Author: Saint Augustine

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has called on National Assembly to be decisive in reforming the Electoral Act and reviewing the Constitution. Jega made the call at a Dinner organised for him by the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and some civil society organisations in Abuja on Friday night. “Electoral reform has just began, a lot more efforts needs to be done. The Justice Muhammed Uwais panel has a lot of good recommendations which are yet to be taken on board and implemented. “I think between now and 2019, there is sufficient…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has assured the Nigerian trading public that the basis for calculating duty payment in Nigeria remained the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF). Speaking at a Public forum in Lagos, an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Anthony Ayalogu pointed out that the CIF which had been the basis of calculating duty in the country was still in force and had not changed advising that people should not misconstrue the implementation to mean a change in the terms of trade. Also reacting to a question on whether or not the implementation of the ECOWAS CET would lead…

A member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Mr. Felix Kwakye has said that the import Adjustment Tax (IAT) currently provided for in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) was not an opportunity for member countries to do whatever they like. Kwakye who was fielding questions from the participants at a forum in Lagos however stated that the IAT was fashioned to help most of the countries that would have to make economic adjustments over a 5 year period so that by 2020, as agreed by ECOWAS member countries, all of them would have to embrace…

The Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has said that the proposed N5, 000 payments to the poorest Nigerians promised by President Muhammadu Buhari during his electioneering campaign is a difficult but not an impossible task. Chukwu who made this known in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos stated that the president could define the criteria as well as use that to select those to benefit from that social safety net even as he wondered whether or not the criteria to be selected by the President would be fair. He reiterated that if President Buhari should…

The Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has come out to give reasons as to why the President is yet to make appointments after over a month in office. Speaking after an exclusive chat with President Buhari, Shehu revealed that the president had not made any appointments for several reasons. He availed that President Buhari was focused on the campaign against terror and corruption and would not be making any appointments until both issues had been satisfactorily tackled. His words: “It is about security. That is his number one campaign agenda and he…

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki has explained to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun that his letter on the position of the party with regard to the election of Principal Officers of the Senate was belated, just as he admitted that his hands were tied. In a reply to Oyegun’s letter, Senate President Saraki noted that the party’s letter came after the APC Zonal Caucuses had taken their decision to nominate candidates as Principal Officers in the Senate. In the letter dated 25/6/15 with reference number NASS/ 8/SP/ APC/01/6/15 and obtained…

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Aihaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero has directed that immediate temporary rehabilitation works should commence on the deplorable road network linking Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports. The Managing Director gave this directive when receiving the members of Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) who paid him a courtesy visit recently at the Nigerian Port Authority’s Corporate Headquarters, Marina, Lagos. Aihaji Sanusi Lamido who was reacting to updates made by the General Manager, Western Port, Chief M.K Ajayi on the adverse effect of the road on the economic activities at the Ports in Lagos directed…

The Chairman, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Tincan Island Chapter, Alhaji Isiaka Olalere has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to focus his attention towards the ongoing reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway so as to reduce the problems encountered daily by transporters and commuters alike on the road daily. Olalere who made this call in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos also called on the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero to rise up to the demands of his office and find ways of arresting the perennial gridlock that had…

…As Block says he’s not evading arrest The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero has denied his alleged arrest by the Police over the letter which was allegedly written from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) stopping the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). A freight forwarder who did not want his name in print had on Tuesday told newsmen that Mr. Amiwero had been arrested on Sunday and taken to the Police Headquarters…

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has advised the federal lawmakers and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to put their house in order in the interest of the nation. Martins said this in a statement in Lagos on Friday, in reaction to the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly. A copy of the statement was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. The archbishop said the interest and well-being of Nigerians should, as a matter of priority, take precedence over those of the party and its members. “The leadership of the All Progressives…