Author: Hector Spiff

Chief CC Okafor has vowed he will restore ANLCA to its past glory if elected as the chapter Chairman of ANLCA Onne Seaport chapter. Making this declaration in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital Wednesday while addressing some select journalists, during his declaration to contest for the Chairmanship post, Okafor said the time is now to take ANLCA Area11, Onne to its former glory wondering why those in the executive of ANLCA who are contesting the Chairmanship position will be talking of “transformation, transformation”. He said “You’re talking of transformation in the executive you’ve been in, for almost four years,…

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Ahead of the August 1 planned nationwide protest tagged #End bad governance, the South-South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Blessing Agbomhere has appealed to Nigerians, especially the youth, to jettison the idea of a protest, adding that it would create more problems than it is meant to solve. In a press statement which he released in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital on Monday, Agbomhere stated that a protest coming a year into the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be the greatest Injustice to a political officeholder who has a four-year mandate to…

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I’ve read with either great interest or dismay, several informed and uninformed comments about the current Aliko Dangote – NNPC brouhaha. Make no mistake about it. This is a battle that has gone viral and taken the global business, financial, and diplomatic community by storm. I cannot ever recall an attempt of this magnitude by a State-owned company such as NNPC that is designed to discourage, discredit, and destroy a business enterprise of this size, influence, and impact. Never. The NNPC has been quick to roll out its official spokespersons and political and media backers. Their aspersions have been fast…

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A group, Citizens Action for Good Governance has warned Honorable Ikenga Ugochinyere’s G-60 Opposition members for meddling in the political crises and the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Rivers State. The Citizens Action for Good Governance said it convened a press conference on the 10th of July, 2024 in Abuja to address the “egregious meddling” of the G-60 Opposition Group, led by Honorable Ikenga Ugochinyere. According to the group, the crisis in Rivers State is an internal matter within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Instead of promoting unity and resolving the issue, Honorable Ikenga and his group have…

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In a move to actualize the gubernatorial agenda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Edo State, Monday Opebholo, a group of political leaders under the aegis of Edo State Political Leaders Forum (EDPLF) on Thursday met in Auchi, Edo North Senatorial District, describing Okpebholo as a man of integrity and principle. “Many qualities separate Monday Opebholo from other candidates: vision, courage, character, loyalty and sincerity. He will chart the right course and provide a clear focus for where the people and the state want to be and how to get there” the leaders said. At the meeting to…

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has promised continued stakeholder engagements so as to tackle challenges associated with faulty documentation, under-declaration and wrong classification of goods. Comptroller Chedi Wada of Port Harcourt Area 1 customs command stated this weekend at the second phase of a stakeholders sensitization and workshop organized for licensed customs agents and other critical Maritime operators in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital. He advised consignees to take advantage of the in-house routine training as part of efforts to help guard against breaches of customs procedures. Recall that earlier, the Customs boss had engaged in an interactive session…

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The Nigeria Customs Service Area 1, Command Port Harcourt, Rivers State says that despite some daunting challenges in the Maritime sector, the Command had been able to generate and collect the total sum of Fifty Seven Billion, Four Hundred and Five Million, Eight hundred and Thirty-Four Thousand, Four hundred and Twenty Naira and Sixty Eight Kobo (₦57,405,834,420.68) from January to July 2023. Disclosing this to newsmen Monday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, the Customs Area 1 Controller, Comptroller CD Wada said When compared to the corresponding period of 2022, which stood at Fifty One Billion, Eight Hundred and…

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The Business and Maritime Writers’ Association of Nigeria (BUMWAN), has congratulated the newly appointed three Deputy Comptroller Generals of Customs, DCGs, and three Assistant Comptroller Generals of Customs, ACGs, by President Bola Ahmed TINUBU. Recall that the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the appointment of DCG Festus OKUN, DCG MUSA Baba Abdullahi, DCG Albashir HAMISU, ACG Kamarudeen OLUMOH, ACG AUWAL Baba MOHAMMED and ACG Adeogun OLAJOGUN as the new management team that would pilot the affairs of the service following the appointment of acting Comptroller General of Customs and the retirement of some senior officers. This decision was reached at…

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In the span of six months, the Onne Customs Command achieves an impressive milestone, generating a substantial revenue of N136 billion. Additionally, the command successfully intercepts 32 seizures of contraband, which cumulatively hold a value exceeding N1 billion. With the core mandate of the Federal government on fiscal policies which include revenue generation, anti-smuggling and unwavering resolve to facilitate trade, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area 11 Command, Onne says it had generated over N136, 213,838, 643. 56 Billion in the half year of 2023, covering January to the 20th of July 2023 and intercepted 32 contraband goods…

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The Patron of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA, Chief Henry Njoku says the purported dissolution of the National Executive Committee NECOM of the Association is credited to one Dapo Olawumi who alleged that Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha a self-acclaimed ANLCA Board of Trustees Chairman has dissolved the NECOM was a ruse, malicious, misleading and inconsistent with ANLCA supreme constitution. Addressing journalists in his office in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital recently, Njoku said, “My attention has been drawn to a publication credited to Dapo Olawumi that the National Executive Committee NECOM of the Association of Nigerian Licensed…

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