BY GODWIN OBI Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nassarawa State says the government of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari spent more than the $19 billion used in building the Dangote Refinery in the maintenance of the country’s refineries. Nigeria has refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Warri but none is functioning with expertsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, told the Presidential Election Petitions Court that they could not upload the February 25 presidential election results on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) even though they were able to upload the Senatorial and House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI ABUJA-Five ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been okayed to testify as special witnesses in the petition that a former vice president and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidentialContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Amid objections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted in evidence, results sheets from more states in the petition by the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi seeking to upturn President Bola Tinubu’s victory inContinue Reading
· AS JAMOH CALLS FOR REVIEW OF TERMS OF FREIGHT BY GODWIN OBI The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, said policies of the current administration at the Agency are tailored to complement efforts of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring BoardContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBIThe Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has received support from the House of Representatives to disburse the $360 million Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund (CVFF) to qualified Nigerian shipowners. A committee of the House, in its report, gave the nod for disbursement, at the end of anContinue Reading
Kanwan Katsina District Head ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ delivering his Speech during the reception in Kankara Local Government secretariat BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has called on people to entensify prayers for the success of the new administration of MalContinue Reading
● Dedicates award to maritime stakeholders ● Ajani, Offodile also on Awardees’ List The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has been nominated by the Federal Government as a recipient of the 2021 National Productivity Order of Merit, NPOM, Award. Also inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccountedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government says it will consider the list of demands from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) which includes minimum wage. Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting between the Federal Government and the TUC which lasted for about three hours, the spokesperson for the FederalContinue Reading