Author: Saint Augustine

The decision of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to adopt President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the party’s candidate in the February 14, 2015 Presidential election, yesterday received a boost from the unanimous decision of traders in the South east geopolitical zone to adopt President Jonathan as their own candidate in the coming presidential election. The traders who came together under the aegis of the South-East Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATA) also resolved to adopt all the candidates standing election on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) as their candidates in the coming general elections. In a…

In its bid to boost efforts at ensuring that wastes generated by vessels at the nation’s seaports do not litter the Nations water ways, the Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commissioned five gabage trucks at Tin Can Island Port on Thursday. The trucks were procured by African Circles under a joint venture arrangement between the company and the Authority. The acquisition of the trucks is in compliance with the provisions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) code on Marine Pollution which NPA is a signatory. Speaking shortly before the commissioning, the Executive Director, Marine and Operations of the…

By Ifeanyi Afuba At the end of the Nigeria – Biafra war, folks on the eastern divide greeted each other with the prayer – salutation, ‘happy survival!’ It was a natural impulse that surged on meeting with a relative, friend or associate whose fate in the harrowing events had remained unknown to you. The  scary signatures of the conflict were everywhere; intruding into your psyche even if you wanted to avoid them – malnourishment all around, blown up bridges,  buildings pock marked with bullet holes,  abandoned artillery pieces and cases of spent cartridges,  queues for essential commodities and so on. It was merciful providence…

As part of its efforts towards empowering women in Nigeria, Procter & Gamble (P&G) Nigeria, a leading consumer goods manufacturing company, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Nigerian Government on advancing the cause of the Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria (G-Win) initiative in the country. In the partnership, which was sealed at a ceremony held at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja yesterday, P&G Nigeria will provide training resources, in the form of facilities and personnel, for G-Win to train the selected candidates. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, and…

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have again bemoaned incessant alerts that trail cargo clearance in the Nigerian Seaports describing it as a clog in the wheel of progress in the business of shipping in Nigeria. The stakeholders made their feelings known at a one day stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service at Apapa Lagos on Wednesday to appraise the performance of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) which clocked one year on December 1, 2014. The meeting which was well attended had the Freight Forwarders, terminal operators, government agencies including the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),…

BEING AN ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR WILLIE OBIANO ON THE OCCASION OF THE SYMBOLIC MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR NDIGBO THAT PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR NATIONAL UNITY, JANUARY 12, 2015 Protocol Ndi Anambra ekenem unu! Nke onye chilli ya zelu o! My brothers and sisters, today is a great day in our collective memory. Today, we begin the symbolic effort of casting a long look backwards, beyond the immediate horizon of our national experience, to honour the memories of our loved ones who lost their lives to the various dark chapters of our national history.…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief  Willie Obiano, has urged the international business  community and Nigerians in the Diaspora who wish to invest in the state to take advantage of the one stop agency, the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) to make such investments without the rigmarole of dealing with multiple, incoherent agencies and offices. He made the comments while speaking as the special guest of honour at the USAfrica Interactive Forum at the weekend in Houston, Texas, where he received the award of ’Nigeria’s Governor of the Year’ 2014. The former banker and auditor also listed…

By Ikenna Chukwuemeka Chief Victor Umeh is no stranger to the politics of Anambra state and Nigeria in general; over the years, he has demonstrated a brilliant ability to stand firm in the rescue of the Igbo nation from the hands of political jobbers and misfits whose major interest in politics is the acquisition of lucre while offering poor representation. As we get set for the forthcoming general election, the people of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone are once again faced with the daunting option of electing a man of strong moral and political fibre to be their voice at the…

By Stephen Chibuzor My glean with a grin in the green land Here I land with bands of glee Blessed and prosperous; not cursed, not boisterous Land that forgather the peaceful and grateful And many more full to fulfil morality What a great green formality this country holds A lot fallacies that she might grow old and fold But prophesy says: she shall stand firm and bold This land, occupied by great potentials Protected by the creator from initial Oh, what green love I have for my country Nigeria Ebola and malaria brought bacteria But we defend her with green…

By Stephen Chibuzor Chai, what stupid mania! Smoking their words like panla, Election at the corner, I wonder, What they do is to sweet-talk And if eventually they get on the seat, Renege is all they do to please their pockets. I could remember an election candidate prolix, “That his opposition party would carry out civil disobedience” It sounded so stupidly sweet to his ears and theirs. Frankly, he is a propagandist And to propagate is his hobby. His words are schlock to me, But if divine, let it be. Bloods on their hands but innocent they seem.…