Author: Saint Augustine

A News Reporter with MMS Plus newspaper, Mr. Yusuf Odejobi was arrested, handcuffed and paraded for over five hours by policemen who had invaded the headquarters of Kings Communications Limited in the early hours, Monday. The policemen acted on the directives of Dangote Group Spokesman, Mr. Anthony Chiejina who had threatened to deal with the leadership of the media outfit for publishing a news story titled, “AMCON May Take over Dangote Refinery as Liabilities Swell”. When attempt to find the Editor-in-Chief of MMS Plus, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke and the Editor of MMS Plus, Mr. Kenneth Jukpor were futile, the armed…

Following the rising debt profile of Nigeria as a nation, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has recommended some practical steps to be taken by the federal and state governments to boost the revenue profile and foreign exchange inflows into the country. Speaking on the outcome of the Council Meeting of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lagos recently, the new Director General of LCCI, Dr. Chinyere Almona, in a statement said there were deliberations on what practical steps could be taken by the government to boost revenue and foreign exchange inflows. Almona, while stating that…

As part of efforts to reduce paper work bureaucracy, cost and unnecessary waste of man-hours in moving bulky files from table to table around the offices, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced an Electronic Records Management (ERM) platform for its official correspondences and communications. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Muhammad Babandede speaking at the launch of the facility noted that modern migration management and Border security efforts are rapidly demanding high investments in IT tools and structures to drive processes and procedures most timely and seamlessly. He noted that the particular situation especially with the expansive and extensive…

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic that slowed down teaching and learning in the country’s educational institutions, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has tasked relevant stakeholders in the education ecosystem on the need to upgrade information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in schools across the country. Afolabi made this call while delivering the keynote address at the just concluded 5th Annual International Conference of the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with the theme: “Covid-19 and the Emerging Issues in Education”. Afolabi, who was represented by Mr. Bode Ojeniyi, Group Executive Director, said such upgrade would…

…​Agency provides clarification on CVFF disbursement, NSDP, others All is set for the flag-off of an intensive wreck removal exercise in Nigerian waters by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Agency’s Director-General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during a Ministerial retreat organised by the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMOT) in Lagos. Dr. Jamoh also said arrangements had been concluded for the recycling of wrecks and derelicts recovered from the waters in partnership with Bayelsa State Government and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), which already has a foundry in Lagos for wrecks recycling with the ultimate aim of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted Nigerians and the international community that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become technically invalidated and now lacked the statutory structure to operate as a political party in the country. This is given the pronouncement of the Supreme Court which clearly pointed to the nullity of APC’s subsistence and activities as a political party, for having a sitting governor, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, as its Chairman, in total violation of section 183 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as well as the provisions of Article 17(4) of the APC constitution.…

…Lists other factors that could mar trade The outgone Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Muda Yusuf has said that although there are general issues around, compliance to the rule of origin is one of the biggest challenges that is foreseeable in the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Yusuf who stated this at an event in Lagos recently pointed out that even in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the customs were grappling with the problems of rule of origin as people would bring goods from China…

The Founder of MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) Initiative, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke has bagged an Award of Excellence for Gender Advocacy and Empowerment from the prestigious Ikeja Club. Anaroke and other distinguished personalities will be conferred the award on August 27th, 2021 when the Ikeja Club marks its 55th Anniversary at its premises, 23 Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos. In a letter signed by the Club’s President, Mr. Ayodeji Randle and its Honorary General Secretary, Barr. Olugbenga Ajisafe, titled; “Letter of Invitation and Conferment of Award”, they commended Anaroke for the MMS WoFHoF Initiative’s strides in bridging gender…

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria has again called for a National Transport Policy for Nigeria so as to guide investments of the states, the federal government and private sector interventions looking at windows that may be open for them to also invest. The National Executive Director, CILT Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe who made this call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently noted that without a national transport policy, one could hardly see a coordination of all the interventions by different layers of investors. Ndibe said, “Government should also try and have National Transport…

In a bid to stop the practice of arresting containers released at the seaports on the highways by its officials, the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has said that it has procured a warehouse around the port where suspicious goods will be taken to for testing. The Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim who disclosed this at a one day capacity building workshop for journalists organized by SON in Lagos on Tuesday said that rather than blocking suspicious goods at the port and delay other legitimate businesses coming through, they would just take those containers to their warehouse and conduct…