Author: Saint Augustine

The Chairman Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi has blamed the inability of the Senate to resolve its pending face off with the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) on the failure of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to carry out the order of President Muhammadu Buhari on the matter. Utazi who made this known in a television programme monitored in Lagos recalled that before President Buhari embarked on his medical vacation in the United Kingdom, he made a public statement directing the Vice President to look into the misunderstanding between the executive and…

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) is set to focus on providing infrastructure for non-petroleum industries in its next phase of development. It targets areas such as agriculture, technology, finance, healthcare, education and the sustainable companies in these sectors looking to service West Africa, one of the fastest growing markets in the world. LADOL is West Africa’s first sustainable industrial Free Zone. Founded in 2001, LADOL has attracted $5OO million in private investment and is a blueprint for sustainable industrialisation and private sector led growth in the region. The base is now home to the onIy fully integrated deep offshore…

The Chairman Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi has said that the senate is going to invite the Head of Service of the federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Eta, the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazzau (rtd.) and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami to explain all that they know concerning the reinstatement of the fugitive Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina. Utazi who made disclosure in a television programme monitored in Lagos by our correspondent said that the senate had already constituted a committee made…

…Says he is in stable condition The family of the 2nd Republic Vice President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme has confirmed that the former Vice President was on Sunday 29th October, 2017 admitted into hospital for a chest infection. The news of Ekwueme collapsing in his Enugu residence and slipping into coma at about 2.am on Monday morning and was admitted in an Enugu hospital broke out on Wednesday. In a statement signed by the traditional ruler of Oko and brother to the former Vice President, Igwe Prof. Laz Ekwueme recalled that the former Vice President had a quiet…

…Seizes over 10 trailers of foreign parboiled rice The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service with headquarters at Ikeja, Lagos has evacuated 59 assorted vehicles with the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, seventy-six million, eight hundred and ninety-five thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two naira, two Kobo (N1,076,895,727.2) from a hidden house in Ikoyi and car marts in Festac area of Lagos state. The Customs Area Controller of the unit, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba who made this known in a briefing in Lagos Wednesday said that over 40 of the vehicles were 2017 models ranging…

In a bid to reduce the man-hour lost on daily basis as a result of the perennial gridlock being witnessed at Apapa ports, the federal government is set to launch 100 wagons and 6 locomotives to aid in evacuation of cargo by rail. The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who disclosed this while delivering a keynote address to mark this year’s World Maritime Day in Lagos said that the nation’s narrow gauge would become operational before December. Amaechi observed that once the narrow gauge starts working, government would insist that importers and their agents use trains ti evacuate…

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described as spurious and deliberate false news by some online platforms which erroneously claim that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano from parading himself as the authentic candidate of APGA in the forthcoming gubernatorial polls in Anambra state. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the National Legal Adviser of the party, Barr. Ifeanyi Mbaeri, APGA noted that there was no such order or ruling by any court in Abuja or anywhere in Nigeria and that Chief Willie Obiano was still the authentic…

In a bid to cushion the incessant boat mishaps on Lagos waterways as recorded in recent times, the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has rolled out a safety campaign around all Lagos jetties. The sensitization and awareness campaign which began on Tuesday and ends on 10th of November was intended to educate both waterways operators and end users on the need to embrace safety. This according to LASWA, would reduce the number of deaths recorded on waterways. They also revealed that the last day of the exercise will be for simulation exercise intended to enlighten water users in case of…

A major player in the downstream segment of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and Managing Director of Rainoil Nigeria Limited, Engr. Gabriel Ogbechie has made a strong case for massive investments in the agricultural sector of the nation’s economy by Nigerians, saying that there are huge returns in the sector. Noting that investing in agriculture, ICT, real estate and other potent non oil sector are the major ways to reignite and grow economies globally. Ogbechie, who spoke in Lagos recently as a Guest Lecturer of the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Economic and Community Development Lecture held at the Westwood Hotel,…

Vice Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has advised university communities in the country to embraced agriculture and feed its students. Tayo said that universities should ensure that they becomes self-sustainable such that they would be able to produce food needs of its students and the university community. Speaking at the maiden edition of World Food Day celebration of the institute, in partnership with Mushroom Development Foundation, tagged: “Challenges in Sustainable Agriculture: Empowerment and Post-harvest Losses in Nigeria”, Tayo said that with the increased world population, it became very important as an organization to embrace agriculture for the benefit…