Author: Saint Augustine

President Goodluck Jonathan has cleared the air surrounding his controversial agreement that he would serve just one term if he was voted into power in 2011 saying that he was quoted out of context in a statement he made in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Jonathan who spoke at an interactive session with the Islamic Clerics at the State House, Marina, Lagos also said that a recorded tape where former President Olusegun Obasanjo made this statement on his behalf at an event where the President and his wife, Dame Patience, were present as being aired on television stations in the country ahead…

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it was treasonable for anybody to insinuate the possibility of an interim government describing the idea as unconstitutional. Jonathan who stated this in a goodwill message at the opening of the Plenary Session of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Abuja on Sunday observed that he was convinced that Nigeria would remain stable. The president said that at the risk of being accused of campaigning in a church, that he must give clarification to the worrying issue of interim government. According to the President,“Interim government is not known to the Nigerian constitution,…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC) a 72 hours ultimatum to retract its statement and offer an apology to it or face legal action. Addressing newsmen in a press conference in Lagos on Sunday, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolkemi described the statement by APC describing the agency as the President’s ATM as well as the sponsors of hate campaigns against the APC Presidential candidate as false and malicious. Akpobolokemi reminded the APC that the agency was not a political party rather a responsible government agency trying its best…

…Warns of dire consequences The Initiative for Change Organization (ICO), a civil society and democracy watch group has alerted the general public of a highly organized and well-funded campaign being sponsored against the person of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, by some disgruntled politicians in the Anambra State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP). In a Press Statement issued at the weekend the group claimed that it had uncovered a massive smear campaign worth N100m sponsored by some PDP elements in the state to discredit all the great achievements of Governor Willie Obiano and incite the…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has attributed the recent allegation of non remittance of over $20 billion to nation’s treasury by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to lack of good Corporate Governance structure. Chukwu who was reacting to the audit report on NNPC as submitted recently by the Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) to President Goodluck Jonathan however called for a reform of the corporation so as to enable it be in tune with modern realities While admitting that he didn’t know if nothing was missing completely or not, he pointed…

Following rumours in some quarters over the possible further devaluation of the Nigerian currency by the apex bank, the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN), the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has said that the further devaluation of Naira was inevitable. Speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos, Chukwu said that owing to the inability of the CBN to sustain the defense of the nation’s currency, it would have to devalue the Naira so as to protect the economy. According to him,” if you look at the foreign reserve, the foreign…

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…