Author: Saint Augustine

Returning from the Yuletide break, the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has resumed his effort at accomplishing his administration’s vision of making Anambra State the first choice investment destination and a hub for industrialization and commercial activities with the recent attraction of an automobile assembly plant and a natural gas distribution plant to the state. The two investors are Richbon Nigeria Limited which plans to establish a $40m vehicle assembly plant in the state and Falcon Corporation Limited which intends to set up a natural gas distribution project valued at $100m that will pipe natural gas to the…

…Wants training for Officers The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association has given the Federal Government a pat on the back over its effort to reduce the incidences of piracy and sea robbery on the nation’s waterways in the year 2014. The National President of the association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who made this known in a chat with newsmen in Lagos stated that cases of piracy attacks on the Nigerian waterways was on the decline compared to what it used to be in the last four years that preceded 2014. Alalade who was full of praise…

Barr. Valentino Buoro is the associate Convenor, Standing Conference for Mediation Advocates (SCMA). In this interview with our correspondent bares his mind on the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) with emphasis on Mediation. Excerpts: How is mediation different from Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) In the conventional way of going to court, when you have an issue, you go to a lawyer, tell the lawyer the story and then the lawyer prepares your case and goes to court on your behalf. In the court of law, the lawyer speaks for you; the only opportunity you have to speak is when you have…

…A Special Broadcast by Gov Willie Obiano Being a full text of a special broadcast by the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano, on the need to maintain the peace in the State during the general elections holding in February, 2015. Fellow citizens, it has become necessary to address you on the coming general elections. Since the past four years, we have all patiently waited for this moment. Now that it has finally come, we must handle it with care. Ndi Anambra, as we begin the countdown to the coming elections; we must all remember to abide…

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has raised an alarm over the worrisome incident of the emergence of multiple aspirants parading themselves as candidates vying for the same position on one political platform, warning that security agents in the state were fully ready to pick up anyone who violates the electoral laws. In a Special Broadcast on the coming elections entitled – An Appeal for Peaceful Elections in Anambra State, Governor Obiano expressed concerns that some political aspirants who had not been cleared by INEC are still campaigning and parading themselves as candidates of different political parties. He…

By Elo Aforka It has become urgent to disburse the mind of coterie of disgruntled elements who from the sidelines of events, especially men of the vestiges of the past administration, have continuously wished and prayed for the crumbling of the present government in Anambra State, but little did they know that the present administration is not only formidable in earthly foundation, her mission is in line with the eternal mission of things even of all things that there are. Let me say it ones and for all: Willie’s administration is in line with the spirit of the time. There…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is to go into strategic partnership with the AP Muller Terminal (APMT) towards entrenching better ports operations for the enhancement of international trade in the country. This was the outcome of a facility tour of the Terminal in Apapa by a delegation of NAGAFF led by the Founder, Dr. Boniface O. Aniebonam. Speaking during the meeting which trailed the facility tour, Dr. Aniebonam informed the APMT management that NAGAFF came on the visit as part of the association’s agenda to establish corporate relationship with other major stakeholders in the sector. The…

The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has advocated for the automation of the various terminals in the nation’s seaports to guarantee a stress free clearing process. The Vice President of the association, Chief Kris Keme who stated this while contributing at the stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday said that effort should be made towards management of AP Moller Terminal to automate its gate as well as the process of issuing the Terminal Delivery Order (TDO). Keme also called for the establishment of a truck terminal capable of warehousing about…

The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has called on the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Apapa Area Command, Comptroller Charles Edike to identify and flush out of the command those officers who had been redeployed to other commands but refused to go to their new posts. The Chairman, NCMDLCA Apapa Chapter, Alhaji Tanko Ibrahim who made this appeal at a stakeholder’s meeting held at Apapa Lagos on Wednesday also want the retired officers of the service who are still working at the command to be identified and brought to book. Ibrahim wondered what would make…

The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Apapa Area Command, Comptroller Eporwei Charles Edike has emphasized on the need for both the Customs officers and the terminal operators to make national security their priority while carrying out their duties in the nation’s ports. Edike who made this observation at a stakeholders’ meeting organized by the command to appraise the performance of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) in the last one year at Apapa Lagos on Wednesday stated that this should be so because any lapse on the part of the officers on duty would spell doom for the entire nation. He reminded…