apapa – Shipping World News Magazine

Sep12020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PAY A MILLION NAIRA AND GET A CUSTOMS JOB. EXCLUSIVE.

Comptroller General of Nigeria Custom Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali Are you job hunting? Do you want to serve in the Nigeria Customs Service? Then your prayers are answered if only you are ready to cough out N1.1m gratification to a secret recruitment syndicate now holding sway at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja. Shipping World investigations revealed that bribes to secure plum postings to commands such as Onne, Apapa, Tin can, PTML and Airport Commands, also attract various sums ranging between N300,000 and N500,000.00. The source who confided with Shipping World on condition of anonymity explained thus, " My friend and i have been job hunting when this offer of N1.1m for an Assistant Superintendent of Customs came. My friend was able to meet the requirement. She was offered ...

Aug252020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

ABANDONED CONTAINERS AT NIGERIAN PORTS: FORMER COMPT GEN OF CUSTOMS RAISES ALARM.

Breaking News, Port News

President Muhammadu Buhari A former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hammad Bello Ahmed has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately appoint a ministerial committee to carry out a comprehensive audit of abandoned containers at the Nigerian Seaports to forestall a national catastrophe as was experienced recently at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. Mallam Ahmed who spoke Exclusively to Shipping World magazine on Monday said as a former helmsman of the Nigeria Customs Service, he has on good authority that some of the containers have been abandoned for upwards of ten years by their consignees. "We must not fold our hands and wait until the calamity in the magnitude of what happened in Lebanon happens before we act", the former Customs Chief cautioned. Malla...

Dec222019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Mohammed Abba Kura: The hallmark of a man who puts country first.

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News, Profile

His name is Mohammed Abba Kura. He is a Comptroller of Customs and the helmsman of the Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. I call him "No 1", by virtue of the fact that he superintends over the nation's premier command of the Nigeria Customs Service. In terms of operations and revenue generation, the Apapa Command accounts for over 35 percent of Customs activities nationwide. With less than two weeks to the end of the year, the command has already surpassed its revenue target for 2019. With over N414billion in the federation account the command under the watch of Compt Abba Kura has a lot to celebrate. The Customs helmsman who took journalists on a guided media tour of over 100 containers seized from unscrupulous importers, is apparently impressed with the performan...

Jul312019 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Persistent Lagos Apapa Ports Gridlock, Night mare makes me sad, says President Buhari

Breaking News, News Feature, Politics

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President of Nigeria His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that he was saddened by the persistent chaotic situation around the Lagos Apapa ports. President Buhari had two months ago gave the order that the Apapa gridlock which has become a nightmare should be immediately cleared. President Buhari Also on May 22 this year, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, issued an order directing a special task force to, within two weeks, clear the traffic gridlock that had made Apapa ports and its environs difficult to access. The directive according to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande was after a meeting the vice-president earlier had with relevant stakeholders on April 25, this year. However, about four weeks after the directive was issued...

Nov202017 by Our EditorNo Comments

Apapa Gridlock Conduit Pipe for Extortion By Taskforce – Survey

Breaking News, Business, Law, Maritime, Port News

Backdropped against the decision by the Lagos State government to institute a joint security task force, it has become apparent that some selfish personnel are taking advantage of their new status to extort the people. As trailers and tankers jostle for space to inch towards the ports or tank farms, a syndicate operating within the "chaotic axis" is busy extorting money from the drivers to pay their way through the logjam. Investigations carried out by Shipping World reveal that drivers pay as much as #50,000 to #100,000 to be allowed to shunt the queue and head straight under escort into the port for business. This often takes place at night when Lagos is asleep. It is not clear if this syndicate has the backing of the authorities in Alausa but there are concerns that the unsav...