Author: Saint Augustine

The Lagos State Police command has arrested six suspects in connection with a fire outbreak at Isopako Awori, Abulegba area of Lagos on December 18, 2018. The suspects are; Rasak Oyakunle a.k.a. Akeregun, Abdulazeez Agbola a.k.a Biggy, 29 years, Akin Ayansola a.k.a Babalati, 44 years, Kazeem a.k.a Aladija, 50 years, Saheed Isiola a.k.a Obama, 36 years and Adedipe Dauda Ewenla, 40 years who was on police wanted list as a result of the incident. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who released the above information to newsmen during a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday said recalled…

…Seek probe of corruption allegation in procurement of arms, ammunitions The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Lagos Ecclesiastical Province (LEP) has called for the strengthening of all security apparatus and the procurement of adequate arms and ammunitions and other equipment needed by the military to successfully exterminate all forms of hostilities in the country before the commencement of the national elections. The Bishops in a communiqué issued at the end of their first plenary meeting held at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos on Wednesday said the call had become necessary bearing in mind that 2018 was largely characterized by…

…Hosts Admiralty Law Seminar for Judges The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged the Nigerian judicial system to ensure efficiency and timeliness in the dispensation of justice in maritime related cases, as it will boost stakeholders and investors’ confidence in the system. The DG who stated this on Monday during the 8th Strategic Admiralty Law Seminar for Judges organized by NIMASA in conjunction with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) in Lagos, with the theme: “Strengthening Nigeria’s Admiralty Regime through Effective Implementation of International Maritime and Labour Instruments”…

Lagos Water Corporation has restored water supply to the Lagos residents and assured its stability. This was contained in a statement released by the Corporation in Lagos on Sunday, 20th January, 2019. “As parts of the Management’s effort to restore Water Supply across the State, LWC has connected the 70millions gallons per day (MGD) Adiyan Waterworks back to the National Grid, to stabilize its operations which was earlier disrupted by the epileptic power supply from the LWC Independent Power Plant (IPP), Akute, which had adversely affected water production and supply at the LWC major waterworks. “In the same vein, as…

As the year 2019 gradually unfolds, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has called on the federal government to focus attention in rehabilitating all the access roads to the ports which it said were all in very deplorable condition. The National Vice President of the association, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made this call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Friday said that government must as a matter of urgency fix the roads because they were losing money and human lives on a daily basis on those roads as a result of government’s negligence. Farinto further…

Dr. Dakuku Peterside is the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. In this interview with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport last Saturday, he bares his mind on the removal of names of candidates of APC in Rivers State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the February 16 and March 2, 2019 general elections among others. Excerpts; As the Deputy Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, are you comfortable with what is happening in the party now,…

…Calls on APC members to remain calm The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has expressed the optimism that the governorship and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will be on the ballot paper in the 2019 general election. Speaking to journalists on arrival at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Port Harcourt, Saturday, Dr. Dakuku Peterside said that the challenge the APC in the state is experiencing is temporary and will soon be a thing of the past. “I am very confident that APC governorship and other…

… Bags Federal Agency of the Year Award … Dedicates honour to stakeholders The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it would intensify its efforts to reposition the maritime industry in Nigeria, as the agency moves to become a leading maritime administration in Africa. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, stated this last week in Lagos during the Independent Newspapers Awards 2018, where the agency bagged the Federal Agency of the Year Award. Dakuku said, “We are spurred by this award and we appreciate the fact that our efforts to revitalise the maritime sector through our medium…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned the six billion Naira Baro River port project in Niger State. Buhari in his remark at the commissioning said he had personal attachment to Baro River Port project because he assisted in the design of the Port complex when he was Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). He said that the Port complex would enhance intermodal transportation connectivity in the country promising that his administration would do more if re-elected into office during the forthcoming elections especially the rehabilitation of roads leading to the port and its environs. The President said the port would…

The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Staff Association has come down hard on the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for his inability to refloat the national carrier two years down the line after he had promised to get it up and running in six months. The National President of the association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who expressed sadness over the development in an exclusive interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos state blamed the development on the inability of the Minister and other government official to carry the unions along in executing any project in the nation’s maritime…