Author: Saint Augustine

Researchers have deciphered the complete sequence of one of the major food crops in Africa-the white Guinea yam. In many parts of West Africa, food is not considered food if it is not yam. This explains why yam, also called the “king of crops” in Nigeria, exemplified in Chinua Achebe’s classic novel “Things Fall Apart,” is such a prized food with immense cultural importance. Yam is a major food source in the tropics providing food and income for some 60 million people. Despite its importance, relatively little is known about the white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir), the dominant African…

Following comments credited to the federal government suggesting that the three batches of arms illegally imported into the country within the last eight months of this year was imported by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Maazi Nnamdi Kanu and his group, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called for caution on the part of the security agencies less they jeopardize investigations. The group which made its position on the matter known through its National President, Chief Increase Uche warned that making statements while investigations were ongoing amounts to giving a verdict which…

The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has collected the sum of N32.1 billion as revenue for the month of August, 2017. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nkiruka Nwala who made this known in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos on Monday noted that the amount was collected notwithstanding low economic activities, traffic gridlock within Apapa axis and forex instability hindering business transactions in the maritime sector of the economy. She stated that the current Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Musa Jibril was supervising the activities of the command in full compliance with…

The Lagos state Police command has arrested six armed robbery suspects in Surulere area of the state. The acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos state, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who made this known while parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos said that the arrest was made possible following a prompt information volunteered by the members of the public. According to him,”On the 11th of September,2017, at about 1915hrs, at Rabiatu Thompson Housing Estate, Shitta area of Surulere, some suspected armed robbers were about going out for robbery operation but because of the gains of community policing and safety…

Financial expert, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has called on the nation’s economic managers to leverage on the report given by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Nigeria’s exit from the economic recession to come up with how best to manage the economy so that the country don’t regress back into recession. Chukwu who made this call in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos recalled that the NBS had a paramount duty to report the figures they got from the field which he said it had done. According to him,”Like I said earlier, the growth was basically an oil growth,…

The Lagos state police command has arrested seven members of rival cult groups who allegedly killed two of their members respectively in a reprisal attack in Badagry area of the state. According to the acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos state, Mr. Edgal Imohimi who made this known in a press briefing in Lagos,”On the 27th of August, 2017, at Badagry area of Lagos, one Ajirero Busari Idowu, male, 22 years and Wetu Adebayo, male, 28 years were killed by suspected cult members. Intelligence investigation led to the arrest of seven suspects by operatives of this command on the 31/8/2017. “The…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated Management concern over the safety and security of operations and activities on the nation’s territorial waters. She said this through the organization’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mohammed Bello Koko who represented her when the Federal Government team for the implementation of the Harmonized Standard Operating Procedure on the arrest, detention and prosecution of offenders in the maritime environment, paid a working visit to the corporate headquarters of the NPA at Marina, Lagos. Addressing stakeholders during the session, the Managing Director pledged to synergize with the…

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Matters, Hon. Barr. Rita Orji has said that no fewer than 32,000 Nigerians who illegally migrated to Germany are seeking asylum status in the country. Orji who disclosed this while delivering a speech at the launch of Migration Enlightenment Project in Nigeria (MEPN) organized by the African-German Information Centre (AGIC) in conjunction with the Africa Courier Magazine with support from the Federal Foreign Office, Germany also said that 12,000 Nigerians were waiting deportation from Germany. According to Orji,”Over the past years, traversing international borders illegally has become increasingly dangerous because the would…

…Appeal to FG to withdraw soldiers from SE Hours after the Nigerian Army has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organization, the South-East Governors’Forum has proscribed the activities of the group with immediate effect. The Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum, Chief Dave Nweze Umahi who read the communiqué at the end of the emergency meeting held at the EXCO Chambers, Government House, Enugu, Enugu State on Friday, advised “IPOB and other aggrieved groups in the region to articulate their position on all national issue and submit to the Committee of Governors, Ohaneze Ndigbo…

The Lagos State command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) yesterday paraded an Alsatian dog named Bullet used for robbery at the Ladipo market area of the state. Also paraded alongside the dog were two suspects namely Odumade Olajide and Adewuyi Adisa. Briefing newsmen on the arrest at the command headquarters in Lagos, the acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos state command, Mr. Edgal Imohimi said that the duo of Olajide and Adisa were arrested with the dog and one motorcycle at about 1400hrs at Ladipo market following a distress call. According to him,”The fact of this case is that these…