Author: Saint Augustine

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has dispelled rumours making the rounds on the social media that the State Government was planning to deny the one-legged pure water seller lady, Mary Daniels who has raked in a whooping N25 billion  through Go-fund-me on the social media. Answering reporters’ questions on a radio programme monitored in Lagos early Thursday morning, Mr. Omotoso stated categorically that the State government had no plan of denying the lady of her huge donation. He stated that all the State government had done was that the 26-year old amputee remained unmolested and…

…Adopt measures to checkmate criminal operations Freight forwarders in the maritime Industry have raised an alarm over to rising rate of crime at Apapa port. Freight forwarders lamented that they had lost lots of cargoes in the process of examination of their containers at the examination bay. The National Coordinator, NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko who made this known while briefing the media on the outcome of the security meeting held at the Customs Area Controller’s office Tuesday in Apapa, Lagos Nigeria also disclosed that the freight forwarders had lost items in the name of sampling. “We are…

The founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of three officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) by yet to be identified gunmen at Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State recently. Aniebonam who expressed his anger in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos observed that he felt very terrible because the incident involved lives more so as it was avoidable. While wondering why the nation must lose those young officers, the founder equally wondered what they were doing there as the law did not…

Following a recent circular by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) insisting that production of log book will now be a mandatory requirement for the clearance of imported used vehicles from the nation’s seaports; stakeholders have been reacting to the new directive. While some welcomed the development as the way to go given the way importers and their agents tried to circumvent payment of the actual duty on their imported used vehicles others see the development as dragging back the industry to the dark days. Speaking on the matter, the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF),…

…As IITA receives 56,000 applications for next training, incubation programme It was harvests of testimonies yesterday at Oyo State-IITA Youth Agribusiness Park Centre, Awe, as the beneficiaries of the Empowering Novel Agribusiness Led Employment, one of the compacts of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (ENABLE-TAAT) funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) gave life transforming testimonies of the compact. One by one, the beneficiaries filed out along with their products to tell their stories as the stakeholders marveled at what the IITA through its Youth in Agribusiness office had been…

The Alaawe of Awe, Oba Cornelius Abiola Taiwo has applauded the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Oyo state government for the uncommon development they brought to bear in the community through agriculture. Oba Taiwo gave this commendation during his remarks at the open day organized by the Empowering Novel Agribusiness Led Employment, one of the compacts of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (ENABLE-TAAT) funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented by IITA through its Youth in Agribusiness office (IYA) at Oyo State-IITA Youth Agribusiness Park Centre, Awe on Tuesday. The monarch who was represented at…

Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaoundé have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea (GOG). Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF/SHADE) was floated after meetings between Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, representing Nigeria and the Executive Director of ICC Yaoundé, Admiral Narciso Fastudo Jr. A joint statement by NIMASA, the Nigerian Navy and ICC Yaoundé said GOG-MCF/SHADE, which was purposed to facilitate shared awareness and deconfliction of activities in the Gulf of Guinea, “will be open to…

…Debunk rumour of ethnic clash The Lagos State Police Command has restored normalcy to the Iyana Iba/Alaba Rago and Ojo areas of the state where there was a disagreement between the members of the transport unions, Okada units precisely on the increment in tariff yesterday. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in Lagos observed that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu had ordered for immediate deployment of additional police personnel to the area to maintain law and order as he also directed the Area Commander, Area E Festac, to…

President of the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), Mr. Femi Oyewale, on Sunday, April 25, 2021 received leadership award in Lagos. The award which recognized Oyewale as a “Prudent Union Leader and Communicator Par Excellence,” came on the stable of Apex Media Group, publishers of Apex magazine on the occasion of its 2021 awards and unveiling of the magazine. Justifying the honour, Chukwudi Samuel Timothy, founder of Apex Media, noted that Oyewale Femi and other awardees have demonstrated positive leadership traits that are manifesting in the art and science of rebuilding Nigeria. He explained that the philosophical view…

Bothered about the spate of desperate migration among the Nigerian youths for greener pastures abroad, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has suggested ways out of the menace. He spoke in Calabar while delivering a presentation titled, “Exploring Regular Migration/Assisted Voluntary Returnees and Reintegration To Reshape Economy And Human Development” during the Cross River State Migration summit held on April 22, 2021. Represented by the Comptroller NIS, Cross River State, I.C Emenike, Babandede submitted that eagerness and desperation of the youths to jet out of the nation irrespective of the risks involved could be curtailed…