BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated medical equipment to some hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, Mr Edward Osagie, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Presenting the items, the Director General ofContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has sort spiritual intervention over the chances of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, emerging victorious in next year’s presidential election. He spoke when he led a delegation of the party’s leadership, the NationalContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Some groups and associations in the South-East have rejected the so-called order on burial of the dead within three days issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying such an order was impracticable. IPOB had, in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful on Wednesday, attributedContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The police in Lagos have arrested two suspected fake soldiers in the state. This was confirmed in a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin. One of the suspects, 39-year-old Oluwatosin Gabriel, was apprehended during the enforcement of the totalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stated that the Agency will continue to take deliberate steps to work with critical institutions and professional bodies to reposition Nigeria’s maritime industry. Speaking during a courtesy call by a branchContinue Reading
……As National Joint Industrial Council reviews Seafarer working conditions. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that a revised working condition for Nigerian Seafarers is a major component of the proposed review of the NIMASA Act and the Merchant ShippingContinue Reading
EFE MODESTUS A member of the House of Representatives Dachung Musa Bagos has suggested that part of the recently returned $23m Abacha loot should be used to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Members of the union have been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalisationContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Special Assistant on Media to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Kelvin Ebiri has responded to comments made by the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, that Wike has no monopoly over the Rivers electorate and that the governor would become politically irrelevant at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police in Katsina State said they have killed one terrorist, arrested an informant and seized a number of weapons as in a raid on a terrorists hideout at Maizuma village in Danja Local Government Area of the state, even as two abducted female victims have been reportedlyContinue Reading
…Says Yoruba socio-cultural group will only support power shift to Southeast BY JAMES AKINOLA Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the Yoruba socio-culture group, Afenifere, has, for the umpteenth time,dared anybody with a superior argument to come out to challenge him on why it is imperative for the Southeast toContinue Reading