Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has said that it will soon commence clamp down on all private Direct Trader Inputs (DTI) centres still in operation after an order closing them down and declaring their activities illegal was issued about two years ago by the Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.). The Assistant Comptroller-General in-charge of Zone A, ACG Kaycee Ekezie who made this known while playing host to the leadership of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) who paid her a courtesy visit in her office on Friday said that the attention of the service had been drawn to…

As the dust generated by its recent endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is yet to settle, the Ohaneze Ndigbo has said that the recent postings by the Police Service Commission (PSC) has once more vindicated its position on the mindless victimization and marginalization of Ndigbo by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. The Presidential General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo who made this declaration in a press statement he issued in Enugu posited that a cursory look at the list of the newly-posted Commissioners of…

The House of Representatives Committee on IDPs, Refugees and North-East Initiatives has condemned the use of tear gas on harmless Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Police during a peaceful protest against food deprivation in Teachers Village camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Tuesday. The lawmakers also urged the Federal Government to urgently supply desperately needed items to the IDPs without further delay and punish the perpetrators and beneficiaries of stolen food and other items belonging to the displaced persons, while adding that the committee is willing and ready to share vital information capable of fishing out the culprits, no matter…

The Lagos State Police command has said that there is no truth in the news making the rounds on the social media, Instablog9ja in particular, that the son of the owner of Dellankester Hotels and Suites, Lekki Phase one, Lagos, one Don Chima George, 25, and his friend, Razak Oluwaseun Oke, 28, who were accused of raping their female friend after drugging her, have been allowed to go scot free because the police collected bribe from their parents. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Chike Oti who clear the air on the allegation said that contrary to speculations, the accused…

In its effort to rid the Nigerian maritime domain of criminalities, the Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has undertaken surveillance training for officers from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), and NIMASA, on the C4I Integrated Surveillance Systems operation. The system will aid the coordinated view of the entire Nigerian maritime domain. Speaking yesterday at the graduation ceremony held at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre (NMRDC), Lagos, Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, restated the government’s determination to ensure that the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged of a sinister plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and certain agents of the Buhari led federal government to load ammunition into vehicles painted in PDP colours and the names of its candidates, particularly its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki as well as Senator Dino Melaye with the aim of using them to attack Nigerians and orchestrate violence ahead of the elections. The party in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media & Publicity of the PDP Presidential…

…Speaks on consolidation of freight forwarding companies …Says PEBEC soon to appoint agency to enforce SOP Following arguments on whether or not the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) had the mandate to register port service provide forms part of its mandate; the Council has come out to explain that the action actually falls within its mandate. The Director of Consumer Affairs of the Council, Chief Cajethan Agu who cleared the air on the matter while speaking with newsmen in Lagos yesterday said that Section 4 of the Port Economic Regulation gave the Council the mandate to register all the port regulated…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has said that for Nigeria to reap the dividends of the National Single Window, the nation’s seaports must be upgraded and automated effectively so as to eliminate human contact during transactions at the port as it breeds corruption. The Director Consumer Affairs of the NSC, Chief Cajethan Agu who disclosed this at an event in Lagos on Thursday stated that trade facilitation was all about improving the processes and procedures so as to make the port less costly as well as to maximize efficiency but at the same time achieve regulatory objectives. Agu while stating…

Barely a week to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Otunba Gani Adams has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu to emulate the vurtues of the former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NECOM), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu and ensure that he conduct a free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. Adams who made this call at a function in Lagos yesterday recalled that Prof. Nwosu in 1993 Presidential election stood his ground amidst pressures from the military and went ahead to conduct an election adjudged to…

The Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has described as condemnable the recent comments credited to the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai where he allegedly issued threats of death and violence against the foreign observers for the 2019 general elections. It will be recalled that the Governor was quoted as saying on a programme televised live on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) that “those that are calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are waiting for the person that will come and intervene, they will go back on body bags”. However, speaking at a…