BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that the Tin-Can Island and the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, are on the verge of collapse if they are not rehabilitated as soon as possible. The Managing Director of the NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, disclosed this during an interview on aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidency on Monday said the appointment of service chiefs is not subject to ethnic balancing and the federal character principle. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, insisted that his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari has the prerogative to appoint those he feels are competent and can do the jobContinue Reading
*Contribution to gross earnings drops to 10%*NACCIMA, CPPE, others list priorities for incoming govt BY GODWIN OBI In spite of concerted efforts to diversify the nation’s export earnings, the contribution of the non-oil sector, NOE, to the total export earnings dropped to 10.1 per cent in 2022 from 12.8 perContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI As Christians in Nigeria and around the world commemorate Easter, the annual celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the faithful have been enjoined to pursue and pray for unity. The celebrations represent the culmination of the Holy Week which starts with the observance of Palm SundayContinue Reading
Engr. Christopher Amakulo BY GODWIN OBI The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has approved the appointment of Mrs. Olubusola Obasanjo-Akande and Engr. Christopher Amakulo as Directors. The Board also approved the promotion of 22 Assistant Directors to Deputy Directors, 86 Chiefs to Assistant DirectorsContinue Reading
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo BY GODDY OBINWA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections and called for national reconciliation to assuaged the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion. He made the call at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than forty-six persons, including the thirty-three-year-old son of Otukpo Local Government Area Chairman Bako Eje, have been killed by suspected herdsmen who invaded Umogidi village of Entekpa-Adoka district in Otukpo Local Government Council in Benue State. The killing comes barely 24 hours after the sameContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized a total of forty-eight terrorists in various operations across the nation. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami who disclosed this to journalists at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, said at least nine hundred and seventy-fourContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government and spokesmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop the campaign of calumny against him, noting that the campaigns were damaging the image of Nigeria on the global stage. Obi spoke in responseContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Stakeholders in the maritime trade have been cautioned to stop relying on documents only, especially the bill of lading, as a key facilitator while transacting business. They were told that such trust in a key document which can be adulterated and issued in multiple originals, had becomeContinue Reading