Author: Saint Augustine

A support group, The Osinbajo Think Tank has urged a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other aspirants to jettison their presidential ambition and back Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 Presidential election. This was made known in a statement signed by the group’s spokesperson, Mr. Olugbenga Olaoye in Lagos on Friday. The statement issued at the end of a-day strategic meeting by members of the group, appealed to Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and others to consider the strategic role VP Osinbajo will play in developing the country after the 2023 elections. “No…

The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran has congratulated Governor Seyi Makinde for clinching the People’s Democratic Party’s ticket to contest for a second term in the 2023 election. Makinde emerged the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the 2023 gubernatorial election after polling over 1,040 votes. He defeated an erstwhile Deputy Governor, Hazeem Gbolarumi who polled two votes. Adeniran who said Nigerians never expected anything less, thanked God for granting Makinde victory. He said, “We thank Almighty Allah for granting our leader victory at the party primaries.” “I want to congratulate our…

… Hails Peter Obi for dumping party Coalition for Peter Obi’s presidential aspiration on Wednesday hailed the former governor of Anambra state for listening to their request to dump the Peoples Democratic Party saying the PDP has automatically lost about 15 million votes with the development. The groups in a statement issued after the official announcement of Peter Obi’s defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged the former governor of Anambra state to form alliance with credible Nigerians and run for President in 2023. The group added that Peter Obi as a decent man would not play the type of…

… Charges him to focus wining election The Managing Director of Orava Nigeria Limited, a marine logistics firm, Mr. Darlington Ofor has commended Mr. Peter Mbah on his victory as Enugu State gubernatorial candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While commending the Enugu State PDP governorship candidate, Darlington Ofor encouraged Mbah not to rest on his oars, but intensify efforts to win the actual polls in 2023. Darlington, who is also the Deputy National President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) Nigeria, charged Mbah to constructively engage and partner with other contestants and key state actors in…

… As MAAN organizes Maritime Dispute Resolution Seminar The Nigerian Maritime Administrations and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reassured of its commitment to set up a regional Maritime Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Centre in Lagos driven by international best practices. Deputy Director/Registrar of Ships, NIMASA, Mrs. Nneka Obianyor disclosed this while delivering a paper titled, “The Role of Nigerian Maritime Administrations and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the Establishment of An International Maritime Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Centre”, at the 11th Practical Maritime Dispute Resolution Seminar 2022, organized by the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Obianyor observed…

… Urges him, CRFFN to focus on tackling practitioners’ operational challenges The Managing Director of Femat International Services Nigeria Limited, Mr. Olufemi Abiodun Olabanji has frowned at the comments credited to a member of the newly inaugurated Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko suggesting that the CRFFN was going to scrap the payment and use of access cards by terminal operators at the ports. Report has it that Alhaji Tanko stated that CRFFN would issue identity cards to all freight forwarders in place of access cards currently being imposed…

The management of the Wema Bank on Wednesday, reassured all its numerous customers that their financial transactions remain safe and secure with Wema Bank. The Bank in a statement equally reassured its customers that it kept all customer data confidential while assuring members of the public that, “as a financial institution, Wema Bank takes issues around data integrity and breaches seriously and we are currently investigating the reports.” It noted that “Recently, we embarked on a massive activation campaign in the month and wish to state that all accounts opened are valid and fit for use. We would like to…

Former Governor of Anambra State and frontline Presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi has announced his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party and subsequently withdraws from the Party’s Presidential primary election. Obi who disclosed this in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the Party said ” I am writing to intimate you of my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which was conveyed to the Chairman of Agulu Ward 2, Anaocha LGA of Anambra State, effective 20 May, 2022. Consequently, I am by this letter informing you of my withdrawal for the…

More groups today joined the call for Mr. Peter Obi to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and seek to actualise his presidential aspiration on the platform of another political party. The Good Governance Group (GGG), Citizens Initiative for Better Nigeria, Delta State CSOS for Peter Obi, Naija Arise Network and Northern Youth Alliance for Peter Obi is demanding that the frontline presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “heed the call of the multitude and immediately resign from the PDP to join a ‘Coalition of Parties for National Rebirth’ to actualise your presidential ambition and fulfil the hopes…

… Jamoh urges maritime institutes to update curriculum … Targets reciprocity of certificate recognition The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh today declared that the Agency is committed to the domestication of her capacity development programme in order to save the nation scarce foreign exchange needed in training young Nigerians abroad. Dr. Jamoh stated this when he received the Management of Greg Ogbeifun Institute of Maritime Technology together with their partners from the Training Center for Blue Collar Port Workers in the Port of Antwerp Belgium and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members.…