BEARS & BULLS

The news that new leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Communication, Transport and Corporation (SSACTAC) have been able to prevail on the management of the various organizations of the employers of their members for promotions and salary review is …

A woman, who was said to be running for her dear life after the attack of the dreaded Boko Haram group on Baga recently, saw a little boy lying helplessly beside the dead mother crying and she made bold to …

It is very annoying when civil servants refuse to talk to journalists citing their position as civil servants as the reason. Some of them will boldly say it as if there is a law forbidding them to talk to journalists. …

Security operatives at Five Star Logistics seem to have device another means of income for themselves in addition to the salaries they earn. Last week, a journalist was on assignment at the terminal but was told that he could not …

The year 2014 was indeed a very good one for the Nigerian Navy in terms of combating crimes, piracy, and other related illegal activities in the Nigerian waters. A Navy spokesman revealed that the Navy arrested over 84 vessels last …

It is cheering to know that the heavy traffic that keeps motorists at standstill for up to two to three hours last year at Sadiku/Ilasa axis of the Apapa/Oshodi expressway is now a thing of the past. The traffic was …

The Federal Government should start considering erecting a pedestrian bridge at the Second Rainbow bus top along Oshodi/Apapa expressway as a measure to prevent accident because of the heavy human traffic there every morning and evening. Just last week a …

Bull congratulates SAHCOL for the successful  completion of their ultra modern new complex at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) which houses the new offices of the staff of the organisation. The building is not just a building but an …

The world is indeed fast turning into something else. More laxity has taken over the whole place. No more of the God let alone God. Bears witnessed a scene last week that could be likened to a scene that could …

As Comet Shipping clocks 30 years of shipping in Nigeria, Bull thumbs her up for being able to keep keeping on even during the hard times that the country went through and it is still going through. Many companies came …

This week, Bears witnessed where a military officer used his military office to threaten people who queued up to buy fuel. The officer who claimed to be in a hurry was supposed to plead with the people on the queue …

It is gladdening to note that the leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has been packaging itself and the association as the light and rays of the freight forwarding associations in Nigeria. This explains why the …

Last week at Apapa-Oshodi Expressway close to Ottor Wharf bus stop, the men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were extorting N50 from commercial buses for driving against the traffic as a result of the gridlock on the road. …

Yet again, the Nigeria Shippers Council award, this time the most outstanding Government Parastatal of the year 2014. Nigerian Shippers’ Council has again won another feather to her cap as it was recently honoured by the National Waves Newspaper and …

Bears witnessed an unpleasant display of public indecency as Lucky Amiwero, a factional leader of the National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Agents (NCMDCLA) who was visibly angry when the National President of the other faction, Festus Ejiofor …

The fracas between the clearing agents and officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the cargo section of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), last week is condemnable. It was learnt that the fight arose because the …

Bull appreciates the efforts of the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT), Comptroller Frances Enwereuzor for creating synergy among the KLT Police division, Customs and other regulatory agencies to ease the traffic situation on the road accessing …

One of the observers of the case between the Nigerian Shippers’ Council and the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), last week at the High court Ikoyi actually raised a question albeit passive which Bears think should be truly …

Much words amount to nothing without attendant actions. Show me a man that makes a verbal promise, I will show you a mere talkative but show me a man who speaks by action, and I will show you a real …

The quest to obtain N20 is certainly the low point of the police force. Bears gathered that last week at Apapa – Oshodi Express way, a policeman nearly caused havoc just because he wanted to collect N20. The policeman stopped …