Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has directed all telecom operators to reactivate all lines that were disconnected over the weekend in view of the short time available for consumers to undertake the verification of their NINs with their SIMs. Over the weekend, many telecom subscribers/consumers were unable to access their phone lines because of the inability of many telecom consumers to verify their National Identification Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs). To this end, the phone numbers of the affected subscribers/consumers were blocked by their telecom service providers in keeping with laws and policies of the NIN-SIM linkage.…

Recently, the 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF petitioned the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu against the activities of the Operators of scanning machines in the Western Seaports. The Compliance Team accused the operators of deliberately, purposefully and maliciously subverting the original plan and purpose of introducing scanning machines in cargo clearing processes, especially, in the nation’s Western Seaports, thereby perpetuating the option of physical examination. In this interview with the National Coordinator of the Save Nigeria Importers, Freight Forwarders and Exporters Coalition, SNIFFIEC, Chief Osita Chukwu discusses the petition and…

…Urges him to engage Nigerian Youth The New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP House of Representatives Candidate for Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency of Lagos State in the 2023 National Assembly elections, Mr. Ufuoma O. Adievuwhare has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to wait until the protest starts and escalate before he starts implementing some measures to force the protesters to call of the protest. Adievuwhare who gave this counsel in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos on Friday wanted the President to begin now to take some decisive step towards stopping the protest from going on as planned in the…

A former President of the Students’ Union Government, SUG, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Mr. Gabriel Chibuike Nwafor has congratulated the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo on the occasion of his 64th birthday anniversary. Nwafor, in a congratulatory message to the governor, appreciated him for his purposeful leadership style adding that Anambra state under his governance had been tremendously transformed in every facet of development. “My hard working and performing Governor, Professor Charles Soludo CFR, on this occasion of your 64th birthday anniversary, may God continue to give you wisdom for greater exploits. “Ndi Anambra recognizes your performance in piloting…

If we think of all of the data stored looking like an iceberg, flash storage is everywhere you look above the iceberg’s surface — from our phones to our kitchen gadgets. It powers autonomous vehicles, undersea drones, remote surgery, and other incredible use cases. But flash storage doesn’t always stand alone. It has an important partner: hard disk drives (HDDs) that lurk massively beneath the surface. While flash storage may get the headlines, HDDs are the unsung heroes of the industry, storing the vast quantities of data in the cloud being generated and created by new and existing endpoints from…

A front line journalist and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Kings Communications Limited, Publishers of MMS Newspapers, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke has risen in defense of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN and her Acting Registrar, Mrs. Chinyere Cecilia Uromta who have been receiving backlash in the media in recent times over the inability of the Council to fulfill its statutory obligations including payment of staff salaries. Anaroke who spoke in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently, expressed worry over the consistency with which some high ranking members of the Association…

…Collects N312 billion in first six months of 2024 The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS with headquarters in Onne, Rivers State has intercepted seven (7) 40ft containers of illicit good in its anti-smuggling drive. The seven containers were found to contain 1,054,400 bottles of different cough syrup codeine (100ml); 9,100 pieces of Chilly Cutter; 2,175,000 tablets of Hyergra tablets (200mg) and 1,300,000 tablets of Really Extra Diclofenac Pain Relief tablets (50mg). The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Mohammed Babandede who gave the details of the seized containers put the Duty Paid Value, DPV of…

…Cites economic reasons …Urges government to engage the organizers As August 1 date for the planned nationwide protest approaches, the National President of the Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria, APFFLON, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite has lend his voice to the call on the organizers of the protest to call of the protest and embrace dialogue with the government. Ogunojemite who made his position on the planned nationwide protest known in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos yesterday said that the protest, rather than solving the problems, would aggravate the situation hence defeating the reason or…

A new report of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, has ranked Nigeria very high at 71 per cent, in comparative legal, policy and governance frameworks towards G5 – advanced state of readiness for digital transformation known as G5 with Germany, Finland and Singapore leading the global chart. In the report conducted by the ITU, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, FCDO and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and unveiled by Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani in Abuja on Monday, Nigeria was ranked among Africa’s top seven BEMECS 5G Readiness Index, which represents…

Former Sole Administrator of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Alhaji Abdulazeez Babatunde Mukaila has revealed his reasons and motivations for vying for a slot on the association’s Board of Trustees, BoT. Mukaila, in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday said he is driven by a desire to bring innovation and clarity to the roles of the Board in the association adding that he has the wealth of experience and a clear understanding of the organisation intricacies. “Our Board of Trustees has often overstepped its legally defined boundaries, encroaching on governance roles meant for the…