Author: Saint Augustine

As preparation for the 2015 Presidential election is gearing up, the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) has thrown its door open to all the Presidential Candidates to approach it for support in the 2015 presidential election. It will be recalled that NNPP, a fortnight ago announced during the flag off of the Gubernatorial campaign for the governorship candidate of the party in Lagos declared that it was still studying the various presidential candidates with a view to choosing whom to support adding that it would make its position known a week or two before the presidential poll. But in a…

The Chairman, Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alhaji Isiaka Olalere has called on the Federal government to ensure speedy completion of the ongoing truck terminal at the Tincan Island Ports in Lagos. Alhaji Isiaka who disclosed this in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos stated that the truck terminal when completed would be a big relief to the truckers as it would reduce the indiscriminate parking of trucks along the roads leading to the ports. While stating that about 75 percent of the project had been executed leaving about 25 percent to be done, he however noted…

Truckers operating at the nation’s seaport have described the freight charges with which they operated last year and in the previous years as too bad expressing their hope for an improved freight rates this year. Speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos, the Chairman, Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alhaji Isiaka Olalere stated that the condition with which the truckers operate in the industry was nothing to write home about. Olalere regretted a situation where a truck would embark on a trip and at the end of the trip, the said truck owner or the driver…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have warned the Nigerian shippers and shipping agents not to patronize any ship with foreign guards on board. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi who disclosed this at the 1st Shippers’ Day Celebration in Lagos on Friday with the theme,” Working Towards A New Port Order: Journey So Far”, revealed that anyone who did patronize such ship would have the discharge of such ship delayed until the government takes position on the ship. Represented by the Director Shipping Development of the agency, Capt. W. Enisuoh, Akpobolokemi mentioned insecurity in…

The Minister of National Planning Commission, Dr Abubakar Olanrewaju has said that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has performed effectively and efficiently in the discharge of its statutory responsibility within the present concession regime. He reiterated the Federal Government resolve to diversify the economy through the tapping of the enormous maritime potentials of the nation as an alternative source of revenue. Dr Olanrewaju was speaking in Lagos after a familiarization tour of the Ports in the Western Zone, under the NPA. According to the minister, “with the challenges facing the oil sector we must start to look for alternative means…

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF), in partnership with CNBC Africa, Forbes Africa and BusinessDay, will host the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the two frontline political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to live debates to present their proposed agenda to the electorate. The debates tagged “2015 Presidential Election Debates”, shall feature Architect Namadi Sambo, PDP’s Vice Presidential candidate and his APC counterpart, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN in the first leg of the debate, while the second leg of the debate shall feature Dr Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR and Major General (Rtd) Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, the…

The APGA gubernatorial candidate in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku has been described as Nasarawa’s brightest hope for focused and purposeful governance in the coming elections. Receiving Mr. Maku at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, the Governor of Anambra State who is also the National Chairman of the Board of Trustees of APGA described Maku as a great patriot who had served Nigeria meritoriously in his past capacity as the Minister of Information and someone whose innate leadership abilities should be of great benefit to the people of Nasarawa State. According to governor Obiano, Maku’s excellent pedigree marked him out as…

Women groups across five Local Government Areas in Anambra State including Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Idemili North and Idemili South LGAs on Tuesday pledged total support for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the February 2015 elections. The endorsements were made in response to the call by the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano as she embarked on a tour of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state to galvanize women in a bid to ensure total victory for the APGA candidates. Speaking during the first leg of the campaigns where she got…

…To collaborate on large scale rice, fish farming, others For Ndi Anambra at home and in the Diaspora and friends of Anambra State, last week will go down in history as the turning point in the journey to return the state to the path of greatness. It was the week when the leading lights of the business community of Thailand relocated to Anambra State to explore the vast business potentials of the state and tie a number of agreements that will leapfrog Anambra into a commanding position in the nation’s economy. After five exciting days of tours and presentations in…

The Executive Director of Media Ethics and Rights Initiative, Prince Ezekiel Amanambu has commended the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and the Anambra State House of Assembly for the bold initiative to pass the Breaches of Peace and Unlawful Assemblies Prohibition Law 2015 which prohibits engagement in unlawful assemblies and campaigns in such a manner as to cause public disorder and breach of peace in Anambra State. Prince Amanambu was speaking to newsmen in Awka over the recently as part of the nation-wide efforts to ensure conduct of peaceful elections in February 2015. Prince Amanambu, a Lawyer and Rights…