Press Release – Page 2 – Shipping World News Magazine

May92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

VIRAL VIDEO ON ASSAULT: CUSTOMS VOWS TO SANCTION UNRULY OFFICER

The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service has been drawn to a video making the rounds on social media. In it, one of our officers was recorded assaulting an unarmed civilian. This action took place on the Benin - Agbor expressway on Saturday the 7th of May 2022 at about 5.00 pm. This officer and other members of that team from FOU Zone 'C' have since been withdrawn from patrol duties and are currently under administrative investigation at the NCS Zonal Headquarters Zone 'C' Port Harcourt. Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been trained to carry out their duties with dignity and respect, and are expected to display decorum in all their conduct at all times. Where they fail to carry out their brief as assigned, appropriate sanctions are applied to enforce discipline. The N...

Apr282022 by Asu Beks1 Comment

PETER OKOCHA TO TONY IJU: RESIGN NOW AND SAVE ANLCA FROM DISINTEGRATION ….says ANLCA died the day Shittu left office

Opinion, Press Release

Following allegations that the President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents , Tony Iju Nwabunike, may have gone on AWOL, Shipping World Magazine engaged a former President of ANLCA, Chief Peter Okocha, in an interview on the State of Affairs of the once very vocal Association . Here are excerpts from the interview: S/W: You were once President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA. What was the vision of ANLCA under your leadership? OKOCHA: Well ,under my leadership then, I was with Otunba Fashawe who was my Vice President.Our vision was to reposition ANLCA and help the sector to reposition itself as the second largest revenue earner ,which it actually is. But our tenure was short lived because our frien...

Apr142022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Hoodlums invade Bayelsa High Court,injure three persons ….sporadic shooting at APC secetariat

News Feature, Press Release

Hoodlums numbering over thirty on Wednesday distrupted proceedings into the hearing over a suit into the disputed ward,local government and State congresses of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Bayelsa State High Court. An official of the court, the claimant, Alex Blackson and his brother, Osom Blackson were injured during the stampede and violence inside the court. The presiding Judge, Justice Nayai Aganaba was stoned with plastic bottles by the hoodlums but was taken to safety by his police orderly. Leadership gathered that most of the lawyers in Court were also chased out, while those that came with the claimant were brutalised. Leadership gathered that the hoodlums may have been provoked by the allege insistence of the Presiding Judge, Justice Aganaba to hear the suit ...

Apr132022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PDP Consensus Candidate Will Oust APC From Power, Says Saraki *Gov. Diri Cautions Against Factions In Party

Politics, Press Release

Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the quest by some presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form a united force is for the party to take over power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Dr. Saraki said this informed their decision to advocate for a consensus candidate among the aspirants. The presidential hopeful spoke on Monday while briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting alongside his co-aspirants, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Senator Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, with Governor Douye Diri at the Creek Haven Government House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Saraki stressed that as an opposition party, the PDP cannot wrest power from the APC if it is not united. According to him, the interest o...

Apr132022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

UTOMI CALLS FOR SYMBOLIC RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY TO PREVENT ANARCHY FROM OVERTAKING NIGERIA

Politics, Press Release

Noted Political Economist and former Presidential Candidate Professor Pat Utomi has called out Nigerians to a spiritual, symbolic and practical halt of the advance of anarchy. In a statement in Lagos this morning April 12, 2022 Utomi called Nigerians to come out in groups everywhere they are in the country wearing white tops over black to symbolize light over darkness, light candles and shake hands in extension of solidarity and the universal brotherhood of men and sing the song Nigeria will rise up again and post it on social media #lightoverdarkness. The statesmen titled they are all God’s children reads. To Fellow Compatriots THEY ARE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN TOO In the last two weeks the pain pangs from our poorly governed country failings have touched all, from the grandmother returnin...

Apr122022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Oil Firms, Regulatory Bodies Unfair To Host Communities,Gov Diri fumes

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned what he described as unfair collusion of oil firms and regulatory bodies against the interest of host communities in the Niger Delta. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday when the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that part of the security challenges in host communities were as a result of the injustice and unfair treatment by the oil companies aided by the regulatory authorities. Governor Diri cited last November month-long oil and gas spillage in Nembe Local Government Area of the state from an AITEO Exploration and Production Limited facility, which eventually result...

Apr92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NPA REDEPLOYS SENIOR OFFICIALS

News Feature, Press Release

Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has effected some changes at the upper echelon of the organization, in furtherance to its goal to reposition the country’s port system as the preferred cargo destination in Africa. In the latest redeployment, Madubuike E. Ugo (Mrs.), General Manager Monitoring & Regulatory Services, is now General Manager Public Private Partnerships (PPP); Williams E. Idowu (Mrs.), General Manager Public Private Partnerships (PPP) takes over as General Manager Monitoring & Regulatory Services. Engr. Ajibola S. Olagoke, General Manager Administration is now General Manager Superannuation; Moltok Josephine Adar (Mrs.) General Manager Servicom, moves to Administration whilst Musa Shehu Yaro, General Manager Procurement, now heads the Servicom Unit...

Mar252022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Govt, IFDC signs MOU on 5 key projects

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Government and the International Finance & Development Corporation (IFDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to invest in five different high impact and key infrastructural projects in different parts of Bayelsa State. The USA-based IFDC is mobilizing funds and resources to invest and finance a 10 MTPA capacity LNG project, 35,000 - 45,000 barrels per day capacity GTL project, 500 MW Gas to Power plant and Deep Sea Port and Port city development projects in the State. The preliminary estimated total project cost is $17.5 Billion USD. The President and CEO of IFDC, Mr. Kazi H. Ahmed, mandated Mr. Michael Hartman, from Germany as representative of IFDC to tidy up the investment plan and sign the agreement with the Bayelsa State Government. Mr. H...

Mar72022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Special, Peaceful State, Says Obasanjo *Commends Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Bayelsa as a special state and pledged to continue to support its developmental efforts, which he said are on course. The two-time Nigerian Head of State spoke yesterday at his Abeokuta, Ogun State residence during the visit of Governor Douye Diri to felicitate with him on his 85th birthday. The foremost elder statesman thanked the Bayelsa governor for the visit and commended him for steering the ship of the state in the right direction. He said despite being a small state in terms of population, his desire is to see a Bayelsa that is beautiful, powerful and that cannot be ignored. His words: "Bayelsa State is a special state. What I have coveted and strived for Bayelsa is what we are getting today. "Small but beautiful, small...

Mar62022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Wike Has Simplified Governance, Says Diri As Bayelsa Governor Inaugurates Road Project In Rivers

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has showered encomiums on his Rivers counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, saying he has simplified governance in a way that his administration has positively impacted the people. Governor Diri stated this on Wednesday when he inaugurated the 3.5km Mgbuoshimini-Nkpor road in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Bayelsa governor noted that the importance of roads cannot be over-emphasised as they impact on the socio-economic life of the people. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted Governor Diri as saying that Wike simplified governance through his infrastructure revolution. The said the Rivers governor would leave big shoes for his successor to fill. Diri stated that having gro...