January 2022 – Page 2 – Shipping World News Magazine

Jan192022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Breaking News ! Sylvester Oromoni. Ijaw Youths Head to Court. Brief SAN. Despatches Lawyer to Autopsy Panel.

Members of the IJaw Youths Council ( IYC ) Lagos chapter led by its Chairman Comrade Henry Oyobolo in a civilized and peaceful manner withdrew their protest from Dowen college premises which they occupied earlier to the Law Chambers of Anthony George-Ikoli, SAN to brief him over the questionable death of one of their own, Sylvester Oromoni. After series of meetings with a team of Lawyers from the SAN's Law firm in the past week, the Chambers this afternoon officially accepted to take up the matter and immediately despatched a Lawyer to represent it at theAutopsy Panel. During the Dowen protest, concerned elders monitored closely to prevent hoodlums from hijacking it and portray Ijaw people as violent, destructive and lawless. Before vacating the premises the youths warned the Schoo...

Jan182022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WE HAVE ELONGATED OUR TENURE BY 365 DAYS ….MUKAILA, ANLCA SCRIBE…SAYS WE ARE NOT HANDING OVER IN APRIL.

News Feature, Port News

Despite the raging controversy over the propised illegal extension of the current Executive of the Nigeria Association of Customs Licensed Agents , the Secretary General , Alhaji Babatunde Mukaila has insisted that the Tony Iju Nwabunike led Exco would not hand over in April. Mukaila who spoke exclusively to Shipping World said the National Executive Council of the Association was relying on a December 16, 2020 resolution of the General Assembly in Owerri, Imo State, where a purported ammendment to the Constitution was made. " Those insinuating that we shouldn't have benefited from the said ammendment are only economical with the reality on ground. What if we had decided to contest this year and added an additional five years to our tenure, making it a straight nine years? " , he asked...

Jan162022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Why We’re Committed To Bayelsa Senatorial Road Projects – Gov Diri

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has restated the commitment of his administration to construct and complete the Central, East and West senatorial roads in the state despite being federal projects. Speaking in Ekeremor at the weekend shortly after inspecting the progress of work on the Bayelsa West senatorial road from Sagbama to Ekeremor, Governor Diri said the determination to construct the three senatorial roads is premised on their importance to the people, in opening up the state and in stimulating socio-economic activities. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying regardless of the economic downturn and the fact that the roads were federal projects, his government would not be discouraged but will ensure that they were bui...

Jan162022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WE DARE YOU TO EXTEND YOUR TENURE BEYOND APRIL 2022 AS ANLCA PRESIDENT….THREE WISEMEN

News Feature, Press Release

President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, Hon Tony Iju Nwabunike, has been warned of the dire consequences should he go ahead with his plot to elongate his 4 year tenure by 365 days . Tony Iju Nwabunike was sworn in on April 14, 2020 for a 4year tenure as President of ANLCA. But at a joint Exclusive Interview last week in Port Harcourt ,the three WISEMEN insisted that Tony Iju's tenure would expire in April this year. The trio lead by Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha , Chairman BoT, Chief Ernest Elochukwu,a former President of ANLCA and Chief Emenike Nwokeoji an immediate past Vice President of ANLCA, have dared the Tony Iju led NECO not to extend their tenure beyond April this year. The Tony Iju led NECON is relying on the resolution of a General Meeting of the Associatio...

Jan122022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa To Give First African Harvard Graduate, Ekpebu, State Burial

Education, News Feature

Intellectual icon and first African to graduate from the prestigious Harvard University in the United States, Ambassador Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu, will be given a state burial by his home state of Bayelsa. Prof. Ekpebu, who also attended another Ivy League institution in the United States, Princeton University, hailed from Okoloba Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. Ekpebu, who was Nigeria's former Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, died at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa on January 2 at the age of 90. Governor Douye Diri disclosed this on Tuesday during a condolence visit to the family of the late accomplished scholar, diplomat and public administrator in Yenagoa, the state capital. Senator Diri described the passage of the Ijaw icon as a painful loss ...

Jan102022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Diri: Only PDP Can Rescue Nigeria *Party’s Governors Must Work Together, Says Wike

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have said the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the President of Nigeria in 2023 was very bright. Both governors spoke on Monday when Wike visited Diri at the Government House in Yenagoa. The Bayelsa governor said only the PDP can rescue Nigeria from its present state of insecurity and economic woes. Diri, who described the presidency as a sacred office, said the party has been repositioned to ensure it wins the presidency in the 2023 general election. A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that the PDP was the only party with the pedigree to give Nigerians hope and a sense of direction. He said: "The presi...

Jan42022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Dickson A Political Strategist, Says Diri *Bayelsa Gov Reveals Predecessor’s Role In His Political Journey

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, went down memory lane on his political journey with his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, describing the latter as a political strategist. Governor Diri stated this when he received the Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District in his hometown, Sampou, in Kolokuma/ Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The governor recalled how both of them began their political journey serving in past civilian administrations in the state except one. His Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, quoted the governor as saying that their long-standing relationship was of a mutual brotherly bond. Diri emphasised that his predecessor had always been instrumental in his political successes and recalled tha...

Jan32022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Govt Donates Land For Proposed Anglican University

Education, Religion

Bayelsa State Government has pledged to provide land for the proposed establishment of an Anglican university in the state. Governor Douye Diri made the pledge in response to a request by the Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, who led other bishops of the Diocese of Niger Delta West on a courtesy visit to Government House, Yenagoa, on Sunday. Describing Anglican schools as strong institutions that contributed in producing responsible members of society, Senator Diri stated that hosting an Anglican university would positively impact on the state and the Niger Delta region. He said the state was eager to have its first private university and that the government would support such initiatives as it would accord the people more access to ed...

Jan22022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NANS, IYC, Others Present Most Youth-Friendly Governor Award To Diri

News Feature, Press Release

A coalition of youth groups has commended the disposition of Governor Douye Diri towards development of the youths. The youth organisations, who presented the Most Youth-Friendly Governor Award in the Niger Delta Region to Senator Diri at his country in Sampou at the weekend, said the Bayelsa governor has re-defined youth engagement in less than two years in office with the number of young persons appointed into his government. The coalition known as the Eminent Youths and Students Leaders in Bayelsa State comprises of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Niger Delta University (NDU) Alumni Association, Bayelsa Comrades Family, National Union of Bayelsa State Students (NUBSS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students. Others are the Young Lawyers Forum, Bayelsa Young Lecturers Fo...