Author: Saint Augustine

… Urges leadership of accredited associations to ensure success of sharing formula … Pardons independent candidates of NAGAFF extraction except Increase Uche … Directs members to vote all NAGAFF candidates As the Electoral Committee for the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) Governing Council election begins screening of candidates and voters today, the founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has again advised the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to suspend the election and adopt the 6:6:1:1:1 sharing formula agreed upon by the accredited associations. Aniebonam who gave…

205 persons have enjoyed free dental and medical care at the annual Taiwo Afolabi Free Rural Dental Outreach which was held at the popular Molete market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The beneficiaries were majorly traders at the market. The free medical care which is organised by the University of Ibadan Association of Dental Students, targeted at rural communities in Oyo State is sponsored by SIFAX Group. Some of the services the beneficiaries enjoyed were body mass index (BMI) measurement, blood pressure test, random blood glucose measurement, blood pressure measurement, dental clerking, examination and referrals, extractions and scaling and…

Member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has again awarded scholarships to 15 undergraduates from different parts of her constituency who are studying various degree programmes within Nigeria. Representative Akande-Sadipe who is the Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora said that her decision to sponsor the students dates back to 2019 when she was elected into the House of Representatives. She added that this was part of her contributions to improve the educational system in Oluyole Federal Constituency, Oyo State and the nation at large. Akande-Sadipe further explained that the undergraduates, some of whom would be paid…

Amid plans to organize the elections into the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), an aspirant and former Chairman of the Council’s Registration Committee, Princess Chi Ezeh has revealed that over 60% increase in registration was recorded under her guidance. Princess Chi Ezeh made this revelation while speaking with journalists at the weekend. Her words: “We were able to create awareness through multiple programmes to increase the number of freight forwarders registered by CRFFN. In terms of new registrations at CRFFN, the increase is more than 60 percent.” While there has been a…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has sought the assistance of the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police in the area of capacity building and manpower development targeted at curbing illicit drug activities in the country. The request was made when the Director Internal Affairs, NDLEA, Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, Hamisu Lawal (mni), led a team of officers of the Agency on a courtesy visit to the Provost Marshal (Army), Major Gen. Olumuyiwa Aiyenigba at the Headquarters, Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, Abuja. Lawal said the existing cordial relationship between the two institutions has contributed to the…

Following the signing of the 2022 Electoral Act Amendment bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and former Chief of Army Staff,  Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Rtd, says the youths should take full advantage of the opportunities in the political space as agents of innovation to strengthen democratic practice for all inclusive growth. Buratai who made this call in a message to Nigerian youths congratulated Nigeria and all Nigerians, particularly the youth, on 22 years of uninterrupted democratic administration in the country adding that “we are…

By Christian Aburime Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Anambra State Governor-elect has left no one in doubt that the in-coming government under his watch will be radically different. Soludo, a former Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Governor is coming into office as the next Governor of Anambra State after Governor Willie Obiano. He is coming into this office with a sound pedigree and unassailable integrity having distinguished himself in his previous performances in public service. This include being the Chief Economic Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, becoming afterwards, Deputy Chairman/ Chief Executive of National Planning Commission (a position equal to a…

A former National President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Eugene Nweke has given his reasons for withdrawing from the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) Governing Council election slated for March 9, 2022. Nweke in a letter he addressed to the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi through the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani dated March 1, 2022 and made available to our correspondent, blamed his withdrawal on intelligence reports with regards to the activities of the Election Committee on one hand and the…

… Appreciates Akande-Sadipe, others’ patriotism The Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) has decried what it described as the disenfranchisement of Nigerians in the Diaspora by the recent Constitutional Amendment Review Session by both chambers of the National Assembly. The Council, while conveying the message in a statement signed by its Secretary, Tolu Oluwatuyi Esq., expressed regrets that the Diaspora Voting Bill was voted down by Nigeria’s upper and lower legislative houses on March 1, 2022. “I am sorry to inform fellow Nigerians in the Diaspora that the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Bill was voted down by Nigeria’s upper and lower legislative…

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has called on the federal government and relevant stakeholders to, as a matter of urgency, arrest the ugly situation of the lingering fuel crises which have subjected Nigerians to untold hardships. The group noted that in the last few weeks, the genesis of the crisis was attributed to cases of adulterated fuel supply into the country by unscrupulous element among the marketers with promises from regulatory agency to rectify the situation while it sanctioned the erring marketers. In a statement signed by Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka, National Publicity Secretary and made…