Author: Saint Augustine

The Nigerian Ports Authority has said that it would not allow any government agency that had not been provided with office spaces to operate inside the port. The Port Manager of the Tincan Island Ports Complex (TCIP) Lagos, Mr. Babatunde Longe who made this known while playing host to Women in Logistics and Transport (WILAT) in his office in Lagos recently said that the authority had provided office accommodations to those agencies that were permitted by the government to operate at the ports. According to him,” we have not provided space for anyone that was not supposed to be at…

The Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that the high incidences of oil theft recorded in the country in the past years was significantly reducing by the day. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi who disclosed this in Lagos on Sunday however admitted that the reduction was not because of the efforts of NIMASA alone but because of its collaboration with other security agencies in the country amongst which are the Nigerian Navy, the Air Force and the Nigeria Police. “Awareness on oil theft is rising that virtually in this administration, any person you meet in…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi has assured that work on the permanent site of the Nigerian Maritime University would be completed before the exit of his administration. Akpobolokemi who was fielding questions from Journalists on Sunday in Lagos stated that the agency had acquired a temporary site for the University to take off even as he said that there were other requirements that were being fulfilled which NIMASA was processing. He further revealed that the dockyard which the agency was building was at different stages as the sand filing of…

President Goodluck Jonathan has cleared the air surrounding his controversial agreement that he would serve just one term if he was voted into power in 2011 saying that he was quoted out of context in a statement he made in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Jonathan who spoke at an interactive session with the Islamic Clerics at the State House, Marina, Lagos also said that a recorded tape where former President Olusegun Obasanjo made this statement on his behalf at an event where the President and his wife, Dame Patience, were present as being aired on television stations in the country ahead…

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it was treasonable for anybody to insinuate the possibility of an interim government describing the idea as unconstitutional. Jonathan who stated this in a goodwill message at the opening of the Plenary Session of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Abuja on Sunday observed that he was convinced that Nigeria would remain stable. The president said that at the risk of being accused of campaigning in a church, that he must give clarification to the worrying issue of interim government. According to the President,“Interim government is not known to the Nigerian constitution,…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC) a 72 hours ultimatum to retract its statement and offer an apology to it or face legal action. Addressing newsmen in a press conference in Lagos on Sunday, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolkemi described the statement by APC describing the agency as the President’s ATM as well as the sponsors of hate campaigns against the APC Presidential candidate as false and malicious. Akpobolokemi reminded the APC that the agency was not a political party rather a responsible government agency trying its best…

…Warns of dire consequences The Initiative for Change Organization (ICO), a civil society and democracy watch group has alerted the general public of a highly organized and well-funded campaign being sponsored against the person of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, by some disgruntled politicians in the Anambra State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP). In a Press Statement issued at the weekend the group claimed that it had uncovered a massive smear campaign worth N100m sponsored by some PDP elements in the state to discredit all the great achievements of Governor Willie Obiano and incite the…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has attributed the recent allegation of non remittance of over $20 billion to nation’s treasury by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to lack of good Corporate Governance structure. Chukwu who was reacting to the audit report on NNPC as submitted recently by the Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) to President Goodluck Jonathan however called for a reform of the corporation so as to enable it be in tune with modern realities While admitting that he didn’t know if nothing was missing completely or not, he pointed…

Following rumours in some quarters over the possible further devaluation of the Nigerian currency by the apex bank, the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN), the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has said that the further devaluation of Naira was inevitable. Speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos, Chukwu said that owing to the inability of the CBN to sustain the defense of the nation’s currency, it would have to devalue the Naira so as to protect the economy. According to him,” if you look at the foreign reserve, the foreign…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba has warned policemen against embarking on any strike over alleged unpaid salaries. In a statement in Abuja, Abba said the leadership of the Nigeria Police was mindful of its responsibility towards staff welfare and was appalled by an alleged threat by police officers to go on strike. The statement reads in part:” the attention of Police High Command has been drawn to a media publication captioned “Policemen threaten strike over unpaid salaries”. At the outset, it is pertinent to state that the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force is mindful of its…