Author: Saint Augustine

…As Dakuku extols role of ship owners to maritime sector The recent moves by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003 through the New Cabotage Compliance Strategy (NCCS) has continued to receive commendation from Stakeholders. This is coming on the heels of the visit to the Agency by the Nigerian Ship owners Association (NISA) led by the Lagos State Coordinator, Captain Taiwo Akinpelumi who stated that the association is pleased with the direction NIMASA is heading towards the full realization of the Cabotage regime. He stated that NISA as a…

…As Bishop Ezeokafor urges politicians to shun politics of bitterness Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has reassured ndi Anambra that the November 18 Gubernatorial Election will hold as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Gov. Obiano gave the assurance today while addressing congregants at St Paul’s Catholic Church, Achala, Umuchu in Aguata local government area of Anambra State. The governor urged Ndị Anambra to get their voters card ready in preparation to vote without any form of fear. Earlier in his sermon, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor charged Christians to…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is to return to Nigeria today after his medical leave in a London hospital which saw him out of power for over 100 days. A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) and sighted by Primetime Reporters recalled that the President had left the country on May 7, 2017 after handing over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who had functioned as Acting President since then. President Buhari, according to the statement, is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7 a.m on…

The Lagos State Police Command has said that said that it has arrested two of its officers found to have been consistently involved in harassing innocent citizens under the bogus allegation that they are Yahoo Boys and will follow them to Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to extort money from them. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who made this disclosure at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday said that the two policemen were arrested two weeks ago and upon investigation, they were discovered to be more or less impersonators. According to him,”We have also looked into their…

…Retains Dr. Nkem Okeke as running mate Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State yesterday emerged the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship Candidate for the November 18, 2017 Governorship poll following part’s primary election held in Awka the State Capital. Governor Obiano who was the only contestant in APGA won the party’s gubernatorial ticket with 1, 070 ‘Yes’ votes against 11 ‘No’ votes and 11 invalid votes at the party primary held at Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka. The special congress had the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on hand to monitor the APGA primary…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a total of twenty-four (24) armed robbery suspects in different parts of the state in the last one month. Also, fifteen (15) suspected cultist were arrested by the command out of which were members of Aye confraternity who were arrested on the 8th of August, 2017 following a tip off. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who made this known in a press briefing in Lagos Monday said that while some of the armed robbery suspects were available at the venue of the briefing ti be paraded before newsmen, some of…

…To arraign 7 for attempt to kidnap The Police in Lagos have arrested 30 suspects alleged to have carried out jungle justice on suspected kidnappers in three different locations in Lagos and in the process attacked policemen deployed to the scene to stop the act, leaving them fatally wounded. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who disclosed this in a briefing in Lagos Monday said that the suspect would be arraigned in court on a two count charge of disturbing public peace and wounding police officers that had gone for the operation. Owoseni noted that…

Following the news reported in some media outlets suggesting that the Assemblies of God Church situated at Oguta Road in Onitsha, Anambra State, the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, Princess Nkiruka Nwode has confirmed that the incidence has nothing to do with Church attack. Nwode who spoke in Awka while reacting to the development said that the attack was on policemen who were on foot patrol along Oguta Road Onitsha. According to her, the attackers were hoodlums who disguised themselves as masquerades to dispossess innocent citizens of their belongings and in the process killed a police man…

…As Anambra Youths visits Church Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has reiterated the commitment of his administration to ensure that full investigation is carried out to arrest and prosecute everyone connected to the recent shooting at St. Phillips Catholic Church, Amakwa, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the State. The governor gave the assurance yesterday during the blessing and re-dedication of the Church by the Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev. Hillary Odili Okeke. Gov. Obiano who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu sympathized with families of the victims emphasizing that…

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni has called on the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), Operational Officers, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Rapid Response Squad as well as other Sectional Heads to evolve new operational strategies aimed at riding Lagos of criminals. Owoseni made this call in a lecture he organized for Area Commanders, DPOs, Operational Officers and other sectional Heads in Lagos. A Police source who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity disclosed that the CP during the lecture frowned at the level of corrupt practices amongst officers and the illegal…