Author: Saint Augustine

The Senate has assured the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)of  the upper Legislative body’s readiness to accelerate the passage of the Professional Logistic body draft bill before the National Assembly. This was made known last Thursday by the President of the Institute, Maj. Gen. Umoru Usman (Rtd.) at the induction ceremony of Fellows and Corporate members of the institute in Lagos. According to him, “currently, we are advancing in talks with the National Assembly in other to acquire the charter act for CILT Nigeria. Members of the National Assembly have indicated support for this course and we have…

Kayode Farintho is the former Chairman, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Tincan Island Chapter. In this interview with our correspondent, he bares his mind the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR), Provisional Release, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and many other issues in the maritime sector. Excerpts; During the last interview we had with you early this year, you prophesied that PAAR if the Customs continues the way they were going, would stir up congestion at the ports come February. February has come and gone. Would you say that your position is what obtained or…

In its bid to encourage the female members to vie for elective position in the forthcoming election of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), the NAGAFF Electoral Commission (NECOM) has announced a 50 percent waiver for nomination forms for all the female members of the association contesting any elective position in the various chapters of the association. This was contained in a Press release signed by the NECOM Chairman, Mr. Okey Nereus and mailed to Primetime Reporters. Nereus in the observed that the gesture was in line with the association’s avowed posture of gender friendly association as…

In the Icon this week, we present to you the National President, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu (JP). Please take time to read and note why our team deemed it fit to have him as our Icon this week. When the current National President of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Farudeen Shittu (JP) embarked on this journey of comprehensively re-branding ANLCA in character and outlook, little did the onlookers and members alike know that the aspiring candidate for the National President of ANLCA was damned serious about everything he voiced out including his…

Mallam Habib Abdullahi A closer look at the various workshops, conferences and stakeholders’ meetings organized by the various government agencies operating in the maritime industry in recent times would reveal a decline at the enthusiasm with which stakeholders attend events. Gone are the days when at the shortest possible notice, the stakeholders would come running at those activities to know what those meetings and workshops were all about with a view to contributing their quota towards moving the sector forward. This time around, it seems that even with wide publicity and notices going out early as far as even in…

(L-R) Femi Afuewape, Minabere Joshua (Secretary); Iye Egbuna, Mrs. Eniola Williams, Engr. E. Ngini and Munir Umar;  all members of the Nigerian Ports Authority Anti-corruption Unit during their swearing in Lagos on Friday. The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority MallamHabibAbdullahi has declared a zero tolerance for corrupt practices at the nation’s seaports. Speaking at the formal inauguration of members of NPA Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (NPA-ACTU) in Lagos, the Managing Director represented by the General Manager, Western Zone MsAdenikeSonaike added that for NPA to be the leading Port in Africa, and to improve her efficiency level, the issue of…

As the preparations for this year’s Nigeria Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) heightens, indications are rife that the event which is believed to be the biggest maritime event would be chaired by the former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd.). This was made known by the Chairman, Nigeria Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) 2014 Planning Committee, Barr. Margaret Onyema-Orakwus,i at a press conference In Lagos on Monday to formally brief the journalists on the preparedness of the Committee to make this year’s event a success. Barr. Orakwusi explained that the decision to make Babangida the Chairman at this year’s event was in…

Following the recent development in the polity, the federal government has reassured the manufacturers and other players in the economy of its resolve to maintain the tight monetary policy that would engender rapid growth in all sectors of the economy. The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this known while addressing the members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in a one day interactive session with the group in Lagos on Monday. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala who noted that the country was going through some extra ordinary and turbulent time in her history…

…says it was over bloated Contrary to reports in some sections of the media on his absence during the visit by the members of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport  to his office in Lagos recently, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi has said that his absence during the visit of the committee members were not to worry about. Mallam Abdullahi who was speaking to Journalists in Lagos Thursday, described his absence during the visit as “just a simple issue that was unnecessarily overblown by the press”. According to him, the Senate Committee members were billed…

The recent claim by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) that it was winning the war on piracy recently received a boost from the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association. The Director General of NIMASA was recently quoted as saying that the agency was winning the war on piracy when he played host to journalists under the aegis of Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) in his office in Lagos. Speaking to Primetime Reporters in his office in Lagos, the National President of the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association,…