Author: Saint Augustine

A maritime lawyer, Barr. Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara has blamed the inability of the Nigeria’s auto policy to make any headway four years after introduction on absence of power and steel rolling mills in the country. Nwagbara who made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recently stated that one cannot talk seriously of iron and steel industry without talking about power even as he said that all the steel rolling mills needed power right from the stage of extraction of the raw material to the production of iron and steel products of different sizes. He observed that…

…Arrest eleven armed robbery suspects  The Lagos State Police command through its Taskforce on recovery of illegal and prohibited firearms, attached to Area J Command Headquarters, Ajah, recently recovered five rifles inside an unoccupied shanty while on targeted raids of uncompleted, unoccupied houses and plots of land, at Road 1, Block 1, Plot 7, Victory Park Estate, Osapa London, Ilasan. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Chike Oti while confirming the development said that the guns recovered comprised of three European made pump action rifles numbers L926547, R268751 and P987707 respectively, one locally made double barrel rifle and…

…Say foreign counterparts not better than them The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) has decried the failure of the Nigerian government to engage the services of her members in filling the knowledge gap in the shipping industry in Nigeria which in turn has led to dearth of qualified manpower to drive the industry. The President of NAMM, Capt. Tajudeen Alao who stated this in Lagos at the weekend posited that while the association had everything it takes to train and provide consultancy services to the Nigerian government, it would not consult them but would prefer to deal with foreigners…

To mark the World Pneumonia Day, civil society organizations from Africa and Haiti are asking their governments to step-up to eradicate Pneumonia which is responsible for more child mortalities than any other diseases like AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined. Speaking at a conference on how to end Pneumonia in Africa, Mr. Aboubakar SYLLA, the President of ONG AGIS, said that “Despite the efforts that have been made so far, much more work still needs to be done, particularly in poor communities. Every child, regardless of where they were born, need to access life-saving vaccines and medicines.” The most affected children…

The Association of Registered Freight Forwarders Nigeria (AREFFN) has released the timetable for the election of its national officers. According to a notice released to that effect by the AREFFN Election Committee which was endorsed by Chief Gabriel Okonkwo and A.O Vincent, Chairman and Secretary respectively, obtaining of expression interest forms by members wishing to contest for various offices with a non-refundable fee of One Hundred Thousand (N100, 000.00) for each of the offices started today, Monday, 12th November, 2018 at 9.00am and would close by 5.00pm on Wednesday 14th November, 2018. The notice further said that submission of completed…

Strong indications have emerged that President Muhammadu  Buhari’s anti-corruption battle is being compromised by the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) headed by Col. Hammed Ali (rtd),the Comptroller General(CG) following series of activities that have been taking place in the agency under his watch. The League of Maritime Editors, which comprises seasoned journalists who have contributed to the development of the maritime sector and the economy  made the clarifications in their quarterly state of the nation’s review. For over three and half years as Customs CG, sitting on several billions of naira as annual budget, Col. Ali has awarded contracts to cronies in NCS in contravention of the due process and…

In keeping with its promise to brief members of the public of what, why and  how Chief Opeyemi Bademosi, aged 67 years was killed at his No.3B, Onikoyi Lane, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi,  Lagos, the Lagos State Police command has released the details of what transpired in the deceased home on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Chike Oti, The journey that eventually ended the life of one Opeyemi Bademosi, a business mogul and an Ondo state indigine, began in Ondo town, in the deceased home state, on 25/10/2018, when…

Air Peace has blamed aviation politics for the delay in starting its flights to long-haul routes, including London, Guangzhou-China, Houston, Mumbai, Johannesburg, Dubai and Sharjah. Speaking at the 5th Aviation Stakeholders’ Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Transport in Abuja on Thursday, Air Peace Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide said authorities of most of the international destinations the carrier had been designated to operate to were either deliberately foot-dragging in processing its application or imposing frustrating conditions to discourage it from flying into their domains. Some of the destination countries, she said, responded to the airline’s application only…

Following the recent interview granted to this medium last week by a member of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Chief Peter Obi, the leadership of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised him to refrain from discussing issues relating to the Council publicly as he has not been given such powers to do so. The National President of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche who stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent yesterday informed Obi that the new Chairman had not made him the spokesman for…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP )has charged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to stop sermonizing and parading like a saint until he answers to the N33 billion corruption allegation as exposed by the House of Representatives. The party said in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary that the Vice President owed it as a personal moral burden, both as a preacher and Professor of law, to directly explain how the fund meant for the wellbeing of Nigerians suffering in the Northeast, was mismanaged under his supervision, instead of the lame attempts to dismiss the allegation…