BudgIT Foundation, Mr. Vahyala Kwaga who stated this in a roundtable discuss with members of the Financial and Business Online Publishers, FiBOP in Lagos on Thursday said that the N28 trillion naira budgeted for the 2024 fiscal year by the Federal Government should…

…Compliance Team Petitions Customs CG Despite the deployment of technology, the recent electronic auction of vehicles by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has been characterised by massive fraud with one person allegedly getting over 300 vehicles. The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team made this allegation in a letter addressed to the Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, recently. In the letter titled: “The Monumental Stealing By The Customs Auction Committee And Their Plans To Dispose-Off Overtime Containers” was signed by the National Coordinator of the Compliance Team, Alhaji Tanko Ibrahim. According to the…

As part of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola’s Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the year 2024, as signed in the performance bond by agencies, the Bill which seeks to repeal the Nigerian Shippers’ Council Act Cap N133 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), and enact the Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Act when enacted into law, has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives. Presenting the Bill at the House of Representatives on Wednesday 14th February, 2024, the Chairman, House Committee on Shipping Services, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, said that…

In continuation of its mandate of acting as a watchdog to the society, foremost maritime beat association, the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria, MARAN will hold a breakfast meeting to beam the searchlight on the challenges and proffering solutions to the Eto call-up system for trucks operating in the maritime sector. The epoch-making event which will take place at the Rockview Hotel, Apapa on Thursday, March 7, 2024 will bring together various stakeholders and key operators in the industry under one roof to proffer solutions to a menace that has hindered effective transportations of cargoes, containers and products from the…

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The premises of the defunct Anambra Newspaper and printing Cooperation, ANPC, publishers of National Light Newspaper, has been handed over to a contractor for the construction of a Neigbourhood Leisure Park for recreational purposes. Speaking during the hand over ceremony, the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Mr. Don Onyenji, Commissioner for Housing, Hon. Pauly Onyeka whose Ministry was the supervisory one, Managing Director, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, Mr. Ossy Onuko, all extolled government’s decision to create a befitting recreational park for residents of the state. The Commissioner for Housing, Hon. Onyeka, said the ministry’s…