Former Nigeria international and one time Rivers State Commissioner for Justice, Adokiye Amiesimaka is sad over the numerous scandals that have rocked the image of the country.

THE Association for Public Policy Analysis, APPA, has called for a protective framework that would guarantee the safety of e-Commerce Consumers in Nigeria.

ONE of the areas in which Nigeria’s rich potentials has been well-documented is the mining sector. In the 1960s, mining contributed up to 50 per cent to the nation’s economy. But due to the advent of oil, Nigeria lost interest in mining. Solid minerals contributed about 0.3 per cent to our GDP in 2015 as opposed to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Botswana (40 per cent).

Virtually every government in Nigeria was overrun or infiltrated at one point or the other by saboteurs: Goodluck Jonathan himself famously claimed his administration had been infiltrated by Boko Haram sponsors and sympathisers. Government appointees in Nigeria live large and act out a script, sometimes even without the knowledge or endorsement of their principal. They do the bidding of other unseen actors and one often wonders about the process which enables or allows so many strange characters to occupy positions of responsibility.

National President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Tony Iju Nwabunike recently in this interview with Vanguard Maritime Report’s Godfrey Bivbere, spoke on the gridlock in Apapa, the condition of the port access roads, regulation problems, crisis in ANLCA and CRFFN, haulage cost and many more.

Confederation of African Football  has put the seal of approval on Cameroon’s 2019 Afcon hosting rights, saying the tournament will not be taken away from the central African country.

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called for an international panel of enquiry to investigate the killings of 38 pro-Biafra agitators by the Federal Government.

That element of luck has followed me till date. At that time, I  already applied to work in a bank. I left that job for the banking sector and the transition was easy. Of course, I suffered as a young man, but I found myself always lucky when I started working. A lot of my colleagues, who stayed back in the village  at the time,  didn’t grow beyond  village life

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has extended the ongoing voter registration exercise by two weeks.

THE Presidency, yesterday, assured Nigerians that the 2018 Electoral Act Bill passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent on  August 3 was still alive.

The Director-General, of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has said that the Board and the management of the Agency are committed to ensuring that the quick responds to its core mandate of advancing Nigeria’s global maritime goals.

The United Berger Auto Dealers Association  has said that the number of vehicles sold daily has dropped by 92 percent from the level three years.

THE Lagos State Government has announced the release of over N2 billion to off-set its pensioners’ obligation under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS,  in the last three months.

Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has projected the country’s agricultural exports revenue to reach $4.4 billion (N1.6 trillion) by the end of this year.

Nigeria as a Nation has for several decades been engaged in a constant struggle for the evolution of the perfect electoral system, it is the dream of many Nigerians that the country should have an electoral system in which transparency is made the watch word …