Author: Saint Augustine

Rescue operations are ongoing about now to recover the body of a man who jumped off the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge into the Lagos lagoon, Primetime Reporters can authoritatively report. The man identified as Oluseyi Ajayi dropped his personal belongings and clothes before jumping into the water, apparently in a bid to end his life. The incident happened at about 10.00am this morning. Primetime Reporters also gathered that the family of the man had been contacted. The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Nkechi Ajayi disclosed that LASWA in collaboration with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA)…

…Wants court to stop NLNG from enforcing judgment The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court Lagos in the matter between Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), Attorney General of the Federation, Global West Vessels Specialists Ltd. and NIMASA. The agency filed the appeal with an application to stay the execution of the judgment and restrain NLNG pending the determination of the appeal. The appeal and stay was filed even before receiving the Certified True Copy of the judgment 14 days after the judgment was delivered in line with legal provisions. This…

The Renascent Anambra Transparency Democratic League (RATDL), a socio-political transparency advocacy group based in Awka, Anambra State has commended Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State for finally speaking out to confirm the demands of his estranged godfather’s monetary demands of over N7 billion. The governor spoke at the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) rally in Onitsha North on Wednesday against the backdrop of the ranging controversy and calls on him to speak and help douse speculations about the real reasons for disagreement between him and former governor Peter Obi. Obi had been on record castigating Obiano for alleged “non –performance”…

The Caretaker Committee of the People’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has said that contrary to speculations that its Chairman, Prof. ABC Nwosu and Secretary, Iyom Josephine Anenih have been suspended from the party, PDP in the state remained one and united under the leadership of the Caretaker Committee led by Prof. ABC Nwosu, duly recognised by the National Caretaker leadership, chaired by Sen. Ahmed Makarfi. In a statement issued in Awka and signed by Iyom Anenih, Secretary, PDP Caretaker Committee, Anambra state, the party posited that “any other body laying claims or which will lay claims to leadership…

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has frowned at the rate at which importers now bring in unbranded, improperly labeled products devoid of country of origin and user manual into the country describing the development as unhealthy. The Director-General of SON, Mr. Osita Anthony Aboloma who made this disclosure at a stakeholders’ forum organized by the agency in conjunction with the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) and the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) with importers in attendance in Lagos yesterday hinted that importers now import products from abroad into the country with made in Nigeria…

The Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has suspended Prof. A.B.C. Nwosu and Iyom Josephine Anenih as Chairman and Secretary of the committee respectively for one month. The suspension came after members of the Caretaker Committee members passed a vote of no confidence on the duo for what they termed their engagement in dishonest practices and several other conducts capable of causing disaffection amongst party members. In a press release duly signed by the newly appointed Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee in the state, Hon. Humphrey Nsofor and nine others on behalf of 27…

The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 18, 2017 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr. Oseloka Obaze has said that he will govern the state for a single term of four years if he is elected governor. Obaze who stated this in a speech he delivered on the occasion of the official flag off of his 2017 governorship campaign at the All Saints Cathedral Field, Onitsha on Monday said that the single term would be four years of intensive and productive hard work adding that his government would focus primarily on human development capital anchored…

…Calls for impartial, exhaustive investigations The joint Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have frowned at the failure of the Federal Government to address the serious allegations of grand corruption made by Senator Hamman Isa Misau, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District against the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission Mr. Mike Okiro, respectively. The CSOs in a press release issued in Lagos yesterday and signed by Okechukwu Nwanguma of NOPRIN Foundation, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri of Spaces for Change and eighteen others recalled that in the past three months, through interviews in the media and…

The founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has called the attention of the freight forwarders and importers operating across the Western Zones to the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) Stakeholders’ forum holding in Lagos on the 19th October, 2017. Aniebonam who informed that the forum would take place at the NAN Event Centre at 11.00am observed that the essence of the forum was to educate and enlighten all freight forwarders and shippers on matters of SONCAP regulation which he said was primarily to facilitate legitimate trade through standardization of products imported, manufactured…

This is to invite all Freight Forwarders and other stakeholders to a one-day Stakeholders Forum on EASE OF DOING BUSINESS  for operators in the South West, Nigeria, with the theme: “FOSTERING TRADE WITHOUT COMPROMISING STANDARDS OF IMPORT BUSINESS IN NIGERIA”.  Date: Thursday, -19th October, 2017.  Venue: NAN Conference Auditorium, beside the National Theatre,  Iganmu, Lagos.  Time 11am prompt.  The One-day Stakeholders’ forum  which is a collaboration between the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON),  NAGAFF and ANLCA, which will witness 3 paper presentations by NAGAFF, ANLCA and  ICMC,  (Nigeria) is aimed at creating a balance between government’s efforts towards facilitating trade…