BY EFE MODESTUS The police in Lagos have arrested two suspected fake soldiers in the state. This was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin. One of the suspects, 39-year-old Oluwatosin Gabriel, was apprehended during the enforcement of the totalContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU The foremost socio cultural organisation of the Ibibio ethnic nationality, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio has urged Governors and National Assembly members from the Niger Delta region and sister coastal states irrespective of political affiliations, to rise against the proposed Water Resources Bill. In a communique issued at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stated that the Agency will continue to take deliberate steps to work with critical institutions and professional bodies to reposition Nigeria’s maritime industry. Speaking during a courtesy call by a branchContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Widow of Igbo leader and Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu has said that the Igbo could achieve their political aspirations in Nigeria including producing the President of the country if they remain united. She stated this in her remarks as specialContinue Reading
EFCC ADOLPHUS DURU The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu- Ndukwe alongside one Precious Omonkhoa- Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The information which is contained inContinue Reading
……As National Joint Industrial Council reviews Seafarer working conditions. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that a revised working condition for Nigerian Seafarers is a major component of the proposed review of the NIMASA Act and the Merchant ShippingContinue Reading
EFE MODESTUS A member of the House of Representatives Dachung Musa Bagos has suggested that part of the recently returned $23m Abacha loot should be used to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Members of the union have been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalisationContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Special Assistant on Media to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Kelvin Ebiri has responded to comments made by the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, that Wike has no monopoly over the Rivers electorate and that the governor would become politically irrelevant at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police in Katsina State said they have killed one terrorist, arrested an informant and seized a number of weapons as in a raid on a terrorists hideout at Maizuma village in Danja Local Government Area of the state, even as two abducted female victims have been reportedlyContinue Reading
…Says Yoruba socio-cultural group will only support power shift to Southeast BY JAMES AKINOLA Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the Yoruba socio-culture group, Afenifere, has, for the umpteenth time,dared anybody with a superior argument to come out to challenge him on why it is imperative for the Southeast toContinue Reading