….Agency Hosts Workshop on Seafarers Medical Certification in Lagos. BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) hosted an enlightenment workshop for seafarers, employers of seafarers and other maritime stakeholders in Lagos on Seafarers’ Medical Certification and other related issues concerning the health of Nigerian Seafarers. SpeakingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI THE Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye has said that those who sponsor insurgency in the South East live abroad, explaining that they are mostly indigenes of the states in the geopolitical zone. Adeoye, who spoke with reporters in Awka, lamented that those they sponsor giveContinue Reading
The Navies of Benin Republic, Togo and Nigeria have flagged off Operation Safe Domain II, with the theme ‘Enhancing Maritime Security through Collaboration for Regional Prosperity’. The event was held on Monday in Benin Republic. However, the Niger Republic, one of the signatories to the MoU, was absent at theContinue Reading
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods. As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred countryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Naira on Monday lost against the Dollar as it exchanged at N773.50 at the Investors and Exporters window. The local currency depreciated by 7.08 per cent against the N736.62 it exchanged for the dollar on September. 8. The open indicative rate closed at N771.49 to theContinue Reading
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia, had on Monday sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Ibe Okwara, of the Labour Party (LP). It declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Dan Okeke as the winner of the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election in the constituency.Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers after almost one year. This follows a historic agreement between President Bola Tinubu and his UAE counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kano, Sunday, invalidated the victory of Yusuf Datti Umar as the winner of the February 25 elections for Kura/ Madobi/Garin- Mallam Federal Constituency in Kano State. The tribunal led by Justice Ngozi Flora Azinge voided the victory ofContinue Reading
…orders INEC to conduct supplementary poll within 90 days BY GODWIN OBI ABUJA– The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osita Chidoka has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The PDP and Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) had challenged the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Continue Reading