Author: Saint Augustine

As the 2019 general elections draw near, the Network of Police reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN) has called on the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to ensure that Police officers at the zonal, state commands and Divisions are vigilant as well as operate within the established rules of engagement during and after the polls. The National Coordinator of NOPRIN, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma who made the call in a press briefing in Lagos today also called on the IGP Adamu to effectively monitor the activities and conducts of political parties, politicians and individuals to ensure that everyone played by the electoral…

…Receives ecclesiastical blessings By Abuchi Onwumelu Following his continued consultation and drive for support from relevant stakeholders, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for Orumba North State Constituency election, Hon. Arch. Emeka Aforka last Tuesday visited the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka. Hon. Aforka during the visit received ecclesiastical blessings from the influential Catholic Prelate. Bishop Ezeokafor who took his time to pray and bless the former Orumba North Council boss assured him of his continued prayers and support. Hon. Aforka who was accompanied on the visit…

A financial expert, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has said that contrary to expectations, the maritime sector of the Nigerian economy accounts for a very minimal contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Chukwu who stated this in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said that the mere fact that the sector was not measured as a separate economic activity would attest to the fact that it was not really accounting for much. He observed that even sectors like the entertainment industry had stronger share of the economy and accounts for only 0.24% of the GDP than the maritime sector. According…

The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has made a passionate appeal to the federal government to establish three fishing harbours across the nation for the use of the fishing industry. The President of the association, Capt. Tajudeen Alao who made the appeal in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently said that currently, Nigeria did not have a fishing harbor even as he argued that a serious country should have at least one. Alao maintained that there was the need for Nigeria to have a dedicated fishing harbour for fishing boats with facilities like cold room saying that…

Following the rising incidences of insecurity on the nation’s waterways, the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has called on the maritime stakeholders to volunteer platforms to the Nigerian Navy to effectively tackle the menace. The President of NAMM, Capt. Tajudeen Alao who made this appeal in a chat with this medium argued that the federal government as well as the industry should as a matter priority supply the Navy with platforms as it was better equipped to carry out security function on water than the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) which was not empowered by the law…

Following the recommendation of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the redeployment of State Commissioners of Police ahead of 2019 general election. The shakeup saw CP Mu’azu Zubairu take over the affairs of the Lagos State Police command from CP Imohimi Edgal who has been redeployed. Also, Kayode Egbetokun who was also recently appointed as a Commissioner in Lagos has been redeployed to Kwara State. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said that the new appointments and redeployment were done across all 36 states of…

The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has called on the federal government to take steps towards identifying some cadets whose training stopped half way with a view to registering and sponsoring them to attain their height in the shipping industry. The president of NAMM, Capt. Tajudeen Alao who made this call in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently said this had become pertinent as cadetship is a long term programme which is capital intensive in nature. Alao added that it was not something to be achieved between one and six years even as he observed that Nigeria…

The President, Nigerian Association of Master Mariners, Capt. Tajudeen Alao has advocated for more engagement of the maritime stakeholders by the various government agencies in the industry in the year 2019. Alao who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently, however added that the engagement should be done on group by group basis rather than the usual practice where all the industry stakeholders were gathered at one venue in order to engage them adding that that would not be enough. According to him,” It should be one on one engagement with these different groups like the…

The Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command is investigating a case of rape reported against one Razaq Oluwaseun Oke, 28, and Don-Chima George, 25, of Dallankester Hotels, Lekki, Phase one Lagos. The duo allegedly took a girl, 23, to a club last Saturday, unknown to her that they had ulterior motive. While at the club, they mixed the young woman’s drink with a substance that made her weak and almost unconscious. Satisfied that the drug was beginning to affect the victim, they quietly left the club with her to Dallankester Hotels in Lekki Phase one, owned by the…

Following threats of election boycott recently by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) over alleged plans to rig the forthcoming elections in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the commission has said that it is counterproductive for anybody to be talking of boycott of any election. The INEC National Commissioner, Barr. Festus Okoye who disclosed this at a forum in Awka, the Anambra State capital, however stated that the commission deals only with duly registered political parties in the country of which the CUPP was not one of them. Okoye…