Author: Saint Augustine

The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has expressed profound appreciation to the people of the State, friends, family and well-wishers for the role everyone played towards the successful burial of his mother, Mrs. Christiana Obiano. Governor Obiano’s appreciation came at the end of Thanksgiving Mass Sunday in honour of the late matriarch of the family at St. Joseph Memorial School field Aguleri. Speaking on behalf of his siblings, Chief Obiano said that they were overwhelmed by the support which came unsolicited and free to ensure a hitch-free event over a period of four days. Said he, “I have…

In compliance with the Presidential directive on the resumption of 24 hour port operations in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced a 24 hour turnaround time for analysing cargo manifests and issuing Debit Notes to Shipping Agents. This has been achieved by extending work hours for some staff of the agency in the Shipping Development Department. The agency’s offices are also open on weekends in order to accommodate shipping agents willing to do business. Shipping agents can therefore access the agency at these times with their manifests for further necessary action after which a…

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it has intercepted various contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety-Five Million, Six Hundred Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Four Naira, Ninety-Five Kobo (N1,295,600,724.95). The Unit’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Jerry Attah who disclosed this in a press release he issued in Lagos on Saturday also said that the unit through its interventions recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty-Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy-One Naira, Ninety Kobo (N1,286,730,671.90) from duty payments and demand notices on general…

…AfDB President to commission $700,000 building for youth Agripreneurs Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Monday speak on food security and Nigeria’s preparedness to diversify its economy using agriculture as a lever. Prof. Osinbajo leads others leaders from other African countries including former heads of states, global business moguls, and a throng of dignitaries in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on 24-29 July 2017 in Ibadan. He will be joined by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is also IITA Goodwill Ambassador. The…

The Lagos State Police Command has warned aspirants, political party executives and political party stakeholders against visiting the polling centres with Police escorts, Guards and private Guards during the Saturday’s local government elections in Lagos. According to a statement issued in Lagos by the command’s spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole,  the command warned that such aspirants/ VIP’s who failed to heed this instruction would be sanctioned and their escorts/guards arrested and made to face disciplinary actions. The statement further stated that on no account should anybody be seen disobeying this order as the Lagos State Police Command had made adequate provisions…

The Lagos state Police command has urged motorists going to the Lagos Island through the Alaka-Stadium/Surulere to take alternative route so as to get to their destination on time. The command’s Public Relations Officer,ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole made this know in a statement he issued in Lagos early this morning. According to the statement,”The Lagos State Police Command would like to inform the general public that as of 0100hrs of date, queue of tankers and trucks from Apapa Wharf Road is getting longer towards Alaka-Stadium/ Surulere Road. “This might not be unconnected with the ongoing Apapa Road rehabilitation work and the…

As the Lagos State Local Government elections scheduled to hold this Saturday inches closer, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr. Fatai Owoseni has urged the security agencies in the state not to allow themselves be used to truncate the process. Owoseni who made this appeal at one day training/seminar for all the security agencies that will participate in the electoral process held at the POWA secretariat at Ikeja on Wednesday reminded them that everyone was looking up to them to see what they were going to do and how they were going to do it. He said,”So, as the…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has listed what he termed game changers that will make ports on the African continent to be globally competitive to include investment in world class infrastructure, strengthen regulatory frameworks, enhance institutional cooperation, implementation of one-stop portals like the national single window and adequate investment in human capital. Peterside stated this while delivering a paper on the Significance of Maritime Regulations and Competitiveness of African Ports at the conference on Port Development, which took place in Accra Ghana. In his words “African Ports have fallen far…

The Lagos state Police Command has arrested a police officer who shot and killed a tank driver along Burma Road in Apapa area of the state on Wednesday. The Policeman was arrested alongside 18 suspected hoodlums who allegedly set a commercial bank ablaze. The command’s spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday said the command received a distress call from the Chief Security Officer, CSO of a new generation bank located in the area. According to Famous-Cole, the caller said hoodlums were trying to take laws into their hands by setting the bank ablaze following…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it will hold a non elective special national convention on August 12, 2017 at Abuja. This formed part of the resolutions taken by the Party at the end of its 74th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Tuesday at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wise Zone 5, Abuja. The non elective special national convention, the party said was to consider the tenure of the National Caretaker Committee which expires on the 16th of August, 2017 and other related matters. The Meeting which was well attended and presided over by the…