Author: Saint Augustine

The Managing Director, Gold Link Investment Services Limited, Sir Tony Anakebe has frowned at the indiscriminate defecation around all the ports facilities in the Western Zone describing it as a major health problem which is capable of sparking off an epidemic. Speaking with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently, Sir Anakebe said that efforts should be geared toward getting the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as well as the Port Health to take proactive measure towards arresting the trend which he said was assuming a disturbing proportion. According to him,” with these trucks littering around from Mile 2 to Apapa, if you…

The Lilypond Terminal Ijora Chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) now has a new chairman. He is Mr.Olabanji Olufemi of FEMAT International Services Nigeria Limite. In an election conducted at the National secretariat of ANLCA on Tuesday, Mr. Olabanji polled all the 7 valid votes to emerge victorious. He replaces Prince Anslem C. Njemanze who had been acting Chairman of the chapter for more than 2 years. Accreditation of voters commenced at 11.52 am and closed at 11.56am as 7 out of 8 potential voters were accredited. The Chairman of the Association Electoral Commission (ASECO), Alhaji…

President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect. “President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Acting Inspector-General of Police, also with immediate effect,” says Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) Reuben Abati in a statement issued in Abuja today. Until his appointment as Mr. Abba’s replacement, Mr. Arase was the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Law, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Political Science and Strategic Studies.…

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Senator Uche Chukwumerije. Senator Ekweremadu while reacting to the passing on of the ranking Senator who died in Abuja on Sunday, described him as a fearless politician who fought for the interest of the common man and his people. . He also described him as “a patriot who gave his best towards the peace, unity, and development of Nigeria”. The Statement read in part: “I am most saddened by the news of the passing on of Distinguished Senator Chukwumerije. It is the…

Nigeria will be able to provide about 50 per cent of seafarers needed in Africa by 2020, the Director of Administration and Personnel, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Felix Bobnabena has said. According to the global maritime watchdog, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), seafarers are in high demand across the globe. This is due to the widening gap in age between the current seafarers and the upcoming ones worldwide. According to the United Nations (UN) specialised agency, the shipping world is in dire need of seafarers. This has prompted many member nations of IMO to step up efforts…

For two weeks now, business activities at the biggest terminal in Nigeria, AP Moller Terminal (APMT) Apapa has been slowed down just as agents showed their frustrations as they could not transact their usual businesses with the terminal as a result of system downtime. A visit at the terminal on Monday revealed a large number of agents waiting endlessly to be attended to by the officials of the terminal who seemed helpless in the whole situation. Even the manual option adopted by the management of the terminal to enable it serve its teeming clients seemed not be helping as there…

A reply to Uzodike’s first Public Complaints about his Dismissal from Office Joe Martins Uzodike better known as Buzuzu in his student days at CKC Onitsha, found his voice a few days ago for the first time since his inglorious dismissal as Political Adviser to Governor Willlie Obiano in January 2015. It was not to offer explanations for the stigma of being removed from office after just ten months of his appointment; an appointment that had seen him demoted from the previous cabinet rank of Commissioner to that of Adviser. No, Mr. Uzodike’s recent media outing was in defence of…

By Ejim Ofor I am very surprised that this issue is raging! For Christ sake, Anambra state accounts were published when Peter Obi handed over and nearly ALL the 75b were invested in shares and stocks! All the companies where investments were made were listed for all to see. If Peter said he left 75b, he couldn’t have said CASH or he’ll be shooting himself in the leg. Obiano came in and saw peanuts left with the banks. That’s why he conducted an audit of State income and found out that Peter had left him absolutely nothing to work with.…

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano paid tribute Monday to the departed Senator Uche Chukwumerije, saying he was a presidential material that could have been harnessed but for the age factor. Obiano however said the Abia State born political leader acquitted himself creditably at the Senate where he served for three terms, describing him as a first class senator. Governor Obiano said the death of Chukwumerije at this time would deny the country of his reservoir of statesmanship. “His was a life of public service. He was preoccupied with the fate of his nation and worked tirelessly to see it…

By Mokwugo Okolo Joe-Martins Uzodike and Valentine Obienyem are two of a kind. They are similar, yet different. One is a stripling and the other a full grown man, maybe at the wrong side of fifty. Both are lawyers, but did not get to their present position, plying the litigation trade. As a matter of fact, they make up the number of unwieldy lawyers who may never see any court room till the end of time. Both of them worked in Peter Obi’s government in different capacities as information managers. Neither was exceptional in that work. Their achievement, at best,…