Author: Saint Augustine

Rev. Jonathan Nicol is the President, Shippers’ Association of Lagos State. In this interview with Joy Enamuna, he bared his mind on the awards by the Transport & Society Newspaper and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Nigerian Shippers’ Council as the ports’ commercial regulator in Nigeria and many more. Excerpts; Sir, you have just been giving an award by the Nigerian Transport and Nigerian Television Authority as the outstanding personality in maritime sector, how do you feel? I am fascinated that for the first time in our history, Shippers Association is now being recognized publicly! Not to talk of…

By Monday Japhet Emo Arising from a drunken binge I, like most other kind hearted Nigerians went to Abuja, a week after the Nyanya bomb blast to feel the pulse of the city and see if I could also donate blood. Life seemed to have picked up as usual with Nigerians, attention has shifted to the two hundred and twenty nine or so girls abducted and taken to a forest ostensibly to be used as sex slaves or for ritual purposes one can’t really peep into the mind of the demonic extremist sect who take pleasure in killing innocent people…

The Nigeria LNG Limited has said that it has received a total of 124 (one hundred and twenty-four) entries for the 2014 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature which is considered to be the flagship Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative. The prize which is also considered the most prestigious literary prize in the Continent of Africa has also received a total of five (5) entries for the award for the Literary Criticism which was introduced in 2012. This was made known by the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, Prof. Ayo Banjo on the occasion…

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…