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Eyewitness reporter The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new measures to check security threats in the Nigerian maritime domain and deter persons who may …
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has charged Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) to display a high level of professionalism in carrying out their duties of inspecting foreign ships at national ports. Amaechi said this in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Mr. Eric Ojiekwe. He spoke at the 11th Port State Control Committee (PSC) Meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on PSC for West and Central Africa Region, also known as (Abuja MoU) in Lagos....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/22/amaechi-charges-port-state-control-officers-on-professionalism/
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has charged Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) to display a high level of professionalism in carrying out their duties of inspecting foreign …
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)has spent N1.165 trillion on petroleum subsidy, oil exploration and remittance to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in seven months of this year. According to NNPC monthly FAAC report for September, the three expenditure items gulped 57 per cent of the total revenue distribution of N2.043 trillion done by the national oil company in the first eight months of 2021....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/22/nnpc-spends-n1-1trn-on-subsidy-faac-remittance-oil-exploration-in-7-months/
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)has spent N1.165 trillion on petroleum subsidy, oil exploration and remittance to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in seven month…
Eyewitness reporter The families of four persons allegedly killed by Customs operatives in Oyo state are demanding a compensation of N4.5billion from the Nigeria Customs Service. It would be recalled that four persons were allegedly killed by the men and officers of the Customs at Iseyin area of Oyo State while three were injured on July 16th, 2021. At the House of Representatives investigative hearing at the National Assembly, the Counsel to the families of the victims, Olugbenga Akinlabi, said the bereaved families are demanding a compensation of N4.5 billion from the service to mitigate the loss and trauma suffered as a result of the killing....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/22/families-of-victims-of-customs-killings-at-oyo-katsina-demand-n4-5billion-compensation/
Eyewitness reporter The families of four persons allegedly killed by Customs operatives in Oyo state are demanding a compensation of N4.5billion from the Nigeria Customs Service. It would be recall…
Eyewitness reporter As the Federal Government concludes plans to have Nigeria Customs begin a collection of excise duties on some products such as carbonated beverages, water, tiles, among others; MMS Plus newspaper is set to organize a business summit to deliberate on the policy. The event themed; “X-raying the Proposed Excise Duty Regime for Carbonated Beverages in a Recovering Economy” is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 at the MMS International Image Centre in Festac, Lagos while Facebook and Zoom virtual connections will also be available....
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Eyewitness reporter As the Federal Government concludes plans to have Nigeria Customs begin a collection of excise duties on some products such as carbonated beverages, water, tiles, among others; …
Eyewitness reporter Ahead of the December International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council Election, Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has called on the international maritime community to support Nigeria's bid for reinstatement into Category C. Speaking at the third Seminar of the Atlantic Center in Lisbon Portugal on Tuesday, Jamoh sought the support of Nigeria's friends to vote for the country into the council of IMO in the election that comes up in few weeks' time....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/21/jamoh-solicits-support-for-nigerias-bid-to-regain-lost-category-c-status-at-imo/
Eyewitness reporter Except other peaceful options fail, the indigenous ship owners may take a legal option as the last resort to wrest the Cabotage vessels financing funds (CVFF) from the Federal government. Legal options are part of others several other options which the beleaguered ship owners are considering in a bid to break the deadlock on the disbursement of the controversial fund....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/21/shipowners-may-go-to-court-to-access-cvff/
Eyewitness reporter Except other peaceful options fail, the indigenous ship owners may take a legal option as the last resort to wrest the Cabotage vessels financing funds (CVFF) from the Federal g…
-----as freight Forwarders threaten to go on strike over extortions by shipping companies Eyewitness Aggrieved freight forwarders, who are plying their trade at the Lagos ports, have served a notice of withdrawal of their services to protest what they described as unbridled and barefaced extortions and high-handedness by the shipping companies. In the notice of service withdrawal signed by Alhaji Tanko Ibrahim, the National Coordinator, 100 percent Compliance team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), the Customs brokers complained of a litany of operational breaches and extortionist behaviors of the shipping companies....
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—–as freight Forwarders threaten to go on strike over extortions by shipping companies Eyewitness Aggrieved freight forwarders, who are plying their trade at the Lagos ports, have serve…
-----an open letter to Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over forthcoming CRFFN elections. By Sam C. Onyemelukwe The importance of the freight forwarding industry to Nigeria's economy need not be over-emphasized; and it is as a result that the federal government, in a bid to organize the sector and make it more productive to the economic development of Nigeria, instituted the CRFFN 2007....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/19/the-right-to-vote-or-to-be-voted-for-by-the-act-rests-on-crffn-registered-corporate-membership-and-not-on-individual-membership-of-the-council/
—–an open letter to Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over forthcoming CRFFN elections. By Sam C. Onyemelukwe The importance of the freight forwarding industry to Nigeria& #821…
Owolola Adebola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Monday re-arraigned two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja for their alleged complicity in the controversial Process and Industrial Development gas processing contract, leading to the $9.6bn arbitral awards to P&ID Limited by a United Kingdom commercial court....
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Owolola Adebola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Monday re-arraigned two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the…
Eyewitness reporter The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resolved to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation's seaports with a view to position the ports on a competitive edge in the West and Central African sub-region. The Acting Managing Director of the NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko made this assertion while on a facility tour of the newly rehabilitated Control Tower located at the Lagos Ports Complex LPC, Apapa....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/19/why-we-upgraded-control-tower-at-lagos-ports-bello-koko/
Eyewitness reporter The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resolved to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports with a view to position the …
----as marketers warn it may hit N10,000 by December The price of the 12.5 kilogramme of Liquefied Petroleum Gas,( LPG) or cooking gas, has continued to soar in an unprecedented manner as it has now hit N8,500 in many parts of the country. This was despite the Federal Government’s plan to make the product appealing to the common man. The government earlier this year launched the National Gas Expansion Programme,( NGEP,) to drive increased utilisation of gas as a better alternative for petroleum fuel for homes, industries and automobiles....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/18/price-of-12-5kg-cooking-gas-soars-to-n8500/
—-as marketers warn it may hit N10,000 by December The price of the 12.5 kilogramme of Liquefied Petroleum Gas,( LPG) or cooking gas, has continued to soar in an unprecedented m…
-----says it will cost N3 billion to evacuate 5000 overtime cargo at N600,000 each Eyewitness reporter Amidst mounting overtime cargo that dots the landscape of the Nigerian ports, the Nigeria Customs Service has declared that it was the responsibility of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to evacuate them to the Government warehouse at Ikorodu. Making the assertion against the widespread belief that it was the duty of Customs to assume this role, the Apapa Area Command of the Customs, Comptroller Ibrahim Malanta Yusuf, said this was an erroneous impression as there are procedures to follow even before such evacuation could be done....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/18/npa-is-responsible-for-transfer-of-overtime-cargo-to-ikorodu-warehouse-customs/
—–says it will cost N3 billion to evacuate 5000 overtime cargo at N600,000 each Eyewitness reporter Amidst mounting overtime cargo that dots the landscape of the Nigerian ports, the Nig…
Eyewitness reporter There was pandemonium on Saturday at Kobape village, along Abeokuta – Sagamu expressway in the Obafemi – Owode local government area of Ogun State when dare-devil smugglers engaged the operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in a fierce gun battle which eyewitness said left about seven persons dead while unspecified numbers of people sustained varying degree of injuries....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/17/bloodbath-at-ogun-as-customs-smugglers-engage-in-gun-duel/
Eyewitness reporter There was pandemonium on Saturday at Kobape village, along Abeokuta – Sagamu expressway in the Obafemi – Owode local government area of Ogun State when dare-devil smugglers enga…
Eyewitness reporter The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and Police Service Commission (PSC) have commenced the process of concluding the 2020 enlistment of 10,000 Constables. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, made the announcement in a statement on Saturday. Mba urged candidates to check their recruitment status on the portal, www.policerecruitment.gov.ng. The website will be opened from Monday, 18th October to Tuesday, 26th October 2021....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/16/police-resume-recruitment-of-10000-officers/
Eyewitness reporter The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and Police Service Commission (PSC) have commenced the process of concluding the 2020 enlistment of 10,000 Constables. The Force Public Relations …
Eyewitness Reporter The House of Representatives has mandated the committees on Finance, Banking and Customs to invite the Central Bank Governor, the Minister of Finance, Comptroller General of Customs, Managing Director of Adani Mega Systems Ltd in order to resolve the delay for the take-off of the E-customs project. The committees are expected to complete their investigations and report to the House within 4 weeks…...
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/16/reps-summon-hameed-ali-customs-boss-others-over-delay-of-e-customs-project/
Eyewitness Reporter The House of Representatives has mandated the committees on Finance, Banking and Customs to invite the Central Bank Governor, the Minister of Finance, Comptroller General of Cus…
--- IMB says four incidents recorded in first nine months of 2021 Eyewitness Reporter As the sophisticated deep blue assets commissioned in June have been deployed, the pirates and other criminals on the Nigerian waters have started to feel the heat of the multi-prong onslaught. This has resulted in the dwindling operations of the pirates as they are beginning to flee the Nigerian waters....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/16/as-deep-blue-project-takes-root-pirate-attacks-in-nigeria-shrink/
— IMB says four incidents recorded in first nine months of 2021 Eyewitness Reporter As the sophisticated deep blue assets commissioned in June have been deployed, the pirates and other crimin…
Eyewitness Reporter The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has revealed how sting operation by the combined team of Customs, Navy, NDLEA, and Police led to the interception of a cargo vessel, MV Chayanee Naree, from Brazil and the subsequent discovery of 32.9 kilograms of Co***ne on board of the vessel. It could be recalled that the vessel was interdicted through joint operations by the security agencies on Thursday 14th, 2021, and 22 Thai sailors on board the vessel were arrested....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/16/how-customs-navy-ndlea-police-uncover-32-9kg-co***ne-on-board-vessel-in-sting-operation/
Eyewitness Reporter The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has revealed how sting operation by the combined team of Customs, Navy, NDLEA, and Police led to the interception of a cargo ves…
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Eyewitness reporter The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) has said that the agency has been working steadily to digitalise operations at all port locations in the country, towards optimal efficiency, elimination of corrupt practices, and service excellence. The Acting Managing Director of the NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko stated this when he received a delegation of the Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), led by the Association's Secretary-General, Mr....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/14/npa-pledges-support-for-digital-revolution-of-african-ports/
Eyewitness reporter The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) has said that the agency has been working steadily to digitalise operations at all port locations in the country, towards opt…
Eyewitness reporter Trucks Transit Parks Ltd (TTP), a private technology firm that partners with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to drive the e-call up system, has affirmed that the ETO platform has reduced the cost of cargo haulage by 62.5 percent from Apapa port to any destination in Lagos metropolis. Recall that the Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, last week said the incremental deployment of the electronic call-up infrastructure for cargo trucks (Eto), launched in February 2021 has resolved the perennial Apapa gridlock....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/14/ttp-firm-claims-eto-has-reduced-cost-of-cargo-haulage-by-62-5-percent/
Eyewitness reporter Trucks Transit Parks Ltd (TTP), a private technology firm that partners with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to drive the e-call up system, has affirmed that the ETO platform…
Eyewitness Reporter The Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with other sister agencies, on Thursday has arrested 22 seafarers over an alleged attempt to smuggle 32.9kg of co***ne from Brazil into the shores of the country. The seafarers, who are currently being detained at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos were arrested on-board MV CHAYANEE NAREE, by a joint team led by the Nigerian Navy following an intelligent report it got from the UK Border Force....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/14/navy-arrests-22-seafarers-with-co***ne-on-board-vessel/
Eyewitness Reporter The Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with other sister agencies, on Thursday has arrested 22 seafarers over an alleged attempt to smuggle 32.9kg of co***ne from Brazil into the s…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has disclosed that world oil demand will increase by 5.8 million barrels per day in 2021. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for October 2021, a copy which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria )NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. The report said the world oil demand growth was revised down from 5.96 mb/d in September’s assessment....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/13/world-oil-demand-to-increase-by-5-8-mb-d-in-2021-opec/
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has disclosed that world oil demand will increase by 5.8 million barrels per day in 2021. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for …
Eyewitness Reporter A Lagos Federal High Court on Wednesday heard how a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime and Administration Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi and his management team recklessly spent the agency’s N18 million meant for intelligence gathering on massage chairs for themselves. A prosecution witness, Mrs. Margaret Ekong, while being led in evidence by the prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, told Justice Ayokunle Faji that she supplied the chairs to Akpobolokemi....
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Eyewitness Reporter A Lagos Federal High Court on Wednesday heard how a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime and Administration Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi and his m…
----threatens to revoke his bail Owolola Adebola Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday awarded a N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) fine against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, for his absence in court to take his plea in an alleged N4.6 billion fraud. Fani-Kayode, also the Chairman of the 2015 Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation , is standing trial alongside Nenadi Usman, a former Minister of Finance, a former National Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Danjuma Yusuf, and a limited liability company, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Limited....
https://theeyewitnessnews.com/2021/10/13/court-awards-n-2m-fine-against-femi-fani-kayode-over-absence-at-n4-6bn-fraud-trial/
—-threatens to revoke his bail Owolola Adebola Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday awarded a N200, 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) fine …
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