Author: Saint Augustine

The Chief Executive Officer of CDV Properties and Development Limited, Dr. Charles Mba and members of his management team recently played host to the Chairman of Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Solomon Onah at the corporate headquarters of the CDV Group in Lekki Lagos. The courtesy visit which was strategically put together was to enable Chief Mba and the Council boss discuss various developmental issues relating to Udenu Local Government Area with a view to moving the area forward since  Mba hails from there. Though details of their discussion during the meeting were not disclosed, yet, it…

… This’ll facilitate trade, says Comptroller Mohammed The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area ll Command, Onne port has taken delivery of a cargo mobile scanning machine as earlier assured by the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali (Rtd). Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed described the arrival of the scanner as a positive milestone in the service efforts to modernise customs operations, achieve ease of doing business, facilitate trade and enhance security with easier detection of prohibited imports. Mohammed described the tortuous processes involved in physical examination as time consuming and may not be as perfect…

… Says Jamoh an asset … Intervention aimed at empowering displaced persons- Jamoh Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday commended the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for initiating a corporate Social responsibility project mainly targeted at empowering internally displaced persons across the country. Governor El-Rufai stated this while receiving the Agency’s Management team led by the Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh who were in the state to present some relief and empowerment materials from NIMASA to assist internally displaced persons ease their resettlement process into the society. He noted that investment by NIMASA in…

The People of Southern and Middle Belt regions of Nigeria have come together to form a political pressure group named ‘Southern and Middle Belt Alliance’ (SAMBA). The group in a statement dated 16 September, 2021 and made available to newsmen said their objective is to advance the social, cultural and economic interests of the southwest, southeast, south south and middle belt regions of Nigeria by promoting political alliance between the four regions. According to the group’s policy document obtained by our correspondent, it is described as a “Lobbying, Political Action, Pressure Group to Influence the quality of leadership and representation,…

The Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh says sea piracy has declined drastically by 80 percent in Nigeria’s territorial waters. Bashir made the statement during a courtesy call by Executive Members of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council led by the Chairman, Mr. Adeleye Ajayi to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday. According to the Director-General, 783 million dollars had been lost to piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. “We have recorded a drastic reduction in piracy and this is enough for us to beat our chest and that we are…

The new Commissioner of Police in Ananbra State, CP Tony Olofu has assured the indigenes and the residents of the state that the command under his watch will take drastic measures in crime prevention across the state. Olofu who gave this assurance while addressing journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital earlier today observed that the command would undertake critical threat analysis, embark on painstaking intelligence gathering through strategic deployment of her intelligence assets, robust synergy with sister security agencies, organized vigilante groups and other stakeholders. He went on to state that the command shall enhance crime fighting strategies that…

… Warns that development may lead to violence … Urges candidates to continue with peaceful campaigns and election As the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State draws nearer, the Anambra State Elders Council has expressed worry over the “unacceptable level of personal abuse on the social media” which, according to the Council, “is not healthy for our people” and may lead to violence. According to a communiqué issued by the former Secretary General of the CommonWealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and the Chairman, Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe at the end of the meeting of…

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has berated the Nigerian law enforcement agencies, the Police Force and the weak Judicial system, which in turn has indirectly aided the high level of impunity by human trafficking and forced labour offenders in Nigeria. The Oluyole Federal Constituency representative said this in her keynote address during a joint-capacity building retreat held for House of Representatives members of the committee on Diaspora, Foreign Affairs and Human Rights in Abuja. She noted that Nigerian courts and the Police Force continue to penalize traffickers with fines alone, or offering the option…

Following recent comments made by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) where it ruled out talks with other freight forwarding associations on sharing the 15 seats allocated to the freight forwarders in the Governing Board of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that NAGAFF is talking from the position of ignorance. Reacting to the comments credited to the founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam by this medium in one of its publications recently, the National Secretary of ANLCA, Alhaji Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila…

… Bemoans economic impact of sit-at-home order … Tasks South East Governors on confidence building The South East Caucus of the National Assembly has resolved to intervene in the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is currently held at the Department of State Service (DSS) custody in Abuja. The Caucus in a communiqué issued at the end of its extraordinary meeting held yesterday at the Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja, residence of the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu resolved to set up a committee to constructively interface with…