BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government on Friday announced plans to cancel the visa-on-arrival policy. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the announcement during the closing ceremony of a weeklong capacity-building training for personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The capacity building training is one of the measuresContinue Reading
L-R: Secretary General, Abuja MoU, Captain Sunday Umoren; Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola and Director, Maritime Safety and Security, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Babatunde Bombata during the 4th International Blue Economy Conference in Gambia. BY GODWIN OBI The Honourable Minister ofContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, was a Mecca of sorts on Thursday as A-list continental and national dignitaries gathered to honour Nigeria’s former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, for the launch of his memoir and presidential library. The launch of Babangida’s 420-page memoir titled, ‘A Journey inContinue Reading
General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) BY GODWIN OBI The former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has openly admitted that the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election conducted by his government. General Babangida’s public admission is contained in his autobiography titled “A JourneyContinue Reading
The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has invited NNPC Eighteen Operating Limited to appear unfailingly on March 4 to respond to allegations of environmental degradation in Rivers State levelled against the organisation. The committee’s chairman, Hon . Julius Pondi, extended the invitation after the company failed to honour anContinue Reading
BU GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has recorded a major milestone in Nigeria’s efforts to secure the socio-economic wellbeing of the future generations, as the groundbreaking has been done to herald the beginning of construction of the Sustainable & Emerging Technologies Institute SETI under the aegis of the National AgencyContinue Reading
Oyetola BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that agencies in the Marine and Blue Economy increased revenue generated to the coffers of the federal government by 77%.He disclosed this in an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos. AccordingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has said the authority is working with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to relocate the scanning machine sited on the rail line in Apapa to facilitate seamless evacuation of cargoes from the seaport. The NPA MD,Continue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Minister of State for Agriculture, Aliyu Abdullahi, says contrary to fears expressed in some quarters, Nigeria is not close to being at risk of food scarcity. He said that President Bola Tinubu understands the importance of food security which prompted him to declare a state ofContinue Reading
BY JOY OKON The Lagos State House of Assembly has denied the rumoured defection of 27 of its members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Labour Party (LP). In a statement on Wednesday, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Ogundipe Olukayode,Continue Reading