Author: Saint Augustine

Nkemjika Ibe, 40, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court situated in Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State for allegedly conspiring with two others now at large to forge title documents with the intent to convert and claim her brother In-law’s property worth One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000). The said property located at Plot 1 Block C1, Federal Site and Federal Service, Scheme 1, Isheri Olofin, Lagos State belongs to Samuel Ude, who is resident abroad. Findings by Primetime Reporters indicated that One Ms Blessing Ude who is the former wife of Mr. Samuel Ude conspired with her sisters, Chidimma Obike and…

A group, Okpebholo Change Movement, has explained why the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has not chosen to run from pillar to post with his work plan for the development of Edo State. “Edo requires a governor with sound vision, dedication and focus, one who will bring his ingenuity to bear in the management of the state’s economic potential and the natural endowments. In Edo State today, there is growing fervor for what Senator Monday Okpebholo stands for. More than ever before, the people of the state have come to recognize the fact that the APC candidate…

Following the concerns raised about the future of the stranded Nigerian cadets undergoing training at the Centurion University, India under the National Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has dispelled the rumours making the rounds that the students are billed to return back home. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola who disclosed this in an interactive session with the maritime media in Lagos yesterday said that NIMASA had not at any time said those students would be coming back home adding that the agency was rather reviewing the processes for which the…

The immediate past Sole Administrator and candidate for the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA Board of Trustees, BoT election, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has said that although he has no team or group he is working with for now, he is working with God, hence his campaign slogan, “One With God Is Majority.” Mukaila who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos recently, was reacting to the emergence of a group of nine contestants for the ANLCA BoT election christened “The Group of Nine Like Minds”, who are campaigning together and seeking to be elected into…

…Solicits for votes from lovers of quality service delivery Apparently to pacify those who felt they were not consulted before he picked form to contest for a seat in the Board of Trustees, BoT of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, the immediate past Sole Administrator of ANLCA, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has come out to disclose the circumstances surrounding his declaration of interest in the election. Mukaila who gave the details in a chat with newsmen in Lagos recently, stated that his decision to pick form for the election came at a very last minute after a…

…Urges him to reach out to critical stakeholders The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Widescope Group, Dr. Segun Musa has hailed the appointment of the new Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu describing it as timely. Musa who made his feeling about the appointment known in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos recently pointed out that the appointment came at a time when the stakeholders needed a change in the management of NIMASA so that they could begin to adopt the best approach to make that agency to be relevant in the scheme…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Chatham House, London have agreed that the issue of Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea should be raised at the United Nations Security Council, UNSC this month, emphasizing the progress made by NIMASA in combating piracy and sea robbery in the region. This decision was reached during a session between Dr. Dayo Mobereola, Director General of NIMASA, and Dr. Alex Vines, Director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, accompanied by his team. Nigeria’s Alternate Permanent Representative at the International Maritime Organization, Bwala William was in attendance. The Agency and…

… Reels out his track record of service in ANLCA The immediate past Sole Administrator of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA and Board of Trustees, BoT hopeful, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has urged members of the association who will be voting at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, AGM to elect members of the association’s Board of Trustees, BoT, to vote in people with track record of service. Mukaila who made this appeal during an interaction with the media in Lagos on Thursday stated that for ANLCA to get it right this time around, members should be meticulous…

The campaign media team of the group of nine Like -minds, contesting the Board of Trustees, BoT of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA has expressed confidence in the group’s capacity to transform the association’s fortunes in collaboration with the National Executive Committee, NECOM. Speaking during a meeting with members of the association in the Western Zone in Lagos on Tuesday, Messrs Joe Sanni and Sulaimon Ayokunle described the nine candidates as the most innovative and stunning political engineers in ANLCA’s history, poised to address the association’s problems and challenges. They emphasized the candidates’ commitment to revitalize the…

…Says I don’t need to be Board Chairman, Secretary to bring desired change The immediate past Sole Administrator of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Otunba Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has said that he is contesting for a slot in the Board of Trustees, BoT of the association to redefine the relationship between the Board and the Executive arms of the association. Mukaila who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, said that ANLCA Board needed to innovate and jettison the idea of doing the same set of things with the same parameters, expecting to…