BY GODWIN OBI Former Ebonyi Governor and Minister of Works, Dave Umahi yesterday, said the people of the southeast have no reason to join other regions of the country to protest against the rising cost of living in the country. The minister spoke in his Uburu hometown, Ohaozara local governmentContinue Reading
R-L: Chief Executive Officer of Maritime Media Limited, Elder Asu Beks, former President of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu presenting the award of Maritime Man of the Year to DG of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh while his wife, Hajia Zulai, Senator Lawal Silver and Babatunde Bombata watches at Dr Jamoh’s investitureContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved about 60 kilometers of concrete road in a session of Abuja -Lokoja Road to be started next month. Disclosing this, yesterday, when the governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo paid him a courtesy call, Minister of Works, Engineer Nweze DaveContinue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday night, suspended its two-day protest all over the country. The Labour, in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of the demonstration. “Consequently, NEC-in-session resolved as follows:Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigeria cannot continue to subsidise electricity, adding that the nation must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, as the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and 1.3 billion dollarsContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA In what observers have described as rare show of courage, the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, yesterday, drew the attention of the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, to the worsening hunger and starvation ravaging the nation as well as the precarious security situation and sent her toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has said that in 2024, it is setting its target on the removal of five wrecks across the inland waterways in Lagos. This is even as the agency said it will license 2,200 boats and train 1,500 skippers before the endContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Organised labour in the nation’s maritime sector has rejected a circular from the Ministry of Finance which directed a 50 per cent deduction from the internally generated revenue, IGR, of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, into the federation account, arguing it portended great danger for port operationsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Isah Jibrin during a crucial meeting with the Comptroller-General of Customs Wale Adeniyi, and top management staff of the agency on Monday, stated the committee expected the service to play a major role in reducing the country’s debt burden hence their revenueContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Muda Yusuf said the astronomical increase of the exchange rate for the computation of import duty is a double jeopardy for investors across all sectors especially those in the real sector because it will furtherContinue Reading