Author: Saint Augustine

The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), recently handed over 2 x 40ft containers of drugs with Nos. MSKU 071916/0 and MRKU 256545/8 falsely declared as vehicles, cartons of makeup items and computer accessories respectively to the officials of the National Agency for Foods, Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC). This was sequel to the latest operational methodology adopted by the command through profiling, cargo selectivity and system checks of the advance electronic manifest. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf who made the disclosure stated that the command was adopting these procedures to ensure that all…

Preparation for the hosting of the 2017 edition of MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) has given Lagos another glow even as the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island venue of the event is highly lit up in expectation following the successes the programme recorded over the years. While the event takes place on Thursday, October 26 participants are expected from all around the globe beginning from Tuesday the 24th considering supercharged response from the gender sensitive community. The programme will also attract creme la crème in the Nigerian society with more than a thousand guest expected to grace…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) yesterday lifted ban on electioneering campaign for the 2018 chapter elections. The association also used the occasion to unveil the electoral guidelines for the conduct of the said elections. The modified electoral guidelines released yesterday by the NAGAFF Electoral Commission (NECOM) showed that the nomination form for the Chairmanship position in Apapa, TCIP, Onne, PTML and Airport chapters goes for N500,000, the Vice Chairman goes for N200,000 while other positions go for N100,000. The Chairmanship nomination form for the Ijora, Seme and KLT chapters goes for N200,000, Vice Chairman N100,000 while…

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) is set to elect new chapter executives for its Tincan Island units.  The foremost road transport association has three units under the Tincan Island port, even as it would be recalled that the last executives were dissolved six months ago.  Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday, the electoral Chairman, NARTO, Mr. Anderson Hananiya disclosed that the election was expected to hold at the Lagos state Secretariat, Ijora on Thursday adding that Tincan Island chapter had three units which would be keenly contested by eligible members of the association.  Hananiya recalled that the south…

The wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) on Monday extended empowerment to four hundred indigent students of the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University at a ceremony held at the University Auditorium, Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area. The empowerment which was in furtherance of the programme of her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) and at the instance of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Okafor was in the form of stipend to students drawn from various departments of the institution who were adjudged most in need of support to meet basic needs. Speaking to the…

Security guards on Monday barred pupils and teachers from getting access into some public primary schools in Port Harcourt over unpaid salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the security guards said they had not been paid for 11 months. One of them, Mr. Chijioke Amah, said: “we want government to pay us, every worker deserves to be paid, they have been unfair to us; they make it look as if our services here are not needed.’’ Some teachers, who spoke to NAN at Port Harcourt Centenary Model Primary School Rumuwoji, said it was not the…

President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow depart for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region. Member countries of the ECOWAS Task Force on common currency are Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Niger Republic. The Presidency reveals that the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele will join the President at the meeting. The President is expected back to Nigeria tomorrow after the meeting. Send your news, press releases/articles to augustinenwadinamuo@yahoo.com. Also, follow us on Twitter @reportersinfo and on Facebook on facebook.com/primetimereporters or call the editor…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Alhaji Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. In a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the President equally demanded a full report of the circumstances of Maina’s recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior. A statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Mr. Femi Adeshina said that the was to be submitted to the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari before the end of…

The campaign train of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano will this Saturday move to Lagos state as the Association of Anambra Development Unions (AASDU), Lagos is set to hold her cultural day. The event which is slated to hold on Saturday 28th October, 2017 at the Practice Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos at 10.00am will afford the Governor an opportunity to unfold his achievements to Ndi Anambra resident in Lagos and to seek their mandate in the November 18, 2017 Governorship election in the state. The cultural day which will be chaired by a prominent…

The body of a 40 year old man, Oluseyi Adekunle who jumped off the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge into the Lagos lagoon on Friday has been recovered after a three day search by the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) and the Marine Police early yesterday morning. Adekunle dropped his personal belongings and clothes before jumping into the water on that fateful. The General Manager LASEMA, Mr. Adeshina Tiamiyu who spoke to newsmen on the development said that the local fishermen who were fishing on the water discovered a floating body around 5.am and alerted them which…