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Victoria Silvanus It is barely one week to the Annual General Meeting and Seminar of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LOME), the premier association has already put everything in motion to arrive at a successful outing.  LOME is made up of veteran maritime media practitioners who have covered the industry for close to three decades. With the information reaching this media through a press release by the Association Public Relations Officer, Francis Ugwoke,  The association is to hold this seminar on the nation’s marine and blue economy.  This is targeted at x-raying the journey of the marine and blue economy in about one year of having a separate Ministry and it is the main focus of the association’s   Annual General Meeting (AGM) holding on August 23, 2024, at Ikeja Airport Hotels in Lagos. Industry issues such as achievements, challenges, roadmap for the development of the sector as they affect all the agencies under the Marine and Blue Economy w...

The new Customs Area Controller of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, Comptroller Martina Tilly Gyado who was handed over the mantle of leadership in a brief ceremony, by the newly posted Seme Border Command Area Controller, Comptroller Timinadi Bomodi, has formally assumed duty, on 15th September, 2023 in Lagos.   Speaking at the ceremony, Comptroller Timinadi Bomodi,  during his handing-over speech at the conference hall disclosed his performance for the last eight months.  Bomodi disclosed further that, he led the Command from January to mid-September 2023, adding that the Command raked in N36.93 Billion, representing a 22.44% increase when compared to the N30.16 Billion it generated during the same period in 2022, noting that it represents 59.37% of the total expected revenue for 2023. While welcoming and congratulating the incoming Customs Area Controller on her posting to KLTC, he also appreciated the Officers and Men for their professionalism, discipline, and t...

DISCOVER ARMS IN CHARCOAL SACKS ARRESTS TWO SUSPECTS  Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted large number of arms and ammunitions comprising pump action rifles, pistols, magazines and other live ammunitions in two different seaport locations in Lagos and some along Nigeria’s border with the Republic of Benin. Newly appointed acting Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi MFR, who spoke with news men in Lagos,  disclosed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizures and warned that the service would give hell to the smugglers if they fail to turn a new leaf. According to him, operatives Customs Intelligence Unit CIU during a joint operation with other sister agencies comprising the Nigeria Police, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA and the Department of State Security DSS at the Ports and Terminal Multi-Services Limited PTML, while conducting a physical examination on a 40-foot container, detected...

It was a night of tributes for Alhaji Muazu Jaji Sambo, the immediate past  Minister of Transportation, and the Minister of State, Barrister  Ademola Adewole Adegoroye. It was a night the League of Maritime Editors decided to appreciate the short but impactful tenure of these gentlemen at the helms of affairs of the ministry.  A night the maritime stakeholders and Heads of the government agencies in the industry decided to say thank you to the men whose short but eventful tenure triggered a positive development in the industry. So, on June 9th, 2023, the League of Maritime Editors organised what it called an appreciation dinner in honour of the immediate past ministers in the transportation ministry and feted them for a job well done. It was an event that attracted the cream of the maritime industry, top government officials and members of the National Assembly.The roll call of the guests was impressive. Boss Mustapha, the immediate past Secretary to the  Government ...