Author: Saint Augustine

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…

For the residents of Ojuelegba, a bustling community in Lagos, 2015 Valentine day celebration was definitely one that they would not forget in a hurry as the Spirit of Lagos, a Movement committed to restoring the lost glories of Lagos stormed the area with the sensational and wonder kid artiste, OzzyBosco as part of its just concluded Do The Right Thing road tour. The residents, who gathered at the cross-road under the bridge venue of the road show, could not resist the dancing steps and the sonorous songs from the kid artiste who was also an Ambassador of the Lagos…

…To establish Freight Forwarders’ Group Insurance Scheme The uncertainty surrounding the constitution of the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria (CRFFN) may soon be over as the election into the Council have been slated to take place in the second quarter of this year. It will be recalled that CRFFN which is the regulatory agency for all the freight forwarding practitioners in the country had been without a governing council since the expiration of the tenure of the first governing council in 2012 leaving the running of the Council to the Registrar and…

In furtherance of the Obiano administration’s determination to rid the State of filth, Anambra State and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly set up a Compost and Recycling Plant for the treatment of household waste and other plastic materials which are converted into organic manure and useful materials that will ultimately create viable options for waste to wealth ventures in the state. The Composite recycling plant which was commissioned early in the week by the Anambra State governor Chief Willie Obiano was initiated in 2011 following the selection of Anambra and Kano States for the pilot study but it…

The wife of the governor of Anambra State Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has extended her condolences to the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan on the death of some wives and daughters of Bayelsa State who lost their lives in an auto crash while returning from a courtesy visit to her on last weekend. Speaking on receipt of the news, Chief Mrs. Obiano said that she felt greatly saddened that the First Lady, her household and the good people of Bayelsa were struck by such tragic loss at this period when Nigeria needs her best…

The National Executive Director, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ndibe has identified the need to take care of all vested interests in the transport sector of the economy as the reason for the delay in securing the approval of the Federal Executive Council for the draft National Transport Policy bill before transmission to the National Assembly for necessary action. Recall that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week at its Weekly meeting in Abuja granted approval for some Executive bills including the National Transport Policy bill 2015 to be transmitted to the National Assembly for enactment…

Regardless of the shift in the original date scheduled for this year’s Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX), the NIMAREX 2015 Planning Committee has said that preparation was on top gear to make this year’s edition a huge success. The Secretary, NIMAREX 2015 Planning Committee, Barr. Osuala Emmanuel Nwagbara who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Primetime Reporters at the NIMAREX Secretariat in Lagos on Thursday also said that many companies both within and outside the country had indicated their preparedness to attend this year’s event. Nwagbara who stated that in accordance with the tradition of NIMAREX, the Committee was looking…

Over 15,000 police officers have threatened to either go on strike or disrupt the March 28 and April 11 general elections over their unpaid salaries. The aggrieved officers were those promoted from the rank of sergeant to the rank of Inspector and those promoted from the rank of Inspector to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, in December 2013. The policemen claimed that they were promoted since December 2013, but that the police authorities had refused to pay them their new salaries. They said that after waiting for the police authorities for over a year, they were surprised…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has denied media reports alleging that the beneficiaries of the Nigeria Seafarers’ Development Programme (NSDP) in the Philippines under its sponsorship have been ejected from their various schools over the inability of the agency to pay their school fees. In a statement released in Lagos on Tuesday by the Deputy Director Public Relations of NIMASA, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, a copy of which was made available to Primetime Reporters stated that “nothing can be further from the truth than this assertion”. According to the statement, “to put the records straight, the school fees…

In line with his government’s programme for the development of major cities and adjoining neighborhoods, the Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano last Friday told residents of Okpoko, a sprawling and densely populated suburb near Upper Iweka Onitsha but in Ogbaru Local government Area, that the state will pursue the gradual transformation of the area into a clean, safe community with modern amenities. Governor Obiano made the pledge during the flag-off of 4.1 kilometre Ogbuagu-Mgbuka-Amazu-Onitsha-Owerri dual carriage road which cuts through the Okpoko community. Governor Obiano said that contract for the road awarded at the cost of N1.6nb includes the…