Author: Saint Augustine

Over the weekend, at the well-attended wedding of Adaora Soludo, daughter of Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo to Arinze Ibekwe in Abuja, two prominent voices in Nigeria’s political sphere, Vice President Kashim Shettima and Professor Babagana Zulum, the Governor of Borno State, uttered glowing remarks that underscore the remarkable unifying and pan-Nigerian qualities of the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. Governor Zulum, the Chairman of the occasion, spoke highly of Governor Soludo, describing him as a man with a nationalist outlook, brilliant and intelligent. The Borno Governor added that his presence at the wedding, selected to chair the…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON has stated that it will wield the big stick on erring manufacturers and distributors who indulge in the illicit trade of substandard steel in the country. The Chairman, Special Task Force, SON, Engr. Enebi Onuchenyo, at a stakeholders meeting with manufacturers and distributors of steel and iron rods in Lagos, said the agency has been inundated with complaints from distributors expressing concerns over the quality of steel and iron rods in the country. Onuchenyo said, “There was a claim that there are substandard iron rods in the market and this is why we called…

…Industry CEOs, stakeholders confirm attendance …Customs to present paper on revenue generation challenges, anti-smuggling Maritime industry stakeholders will be gathering at the Ikeja Airport Hotel, Lagos, on Friday, August 23, 2024 to x-ray the journey of the marine and blue economy in the past one year of having a separate Ministry. Among maritime issues, the Nigeria Customs Service will present a special paper titled: “Challenges of Customs Revenue Generation/Anti-Smuggling Operations.” Industry issues such as achievements, challenges, roadmap for the development of the sector as they affect all the agencies under the Marine and Blue Economy will be featured. Specifically, the…

In an unprecedented arena at the Cine 21 Cinema Aba, Abia State, more than 60 precious souls were won for God in a single viewing experience of Bright Wonder Obasi’s Faith Based Movie, “CHAINS – No longer a slave”. It all began as a renowned ‘soul hunter’ Evangelist Akachi Nwoke, President of Free School Foundation and Lead Pastor of The Afternoon Church, led 120 youths to Cine 21 Cinema Aba, Abia State, Nigeria in a fully personal funded endeavour. Genuinely touched by this soul searching Faith Based Movie, over 60 people openly surrendered their lives to Christ, repented, prayed for…

The Oyo State Government has commenced the payment of compensation to owners of the affected properties along the Ajia Inukan LCDA, Ona Ara Local Government, corridor in the State. The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Akin-Funmilayo revealed this on Monday, in a meeting with the claimants. Akin-Funmilayo who recalled that the government recently acquired an expanse of land for developmental projects namely; construction of Air Force Base, General Hospital and ICT centre, said the projects sited at Ajia in Ona Ara Local Government area. In this connection, the Oyo State government has earmarked the sum of…

The Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria, MASPAN has provided a critical insight into how shipowners and importers lose millions of dollars to complicated drug trafficking and stowaway investigations in countries without adequate legal framework to deal with such cases in a timely manner. The Chairman, AMANO/ MASPAN Planning Committee, Mr. Emmanuel Maiguwa revealed this during a press conference which held at the secretariat of the Maritime Reporter’s Association of Nigeria, MARAN on Friday. According to the body, a ship can be detained for several weeks or months while investigating to determined the source and suspects in a case of…

An Executive Bill which seeks to overhaul revenue administration in Nigeria, including regulation of the cryptocurrency industry, is being put together for transmission to the National Assembly, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Zacch Adedeji has disclosed. Adedeji made the disclosure on Saturday at a stakeholders’ engagement with a joint committee of the National Assembly on Finance held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement by Dare Adekanmbi, Special Adviser on Media to Adedeji, quoted the FIRS Chairman as saying that the aim of the bill is to, among others, simplify tax laws, harmonize collection…

By Eugene Nweke In the light of our collective failure to appreciate the quantum benefits of our regulatory council, the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN and our inability to form a united front towards repositioning and administering our professional destiny, our nonchallance to cope with our professional woes in real terms, nor mustering capacity to solving our challenges; Then, I begin to ask: Are we bereft of professional ideology and sound knowledge? Are we not guilty of professional rape, recklessness? Are we not culpable of a monumental self deception? Are we not, each one of…

As campaigns for the forthcoming Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA Board of Trustees, BoT election heats up, the immediate past Sole Administrator of the association, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has described a group of contestants for the BoT slots christened, “The Group of Nine Like Minds”, as a campaign strategy. Mukaila who made this declaration in a chat with newsmen in Lagos recently said that the group of nine adopted the measure as a strategy for them to win seats as a group into ANLCA BoT hence members of the group were campaigning to the people, trying to…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA will decentralize voting at the forthcoming Board of Trustees, BoT election to the different zones that make up the association, so says the Senior Special Assistant to ANLCA National President on Media, Mr. Ayokunle Sulaiman. Mr. Sulaiman who disclosed this on the sideline of the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting held by ANLCA recently in Lagos said that the decentralization was aimed at minimizing and saving cost for members who may have to pay through their noses to pay for flight tickets to and fro Lagos just to cast their votes in…