Author: Saint Augustine

Months after the commencement of the federal government’s order on ease of doing business at the nation’s seaports, the National Coordinator, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNIFIEC), Chief Sir Osita Patrick Chukwu has said that the order is not working at the ports. Chukwu who pointed this out in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said that the federal government started on a wrong footing by issuing the order without putting necessary infrastructure in place. According to him”, The Presidential order is not working at the ports. Are you issuing presidential order while you have not…

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi has ordered the arrest of 34 persons posing as members of Peace Corps in ikorodu area of the state. The suspects who have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba will be charged to Oshodi Mobile Court this morning at 09:00am. The CP explained that the said group did not have any official correspondent confirming them as a constitutionally approved security agency. He noted that operatives of the command would not tolerate such activities by any group to carry out functions or meetings in any part…

The 2017 Edition of MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame (WoFHoF) is set to celebrate gender friendly governors with the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode and the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose selected to receive awards in this category. Despite the promise of the ruling government to increase the participation of females in governance, other few governors have developed gender friendly policies which have seen the female gender encouraged to take up opportunities at various significant levels of governance in their states. Lagos State instituted legal frameworks for dealing with gender- based violence, inequality against…

…As Ikoyi Rotary Club Metro inaugurates new President A financial expert and Executive Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Jude Monye has said that the world and indeed Nigeria will be a better place if everyone imbibes the spirit of giving and service to humanity for which Rotary Club is known across the globe. Monye gave this charge when he delivered a keynote address entitled: ‘Giving’ at the official installation and fund raising luncheon of Rotarian Laurine Ngozi Ubanozie as the 16th President of the Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metropolitan, which took place in Lagos recently. According to him, life…

The Nigeria Customs Service has announced the promotion of eight officers who intercepted the first two consignments of arms illegally imported into country earlier this year from Turkey. While the first consignment of arms intercepted along the Mile 2 axis in Lagos and seized by the Service contained 661 pump action rifles, the second one intercepted right inside the Tincan Island Container terminal (TICT), contained a total of 440 rifles. Announcing the promotion on Thursday in Lagos, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) said that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the promotion of the eight officers following recommendation…

By Asuquo Nuwak No one ever accused truck drivers and their owners of causing traffic gridlock in Apapa than shipping companies, terminal operators, tank farm operators, depot owners and government agencies. In truth, the radicalism of most uniform men who are on illegal duties has turned truckers to what can be described as “Automated Teller Machine” (ATM). This is something we should collectively be worried about. At the same time, Tincan Island Container Terminal, TICT with 17 shipping companies is operating with very limited and insufficient Cargo handling equipment with only one entrance which serves both trucks going to load…

This week, HarvestPlus was named one of four finalists for 100&Change, a competition for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The global challenge seeks bold solutions to critical problems of our time. After careful consideration, the MacArthur Foundation’s Board of Directors remains convinced HarvestPlus’ work provides a viable and much needed solution to one of the world’s greatest problems-hidden hunger.  “We have long believed that addressing micronutrient malnutrition is critical to economic growth and development,” says HarvestPlus CEO Bev Postma. “Yet millions of children across the developing world continue to suffer from hidden hunger. They…

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said that there would be partial restriction of movement on Ikorodu Road to enable it replace the dilapidated and disused steel pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi Bus Stop with a new footbridge. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olujimi Hotonu, the Government said that in its continuous drive to protect the lives of pedestrians on the highway, the disused pedestrian bridge would be pulled down to give way for a new one worthy of the status of the State. To effect the removal of the…

The Lagos State Police Command has said that the X-Squad unit of the command has arrested no fewer than 10 policemen and two of their accomplices for offences bordering on corruption and unruly behaviour. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi said yesterday that nine policemen and a senior traffic warden were picked up alongside two of their accomplices popularly as known as ‘Camp Boys’ or ‘Antelopes’ by the X-Squad, a unit charged with monitoring the activities of policemen. Imohimi disclosed that the squad were detailed to ensure zero tolerance to corruption and unruly behaviour by officers and…

…Confirms seizure of fresh 470 pump action rifles Following the increasing number of arms illegally being imported into Nigeria from Turkey, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is set to have the first diplomatic meeting with the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria today to discuss how the trend could be contained. The Comptroller -General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali who made this known while conducting journalists round a fresh batch of 470 pump action rifles seized by the service at the Tincan Island port in Lagos in Thursday the Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari had opened discussion on the issue at an international…