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…Says it is a religion that ‘destroys lives’ A schoolgirl who left the Jehovah’s Witnesses after learning of its alleged failure to protect vulnerable women has blasted the organisation in a powerful speech to her classmates. Holding back tears, she recalled her personal experiences as a member of the church and how she was taught everyone outside the religion, including her father, would be sent to Armageddon. According to UK Independent Newspaper, She also highlighted women’s lowly position in the hierarchy of the organisation and how they are viewed as inferior to men. “They cannot teach men. They cannot even…

Chief Edozie Njoku and Matthew Ombugaku, chieftains of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have protested against the procedure adopted by the party to elect its new national leaders. APGA on June 6, held a National Convention in Awka and elected new leaders to take over from Chief Victor Umeh-led executive. The election, which was by voice vote to confirm the single candidates cleared for each position, produced Chief Ikechukwu Oye as Chairman and Mr Labaran Maku as Secretary, among others. The politicians who briefed newsmen in Awka on Sunday, however, expressed their discontentment with the sudden zoning arrangement. Njoku said…

The call by the Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Lagos Area, Mr. Muazu Sambo for the agency’s headquarters to be relocated back to Lagos from its present location in Lokoja, Kogi State has received its backing from the Shippers’ Association of Lagos State (SALS). In an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos, the President of SALS, Rev. Jonathan Nicol observed that NIWA has no business being in Lokoja arguing that even though Lokoja could boast of having streams, one cannot compare it to where you have the oceans even as he called for its relocation back to Lagos.…

As the controversy over the collection of the Practitioners’ Operating Fees rages on, the Secretary, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Tincan Island Chapter, Evang. David Kanikwu has challenged the three out of the five freight forwarding associations to complete their accreditation process with the Council for the regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). Kanikwu who threw this challenge while speaking in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos gave the names of the association to include; the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), the National Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidators (NAFFAC)…

The sleepy town of Ugwueke in Abia State was agog over the visit of the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. He was accompanied by the respected son of the town and one of the foremost Economists and the Managing Director of Cowry Assets Management Company, Mr. Johnson Chukwu. Obi who was at Ugwueke Secondary School, Ugwueke encouraged the students to see education as their future, as that acquisition that would sufficiently arm them for global competition. He also encouraged them to take interest in other extra-curricula activities such as sports, while shunning acts of indiscipline and other…

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship candidate in the April 11, 2015Governorship election for Nassarawa State and former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has emerged the National Secretary of the party. At the National Convention of the party held Saturday in Awka, Anambra state, a former Special Adviser to the former Abia state Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor-Kalu on Special Duties, Dr. Victor Ikechukwu Oye, from Anambra state emerged the National Chairman, taking over from Chief Victor Umeh who led the party for over a decade with an impressive track record. The Convention which used voice votes to ratify…

The spirited effort and commitment of the Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano to caring for the needy and support for indigent and the physically challenged persons through her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) received international recognition and support with the donation of 30 brand new Wheel Chairs ‎ by a United States of America based group, Grace Project International to CAFE at the Governor’s Lodge Amawbia. Receiving the mobility aides, Mrs. Obiano expressed profound appreciation on behalf of CAFE for the recognition and support. According to Mrs. Obiano, “I am overwhelmed with joy…

As the President grapples with the task of constituting his Ministers, the Shippers’ Association of Lagos State (SALS) has reiterated its call for the creation of the Maritime Ministry to ensure close monitoring of the sector which he said was poised to take over from the oil sector as a leading revenue earner for the country. The President of SALS, Rev Jonathan Nicol who made this call in Lagos while speaking in a chat with Primetime Reporters observed that lack of supervision has created a lot of loopholes for people to do whatever they liked adding that the association was…

As Nigerians await the nomination of the Ministers that would help President Buhari administer the Nigerian economy, a financial expert, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that he appoints a Minister who has a basic knowledge of the local economy to head the Ministry of Finance. Chukwu who gave this advice in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said such a person should understand the nuances of the local economy and has sound political knowledge or what he called the social intelligence so as to understand the social structure of the economy. He said,”…

The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has called on Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari a minimum of three months to settle down in office to enable him put together members of his cabinet that would serve the interests of Nigerians in the long run. The President of SALS, Rev. Jonathan Nicol who made this appeal in congratulatory message he sent to President Buhari said such time would help the President not to hurriedly make mistakes that all Nigerians and those living in the country would regret. Nicol hinted that the President had a lot on his table now…