BY GODWIN OBI Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has faulted the police account on the controversial arrest and brutalization of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was picked up from the Imo ouncil secretariat of the NLC in Owerri on WednesdayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Director General of NIMASA Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR was a member of the delegation of the minister of ministry of Marine and Blue economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, ‘CON’ who received in audience a team from Denmark. Their mission was to strengthen bilateral collaboration between Nigeria and Denmark toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Customs Area Controller of the Apapa Customs Command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, has expressed his optimism in achieving a revenue target of N1.5 trillion for the year. This ambitious target surpasses the N1.426 trillion set by the Customs Headquarters for the Command. Compt. Jaiyeoba raised the pleasant hopeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has welcomed the intervention of President Bola Tinubu into the Rivers State crisis, calling on all parties to sheathe their sword. This was contained in a communique issued by the governors on Tuesday evening after they met at the OyoContinue Reading
Falana Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the nomination of 4 out of 10 persons nominated as Resident Electoral Commissioners last week by President Bola Tinubu. He noted that the constitution prohibits person, or persons who are card carrying members of either the ruling party or any politicalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government of Nigeria reiterated on Saturday its call for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. The October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas fighters has killed at least 1,400 people in Israel and prompted retaliation that in turnContinue Reading
Battles raged in Gaza on Saturday as Israel’s army said it expanded ground operations after intensifying its bombardment of the Palestinian territory three weeks after the deadliest attack in the country’s history. The United Nations warned of a looming “unprecedented avalanche of human suffering” inside the Gaza Strip, after weeksContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, on Saturday, said comprehensive rehabilitation of the 11.8-kilometer Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would begin on November 1 for a period of three months Umahi said this during an inspection of the under deck, lagoon sections of the Third MainlandContinue Reading
The Award recipient, Chief Tochukwu Ezisi, NAGAFF National President (Middle) flanked by Mr. Godwin Obi and Alhaji Tanko Ibrahim, the National Coordinator of the 100 percent Compliance team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) (Extreme right) . Chief Tochukwu Ezisi, the distinguished National President of the NationalContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Over the years, the people of the South East have consistently complained about been relegated in the scheme of things in the country. However, there is none agreement on how to address the marginalization. While a school of thought say the creation of an additional state inContinue Reading