Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted approval for the upgrade of the Anambra International Passenger and Cargo Airport, Umueri to Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Category 6 to operate Boeing 737 – 700 or its equivalent. This is contained a letter addressed to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State by the Director General, NCAA, Captain Musa S. Nuhu dated 24th January, 2022. Nuhu in the letter said, “I wish to refer to the inspection of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) at Anambra International Cargo Airport conducted by Aerodrome Safety Inspectors on 21st January, 2022 to ascertain…

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will today meet with all the candidates who purchased forms to contest election into the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). It will be recalled that the Minister had earlier invited the aspirants to a meeting with him in Abuja last November but failed to meet with them citing exigences of work as reason for his failure. However, in a letter dated 24th January, 2022 addressed to all the aspirants and signed by the Director, Maritime Services, A.D Suleiman which was sighted by…

… As Comptroller Musa bemoans lack of Government Warehouse close to port The Tincan Island Port command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it collected a total of Four Hundred and Ninety-Three Billion, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four Million, Seventeen Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-Six Naira, Eighty-One Kobo (N493,754,017,176.81) as revenue for the outgone year 2021. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Musa Baba Abdullahi who disclosed this in a 2021 annual report of the command released in Lagos on Tuesday said that the amount exceeded the 2021 revenue target of Three Hundred and Fifty Billion,…

… FAAN engaging in public display of false sense of superiority – Customs The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has accused the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of security breaches at the nation’s airport. General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu who made this accusation in a statement in Lagos said that the privilege of bearing firearms by the operatives of NCS has become a recurrent threat to safety, security, staff and its operations. Yakubu disclosed that a convoy belonging to the Customs Area Controller, Hajj and Cargo Terminal breached security screening and allegedly assaulted an on-duty Aviation Security (AVSEC)…

A group of Rivers State people under aegis of Ogoni Welfare Association (OWA), Lagos has thrown its weight behind any of its worthy indigenous candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State. In a statement issued in Lagos by the Executive Chairman of the body and the Chairman, Public Relations Committee, Mr. ThankGod Meekor and Chief Nkpemenyie Mcdominic, OWA assessed the body politic of Rivers State over the years, considered the quantum of contributions and supreme prices the Ogonis have paid toward the liberation of Rivers people, the emancipation of the Niger Delta region, and the sustenance of democracy…

Anambra State has decried the disinformation campaign against the government which has continued more than two months after the November 6, 2021gubernatorial election in the state. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, provided instances of disinformation which, he explained, are designed to “de-market the state, create trust deficit between the people and the government and manufacture a friction between the outgoing administration of Governor Willie Obiano and the incoming administration of Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo. “The latest instance is the sponsored false report on the social media that the Obiano administration budgeted…

The Ebonyi State Governor, His Excellency, David Nweze Umahi has condemned the recent hostility in Akaeze, Ivo Local Government Area of the state which has led to loss of lives. Governor Umahi condemned the incident when he paid an on-the-spot visit to Akaeze to assess the level of carnage as a result of the violence on Monday. Governor Umahi frowned at the needles burning of the Akaeze Police Station and property of the Chairman of Ivo Local Government Area as well as a Development Centre Coordinator by the irate youths. He directed the prompt arrest of those involved in the…

Anambra State Government has paid a glowing tribute to the Catholic Bishop of Nnewi, Most Reverend Dr. Hilary Odili Paul Okeke, who retired at the weekend as the Diocesan Bishop on the attainment of the canonically mandatory retirement age of 75 years. “Bishop Okeke’s leadership of the Nnewi Diocese for 21 years is nothing other than inspiring and exemplary”, the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, said in a statement in Awka, the state capital, at the weekend. “The Holy Spirit must have been involved directly in his selection as the first bishop of the newly…

A foremost Civil Society and Citizens group, Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET) has continued to shower encomiums on President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent appointment of Senator Margery Okadigbo as the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Board Chairman. The group also urged the President to go a notch further by supporting the emergence of a candidate of Igbo extraction as the President of Nigeria in the 2023 general election. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari recently made history by inaugurating an independent Board for the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) with Senator Margery Okadigbo, wife of late Senate…

The Armed Forces of Nigeria and that of Sao Tome and Principe have expressed commitment to strengthen the existing bilateral defence collaboration between the armed forces of both countries. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor made this known when he played host to the CDS of the Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe, Brigadier General Idalecio Pachire who was on a visit to Nigeria. The meeting between the two Defence Chiefs centred on the critical role which both nations Armed Forces are playing in securing the Gulf of Guinea. Gen. Irabor pledged commitment to further tackle…