To say I am not happy with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State is an understatement. I am indeed shocked to notice he is a coward of high breed nature. Few days ago, the Nigeria Army led by General Tukur Burutai announced its intention to carry out what it termed “Operation Python Dance Part Two”, having done a similar thing in the South East last year. The Army said it would be looking for Armed Robbers, Kidnappers, Secessionists, and criminals etc, but before anybody could decode their statement, it invaded the entire Abia state, torturing, killing and maiming innocent…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
Yemisi Izuora The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and Ministry of Petroleum Resources will assemble upstream, mid-stream and downstream oil and gas professionals from around the world for the its inaugural Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS)holding from 19th to 23rd February 2018 at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja. This will be the biggest technical and strategic business conference in the petroleum sector in Africa, as it will present current best practices and emerging technologies to attending engineers, scientists, academia, managers and executives. At the same time, the conference’s exhibiting companies will feature the latest products and services. Industry professionals and companies…
..As Nigeria, Ghana Records Lower Penetration Yemisi Izuora Head of Financial Services, Strategy and Operations at KPMG, Mr. Robert Dzato is calling on insurance companies and banks in the country to be skilled, professional and innovative in their line of work. This is coming as reports say that Ghana and Nigeria remain low in terms of insurance penetration in Africa. Speaking at the 3rd Annual Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution Channels Conference Ghana 2017, Dzato said the time has come for insurance companies to innovate products that will suit their customers. According to him, most customers complain of products being sold…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that no fewer than 745,053 out of the 1,051,472 candidates that sat for this year’s June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) got five credits and above including English and Mathematics. The figure which represents 70.85 per cent, indicates 1.11 percent increase in performance of candidates compared to 2016. Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO Prof. Charles B. Uwakwe who announced the release of the result at the NECO headquarters in Minna Niger State said: “this year’s senior school certificate examination was a huge success”. The result also shows that…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has said that insistence of Customs Service on 100 per cent physical inspection of goods at Sea Ports is because importers are in the habit of falsifying documents. Ali therefore described lack of trust by importers and traders as the major bottleneck in fast-tracking the clearing of goods in the ports. He said statistics by the customs indicated that less than five per cent of importers processed their consignments with genuine invoices, saying the tendency for false declaration had hampered customs’ resolve to institutionalise a fast-tracking system in line…
Hyacinth Chinweuba The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned about impending flood in Anambra, Abia, Delta and Bayelsa states, a warning coming barely 24 hours after the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) released an alert on River Niger to the effect that further rise in water level in Niger Republic would spread to Benin Republic, then Kainji Dam in Nigeria. Prior to the flood alert, major dams in the country, including Shiroro, Kainji and Jebba, had reportedly been full and spilling water. The NEMA Director General, Mustapha Maihaja, during a stakeholders’ meeting on the flood situation noted that Nigeria…
Yemisi Izuora The Senate president, Bukola Saraki has said the legislature is concerned about the state of Nigeria’s Infrastructure especially in the areas of roads and power sector and has therefore given the commitment that Infrastructure development would remain major focus of the present Senate until the challenges are addressed. Speaking at the 45th Annual General Meeting, AGM of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN in Lagos, Saraki noted that the 8th National Assembly is not oblivious of some of the challenges facing the average Nigerian manufacturer. He listed the challenges to include, high running cost of production owing to…
Yemisi Izuora Almond Productions Limited, promoters of the Annual Insurance Consumers ‘Forum is set to host the programme once again in Lagos. The Insurance Consumers Forum (ICF) which started in 2013 provides a robust platform for interaction between Insurers and the Insuring Public in a No-Holds-Barred atmosphere, on issues that bothers on excellent customer service delivery. Following the success of the previous editions, the stage is now set for the 2017 edition. The Forum with the theme: Insurance Penetration in Nigeria: Shifting Focus from Policies to Providing Value for the Customers is scheduled to hold on Wednesday 25th…
Yemisi Izuora The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has again identified the prevailing double digit interest rate as very negative policy that would continue to pose serious challenge to economic growth and development. The MAN observed that though some concerted efforts and positive looking policies have been initiated to address seeming economic challenges, however, the issue of interest rates has for sometime stalled efforts to leapfrog the economy. Frank Udemba Jacobs, president of the Association, speaking at the MAN 45th Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, said, ” I can safely say that no nation has recorded significant economic…
…Demands Apology And Replacement Of Damaged Equipments Yemisi Izuora The International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the recent invasion of Abia state NUJ secretariat by Nigerian soldiers of Operation Python Dance on Tuesday 12th of September, 2017. According to media report, “the military personnel reportedly beat up journalists at sight and destroyed their working tools, furniture, documents and other property yet to be quantified.” The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade in a statement described the unprovoked attack as shameful and a clampdown on democracy as the list of attacked journalists recently seems to grow daily with the worrisome trend…