The Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA as the best Federal Government Agency in Digital Transformation. The Director General, BPSR who conveyed the Presidential award to NIMASA Management, also announced that the DG/CEO NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR has beenContinue Reading
Nnamdi Kanu Barely one month after the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, called on President Bola Tinubu to free leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Bruce Fein, international counsel of the detained agitator, has also called for his immediate release. The lawyer had, several months ago, askedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Army stationed in Malekachi, operating in Sangeko forest in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, has neutralised a suspected notorious bandits’ commander, nicknamed ‘Mainasara”. Two other suspected bandits believed to be among the gang of the bandits’ kingpin, carrying out obnoxious attacks andContinue Reading
…Motorists held up for 6 hours, trucks take over 5 lanes of highway …Why gridlock has defied solution— NPA source …Truckers blame non-commissioning of Tin-can/Oshodi expressway The Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, yesterday BY GODWIN OBI ONE week after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive to the Lagos State Special Committee on Apapa Traffic toContinue Reading
The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, has charged member states on the need to achieve full ratification and domestication of all relevant instruments. Oyetola who also doubles as the Vice Chairman of the Abuja MOU spoke at the 13th Port State Control Committee MeetingContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu yesterday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to create a platform for quarterly reconciliatory meetings with foreign airlines to address the backlog of trapped funds in excess of $600 million. This came as leading aircraft manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Chief Dr. George Moghalu has expressed immense grief on the boat mishap that happened at Gurin River, a surburb of Fufore Local Government Area, Adamawa State, as well as at a river in Gbajibo, Mokwa of Niger state.Continue Reading
….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
The huge earthquake which hit Morocco overnight killed more than 1,300 people and injured at least another 1,800, many of them critically, the interior ministry said on Saturday. A total of 1,305 people have now been confirmed dead, while 1,832 people were injured, of whom 1,220 are in critical condition,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, and other members of the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday rolled out priorities for the successful implementation of the Federal Government’s Roadmap for reviving the Economy. The priorities, they said, include specific national targets for eachContinue Reading