BY GODWIN OBI The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, His Excellency Kitack Lim, is scheduled to visit the Federal Republic of Nigeria from November 20th – 22nd 2022. During his visit, the Secretary General will attend the Nigeria International Maritime Summit 2022 where regional policies and operational perspectivesContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The South-East and Middle Belt Forum has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi. This was the group’s position during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Forum Olisa Uzowulu noted that the former Anambra State governor ranks higherContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, condemned what he described as the lopsided appointment of heads of security agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. “PDP will form a government of national unity. We will bring members of the opposition whoContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited, PTML of the Nigeria Customs service said it collected a total of N199, 468,482,842.00 between January and October, 2022, even as the Customs Area Controller of Comptroller Suleman Bomai has tasked officers and men of the command to be business savvy andContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Social Investment Programme to President Buhari and a member of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Ismail Buba Ahmed, has built himself into political relevance. The former Youth Leader and Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee,Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday defended his government’s decision not to approve the use of the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium for a Labour party rally in the state. Speaking to newsmen yesterday, the Governor said the notice for approval arrived too late. Mr Obaseki said theContinue Reading
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 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
■ 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