Author: Saint Augustine

Lagos Lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has berated the secret declaration of assets by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, saying the declaration was contrary to their solemn promises that they made openly and willingly to Nigerians, in the course of their campaigns. The lawyer, in a statement issued on Sunday said “it is indeed unfortunate and too early for Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, to be turning against the solemn promises he made to Nigerians”. He argued that it is not enough for the president to declare his asset with the Code of Conduct Bureau, but to further make the content…

Six top officials of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 16 other workers of commercial banks in the country have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a mega scam involving N8 billion. The suspects were picked up by operatives of the anti-graft agency for stealing and putting into circulation defaced and mutilated Nigerian currency notes to the tune of N8 billion meant for destruction. All the suspects have already been taken into EFCC custody preparatory to their arraignment at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, tomorrow. The trial will run till June 4 in a bid…

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Nigeria (CILT) has argued that not all the states in the federation would have the population to support the investment in the light rail projects. The National Director of CILT Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe who made this known while speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos was reacting to call by the former President Goodluck Jonathan to the states of the federation to embark on investment in the light rail project so as to give boost to transportation of goods and people within the country. Ndibe however stated that states that…

A financial analyst, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has given kudos to the administration of the former President Goodluck Jonathan saying that his government had tried to broaden the economy. Chukwu while admitting that the performance of any government was contextual, noted that until recently when the oil price crashed, the government was able to maintain relatively strong and stable macro-economic environment. He said,” Well, you know that the performance of any government is contextual in the sense that you have to look at the way it is operating. If you look at, I think until recently, when the oil price crashed,…

Contrary to calls in some quarters that the present administration should not appoint a World Bank or International Monetary Fund (IMF) groomed personnel to man the Ministries of Finance and National Planning, the Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has faulted the calls describing it as stereotyping. Chukwu who made this known while speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos stated that whether or not the would be Ministers of Finance and National Planning are homegrown or IMF/World Bank grown should not be a yardstick for measuring the performance of any administrator rather the persons’…

The Chapter Chairman of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Tincan Island Chapter, Chief Augustine Azubike Ekweozor has as a matter of urgency ordered its members to boycott and disassociate themselves from the joint strike action which will lead to shutting down business activities at Tincan Island Container Terminal (TICT). Ekweozor who made this known in a press release he issued in Lagos last Thursday following a directive from the NAGAFF National Headquarters stated that,” The planned strike action which is proposed to commence on Monday, 1st June 2015, is being hatched by our sister association in order to disrupt business at one…

Nze Aloy Igwe is the Chairman of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos Chapter. In this interview with our correspondent, he bared his mind on the recent boycott order issued by his association as well as some other associations to their members against the National Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) terminal, the challenges of the Aviation industry in Nigeria and his expectation of the new government of President Muhammadu Buhari among others. Excerpt; Recently Sir, the story that emanated from the Airport particularly from the National Aviation handling Company (NAHCO) terminal was not too…

Procter & Gamble’s anti-bacterial soap, Safeguard says its partnership with the popular children-centric TV series, Nnenna and Friends by Wale Adenuga Productions, to host Nigerian children to a fun-filled and educational celebration was driven by its passion to promote the health status of the children of Nigeria. The partnership which saw the attendance of over 7,000 children from various parts of Lagos State was part of the company’s efforts to mark this year’s Children’s Day held on May 27. Tolulope Pogoson, Safeguard’s Brand Manager, said P&G was excited to sponsor the Nnenna and Friends Children’s Day celebration because it is…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has petitioned the Honourable Minister of Transport debunking what it called the subtle attempt by those it called rabble rousers to portray the association as being confrontational to his office. In a letter addressed to the Honourable Minister of Transport titled,”Re: Communiqué of Concerned Accredited Freight Forwarding Associations (CAFFA)” and copied the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari and twelve others, the National Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Emmanuel Ogu Oparah noted that the association was constrained to respond to series of verbal and written attacks on ANLCA by persons he said…

The Concerned Accredited Freight Forwarding Associations (CAFFA) has attributed the opposition of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) to the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees (POF) by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN)to the invalidation of the contract terms between the first Governing Council of CRFFN dominated by ANLCA and S.W. Global. In a statement signed by the National Presidents of the four associations that made up the CAFFA namely; Fwdr. Eugene Nweke of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Fwdr. Festus Ejiofor of the National Council of Managing…