Author: Saint Augustine

The Next Titan, Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneurial reality TV show’s crew led by its Executive Producer, Mide Kunle-Akinlaja and Joshua Idiong, Season 7 winner visited SIFAX Group’s head office Tuesday to appreciate the company’s support towards the success of the show and officially introduce the winner to SIFAX Group’s management team. At the visit, they were received by Barrister Ezekiel Ajewole, Executive Director/Senior Special Assistant to the Group Executive Vice Chairma of SIFAX Group and other management team members. Akinlaja thanked SIFAX Group for the support towards the last edition despite the harsh business environment occasioned by the outbreak of the…

The Cross River State Governor, Professor Benedict Ayade has been slated to deliver a keynote address at the maiden edition of the African Migration Summit (AMS) in Accra, Ghana powered by the Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), Nigeria in partnership with the Nekotech Center of Excellence Ghana. Participants across the globe are enjoined to connect the event by registering at: www.africanmigrationsummit.org for virtual participation. The AMS themed Labour-Migration: Shifting the paradigm to benefit Africa taking place at the Accra International Conference Center will have in attendance Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo. Also attending are the foremost activist, Professor Patrick Lumumba;…

…As RRS arrests pickpocket, impounds vehicles for breaking curfew The Lagos State Police command last Sunday at about 10:51pm arrested one Johnson Godday in the Nigerian Army Uniform for attacking and robbing some commuters in Ogudu area of Lagos State. One Onyebuchi Nwanga of No. 24 Bayo Oshinowo Street, Ogudu, Lagos reported that at about 10:15pm on Sunday 21st February, 2021, while alighting from a tricycle with his friends at Emmanuel street junction, they suddenly noticed two men on motorcycle in military uniform who attacked them and snatched his Infinix smart 5 phone. He further stated that when they raised…

…As Samuel Ezechukwu joins party with pomp and pageantry Members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Oko Ward 2 in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State were recently thrown into celebration following the projects being sited in the community by member representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Dr. Okwudili Ezenwankwo. Members of the political party who gathered recently for the first general meeting of the party for the year 2021 were full of praise for Hon. Ezenwankwo who they claimed had never seized to surprise them with projects and empowerment…

In furtherance to the commitment of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in covering border areas that were taken over by irregular migrants, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, on Friday commissioned another Forward Operation Base at Efraya, in Cross River State. Speaking at the event, the CGI stated that the commissioning of the FOB was another milestone in the Service’s resolve to making sure that Forward Operation Bases are built in all our border frontiers for effective border policing. He said the Service under his leadership has made the constructions of Forward Operation Bases part of her…

A Lagos State Mobile Court over the weekend convicted and sentenced a fake Soldier arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) for assault and impersonation to six weeks in jail term. Speaking on the arrest and arraignment, the Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), CSP Shola Jejeloye, disclosed that the convicted fake Soldier was apprehended along with his commercial motorcycle painted in camouflage after assaulting members of the enforcement team of the Agency with other miscreants at Airport Bus-stop along Lagos-Abeokuta Express-way. He said that the…

…Assures of maximum support to generate more revenue NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team has recorded another milestone in its bid to sensitize,  solicit support and synergise  with the relevant government agencies in the Maritime Industry. The Team which travelled to River State in continuation of its nationwide sensitization tour, visited Customs Onne Seaport and Area 1 Commands intimating the officers of their 10-point agenda and their efforts to educate their members on total compliance with extant rules and regulations  on international trade. Welcoming the August visitors to his command, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller A.B Mohammed who expressed profound joy with…

The Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNO/WTSSA) under the leadership of Comrade Engr. Bob Joseph Yousuo has come hard on the alleged  exploitation by some oil and gas offshore companies who mandate seafarers to foot the cost of acquiring Offshore Safety Permit (OSP) introduced by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) as required by the International Oil Companies (IOCs). The  seafarers’ National President vowed to put an end to injustice done to Nigerian Seafarers under his watch. It was gathered that DPR introduced the OSP a requirement posed by IOCs for seafarers’ to obtain at…

In its bid to enforce trade rules on the part of the freight forwarders in the Maritime Sector and to stop delay in the clearance and release of cargo from the port, among others, the NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, South East Zone has been inaugurated in Port Harcourt – Rivers State. It would be recalled that during the formal inauguration of the Team at its National Headquarters in Apapa, Lagos State, in 2020, the Founder of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders(NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam who had been stressing on  time without number  the need for freight forwarders and…

…We are committed to collaboration – Jamoh Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for improved certification regime for boat skippers and better regulation of the operations of non-convention vessels that operate in the inland waterways of the country. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the call while receiving the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who was on a working visit to the governor. He said an improved utilisation of Lagos waterways will go a long way in easing the traffic congestion on roads in the state. The NIMASA DG had informed the…