BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Mohammed Bello Koko has reiterated the Authority’s resolve to leverage its relationship with the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo, Sweden in driving talent development. Speaking when he received the President of the World Maritime University, Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry whoContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to file its respond to a fresh suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over alleged breach of section 90(3) ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the Federal Government’s decision to pay lecturers half salaries in October as an attempt to reduce them to causal workers. This is as the union appealed for the understanding of students, parents and concerned Nigerians as it continuedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both the number of women employed by the Agency as well as those sponsored for capacity development in country and abroad. This was made known byContinue Reading
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has told Nigerians not to vote for him based on ethnic or entitlement sentiments, but on the competence he comes with. The former Anamabra State Governor stated this during the Presidential Town Hall series organized by Arise TV on Sunday. According to Obi, heContinue Reading
■ Set to rejig security, moot joint patrol BY GODDY OBI Insecurity has persisted in the Southeast. From Nnewi to Isikwuato, Nsukka to Afikpo and Mbano, the issue has continued to dominate discussions, especially the changing trend of kidnapping in the zone. Of particular interest is the revelation that mostContinue Reading
■ Afenifere, YCE, Adeniran, others want FG to intervene BY GODDY OBINWA Fear has gripped travellers plying the Lagos-Ibadan following a new spate of kidnappings on the strategic highway linking the South-West. Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, Afenifere; former Minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran and some other South-west leadersContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Four hundred and forty-six people have died in Kaduna State due to banditry, terrorism, and communal clashes between April and September 2022. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated this on Friday while presenting the 2nd and 3rd Quarter security report on securityContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare in Kankara Local Government Area Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has expressed gratitude to Almighty Allah for the safe return of the Emir of Katsina Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman from Medical trip abroad. Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara stated this in anContinue Reading
By Adolphus Duru Leader of pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has charged Nigerians especially the youth to brace up for the struggle to make sure that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He cautioned that making Obi become theContinue Reading