Author: Saint Augustine

Youths from all the 326 political wards in Anambra State converged at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka yesterday to formally endorse Gov Willie Obiano of Anambra State for a second term in office pledging to buy the party’s nomination form for the governor if he agrees to run for re-election. The endorsement rally, coordinated by United Anambra Youths Assembly under the leadership of Comrade Chinedu Obidigwe, who doubles as Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano on Political Matters, had in attendance good representation of all youth and pro-Obiano support groups in the State vis a viz; Ebelechukwu Obiano Ladies…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that journalism is strategic to the growth and development of any nation. The DG stated this when he played host to members of the Lagos Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by the Chairman, Mr. Deji Elumoye at the Head Quarters of the Agency in Lagos. Highlighting the importance of information to the development of nations, Dr. Peterside averred that nations were built and destroyed by the way information was gathered, managed and disseminated. The NIMASA DG therefore charged the…

…To write off bad debts The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that it will aggressively pursue and ensure the payment of about $19 million of its money being owed it by Heritage Bank. The Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman who disclosed this at a luncheon with the media to mark her 100 days in office yesterday in Lagos also said that she had asked for the details of about N400 million of the agency’s money trapped in Aso Homes to enable the agency recover the money. Usman declared that the information at her disposal didn’t expressly…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has pledged support for the Presidential Amnesty Programme in ensuring proper rehabilitation and reintegration of the ex-agitators in the Niger Delta Region towards achieving a safe and secured maritime industry and the economy as a whole. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside who gave this assurance when the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd.) and his team paid a courtesy visit to the Head Office of the Agency in Lagos stated that NIMASA and the Amnesty…

The spate of commendations and endorsements trailing the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano whose administration is barely three years in office re-echoed Monday with endorsements of the governor for second term in office by men and women of four communities Ogidi, Oraukwu, Nkpor and Uke towns in Idemmili North Local Government Area. The endorsements of governor Obiano were garnered in the course of the on-going tour of 179 communities in the state by the wife of the governor, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano. Represented by wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oby Okeke on the Idemmili North leg of…

…says the people of Rivers South East have regained their voice The Rivers State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has congratulated Senator Magnus Abe on his victory at the just concluded legislative rerun elections. Dr. Peterside who is also the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) described the victory as pleasant and reassuring despite all odds erected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the expression of the will of the people of Rivers South  East Senatorial district. He said with that victory and…

Nigeria and other African countries now have access to receiving medical support through an Apple app called ‘Ada’. The custom-built Artificial Intelligence engine is developed by their team of medical doctors and scientists. Ada Health created this app to help individuals check their symptoms anytime, anywhere by asking simple questions without complicated medical language and it learns as the process goes on. Those that use the app can set up multiple profiles in order to manage the health of their family members as well. All the health information for each user is stored in one place: previous assessments, current and…

…To attract Governments’ attention to logistics and transport services  The 20th investiture ceremony of the National Council and induction of newly elected members of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria, took place on Saturday, 10th of December 2016 at the Colonades Hotel, Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. National President of CILT, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, FCILT, in his opening remarks, restated his commitment to the promises he made to members to earn their mandate among which is the final push to conclusion of the CILT charter bill, which is currently in the National Assembly. Another is capacity building…

Miss ANLCA, Greatestlove Uwadiale has emerged the winner of the first ever Face of Maritime International (FOMI) Beauty Pageant organized by Platform Reporters on Sunday in Lagos. Uwadiale beat nine other contestants to come top of the contest, carting away N500, 000 prize money. Whereas Miss NAGAFF, Ologunwa Oyinkansola clinched the 1st runner up with N300, 000 cash award, the 2nd runner up went to Miss NPA, Peace Michael who coasts home with the sum of N200, 000. Also, Miss NPA, Peace Michael won the FOMI Photogenic, Miss NSC, Cynthia Emmanuel secured the FOMI Catwalk and Poise whereas Miss NIMASA,…

The President General, National Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidators (NAFFAC), Mr. Chukwuka Ani Thomas Agubamah has decried the situation where the five registered freight forwarding associations were locked out of the beneficiaries of the proposed sharing formula for the yet to be collected Practitioners’ Operating Fee (POF) describing it as unfair. Agubamah who made his feeling known in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos said the decision to leave the association out of the sharing formula had turned the associations into professional beggars as they now had to appeal to the loyalty of their members for their…