Author: Saint Augustine

Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has sent a warm congratulatory message to Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations on the occasion of his 89th birthday anniversary. In a statement from his media office signed by Joe Anatune, Prof. Soludo said it gives him utmost joy and happiness to join the nation and the people of Anambra State to rejoice and celebrate with Chief Emeka Anyaoku on his 89th birthday anniversary. The Governor-elect described Chief Anyaoku as an international icon and exceptional diplomat who has distinguished himself as one of the most respected diplomats in…

Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in a joint operations conducted with other security agencies have dislodged a notorious stronghold of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Lilu forest in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. Lilu is a border town between Imo and Anambra States, which was hitherto known to be used as an operational base of the dissidents. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the operations which was conducted in the early hours of Monday 17…

As Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the first African to serve as Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, turns 89 today, the government and people of Anambra State celebrate this global citizen who thinks home. He is in every sense exemplary. One of the most decorated Africans in modern history, as exemplified by 34 honorary doctoral degrees he has received from various local and foreign universities, Chief Anyaoku’s tenure as the Commonwealth chief executive from 1990 to 2000 is spoken about throughout the world in nostalgic terms. The organization, for example, became a global vehicle for the mobilization of democratic values…

The Nigerian Army (NA) in collaboration with British Defence Section, West Africa has taken its advocacy on gender mainstreaming to 8 Division Area of Responsibility, Sokoto. The workshop tagged, “Gender Mainstreaming for Enhanced Professionalism in the NA”, organised by the Department of Civil-Military Affairs will be conducted from 16 -18 January, 2022. The workshop was declared opened by the General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major Gen. Uwem Bassey, who was represented at the event by Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullahi, Chief of Staff, Headquarters 8 Division. The workshop, he said, seeks to build the requisite capacity of officers and…

Following the recent redeployment of Senior military Officers in the Nigerian Army by the Headquarters Nigerian Army, the appointment of Major Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the new General Officer Commanding 6 Division NA and Land Component Commander Operation Delta Safe was approved. The handing and taking over command took place on Monday 17 January, 2022 between the outgoing General Officer Commanding and Land Component Commander Operation Delta Safe, Major Gen. Sani Mohammed and Major Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, the incoming. In his farewell speech, Major Gen. Sani Mohammed appluaded the commanders under him saying it was a pleasure working with them.…

Nigeria’s leading digital bank, Wema Bank Plc has reassured its stakeholders that it continues to operate with best-in-class governance processes. The bank also faulted the premise on which a non-governmental organisation, Transparency Nigeria Group asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to remove its Managing Director/CEO, describing the call as baseless. The bank reassured its customers and stakeholders that it has and would continue to operate with the highest level of corporate governance, following all rules, policies and procedures. “We have no links to any political party and neither are we agents, allies or proxies of any politicians in the…

The IITA Tree Heritage Park (THP), located within the campus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan and managed by its Forest Center, has been awarded a Level II Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum, for meeting identified standards of professional practices important for arboreta and botanic gardens. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various development, capacity, and professionalism. The THP is also now recognized as an accredited arboretum in the Morton Register of Arboreta, a database of the world’s arboreta and gardens…

The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has given reasons why it is yet to conclude registration of its new Board of Trustees (BoT) one year after it was elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association held at the Imo Concorde Hotels, Owerri, the Imo State capital on the 16th of December, 2020. Speaking in a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, the National Secretary of the association, Alhaji Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila noted that the objection raised by the Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha led faction at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as well as the court processes…

In furtherance of its efforts to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has renewed the revised Offshore Cargo Handling and Operations Stevedoring rates contained in the Second Schedule of the NIMASA Stevedoring Regulations 2014. The renewal of the rates, which had been reviewed downward, is for a period of six months. Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, said renewal of the reviewed stevedoring rates was in line with the Agency’s determination to make the best of a bad situation occasioned by the pandemic. Jamoh stated, “The idea is to make…

… Demands improved policy to manage foreign exchange market A former Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Muda Yusuf has said that the foreign exchange crisis is, perhaps, the biggest of the crisis investors are faced with in Nigeria apart from the legacy problems of infrastructure, power, roads, logistics and the seaports among others. Yusuf who made this assertion while delivering a paper titled, “The Impact of FOREX Crisis on the Real Sector”, at the 2021 Workshop of the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) held in Lagos last Friday stated that…