Author: Saint Augustine

At least 53% of deaths in women and children worldwide result from malnutrition, the World Health Organisation has said. In Nigeria, the situation is even more alarming as records show that malnutrition kills 100 children and at least six women of child bearing age every hour! In many cases, they die not only because they lack food, but also essential micronutrients. To draw attention to this problem, HarvestPlus Nigeria brings people together every year under the umbrella of the Nutritious Food Fair (NFF), where it showcases agricultural solutions emphasising biofortified and nutritious foods. The event provides HarvestPlus and partners the…

The Anambra State Coordinator of Atiku Care Foundation and strong supporter of Atiku’s Project 2019, Hon. Ndubuisi Obijiofor, says the former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has soft spot for the Igbos, emphasizing that he (Atiku) has demonstrated his love and concern for the people of the Southeast Geopolitical Zone through his continued call for restructuring and an all-inclusive government. Hon. Obijiofor who stated this in Awka while inaugurating Local Government Area female Coordinators of Atiku Care Foundation, urged Atiku’s teeming supporters to remain steadfast, noting that the one-time Nigeria’s number two citizen had the capacity and will…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Command has collected a total of N262.3 billion between January and November 2017. This figure is against the sum of 233.5 billion generated in the corresponding period of 2016. The comparative analysis of the figures above indicates a difference of twenty-eight billion, eight hundred and three million, seven hundred and forty thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine naira, forty-two kobo (N28,803,740,729.42) representing a significant increase from the amount generated in 2016. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar disclosed this while receiving a delegation from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Post…

…As four bag First Class Honours The capacity building initiative of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) through the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) has again received another boost as 59 of the beneficiaries have graduated from the Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom. This brings it to a total number of 1,343 graduates of the scheme since its inception from the various institutions in United Kingdom, Egypt, Romania and Philippines. At the graduation ceremony which held in the United Kingdom recently, 4 of the students graduated with a 1st Class, while 36 of them had 2nd Class…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has decried at the incessant interception of properly released containers on the highway by the operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Lagos describing the development as unhealthy for the economy. The National President of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche who made the feeling of the association known in an address during a courtesy visit by the association to the Zonal Coordinator Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, ACG Aminu Dahiru in Lagos observed that a situation where a container duly examined by a proper customs officer at the…

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) with its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos has intercepted a total of 64 different vehicles worth over N1.3 billion in Lagos and Ogun States between the 1st and 30th November, 2017. This is coming barely a month the unit intercepted 59 bulletproof vehicles from a hidden house in Ikoyi, Lagos. The 64 vehicles were allegedly smuggled into the country through the land borders. Among the detained vehicles include 2 Lexus Jeep (Bullet Proof), 1 Toyota Land Cruiser (Bullet Proof), 9 Toyota Hilux, 8 Toyota Hiace Bus, 26 Toyota…

After an intensive five days training on recycling of water hyacinth for handicraft, 50 Badagry women have received N15, 000 each totaling N750, 000 as takeoff grant. The Lagos state government on Friday disbursed N15, 000 each to 50 women selected from different locations of Badagry. The state government, at the beginning of the five days training, had promised to give the women an undisclosed amount as grant. The grant, according to government, would enable the women start up a micro business on the skills acquired. The state government through the Lagos state Waterways Authority (LASWA) had rolled out a…

The wife of governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) has called on Ndi Anambra and Nigerians to make conscious effort to make life worth living for the physically challenged persons by being positive change agents in their lives. Mrs. Obiano made the plea in a statement on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of the Physically Challenged 2017 (IDPD 2017) in Awka, Anambra state. Osodieme noted in the statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media, Emeka Ozumba that the observance of the IDPD 2017 calls for awareness and promotion of understanding of disability…

Miss Elizabeth Ezekiel, a second year Medical student of the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State has emerged the winner of the Essay Competition organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to commemorate the 2017 World Maritime Day Celebration. Miss Ezekiel’s essay was adjudged the best out of 180 entries by an independent panel of judges on the topic “Connecting Ships, Ports and People” which is the theme for the 2017 World Maritime Day celebration. She was presented with a N500, 000.00 Education Grant, a laptop computer and a plaque by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt.…

The Chairman of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Tincan Island chapter, Chief Azubuike Ekweozor has scored himself high in the delivery of people oriented programmes in the chapter in his first term in office. Speaking shortly after collecting his nomination form for a second term in office as Chairman at the NAGAFF headquarters in Apapa, Lagos Wednesday, Ekweozor popularly known as Nwanayoeze said he had achieved more for the chapter during his time first as interim Chairman and as a substantive Chairman. He said,”The whole world knows that in my regime, when I came onboard on…