By our reporter President Bola Tinubu has called on the military across Africa to unite in addressing insecurity and other threats to the continent’s unity and stability. He gave the charge on Wednesday when he officially declared open the second edition of the Africa Military Games (AMGA) in Abuja, heraldingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Tuesday announced that it has begun tracking constituency projects worth N610bn across 22 states. The anti-graft explained that the initiative aims to ensure that the projects are not abandoned and that the allocated funds are properly utilised.Continue Reading
OYETOLA BY GODWIN OBI The inaugural PortNews Summit is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos. The even which is being organized by PortNews Newspaper, will focus on the theme: “Port Reforms and Local Content: Has Nigeria Fared Well?” The high-profile summit will bringContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, CHIGOZIE EZEH, JAMES AKINOLA The Presidency on Monday attacked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his claim that corruption has reached a fatal stage in the country. The Presidency also faulted Obasanjo’s call for the sacking of the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over hisContinue Reading
BYGODWIN OBI The naira weakened by 2.31 per cent or N38.12 on Monday at the National Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market to N1690.37/$ compared to 1652.25/$ that it had closed the previous week at. According to FMDQ data on Monday, the daily turnover stood at $173.14m, indicating a 42 per centContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Anambra State Police Command has vowed to fish out the criminals that murdered four vigilante operatives and left two others seriously injured in the state. According to a statement by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, the Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, made theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, saying the country is becoming a “failing state”. Obasanjo spoke in his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum held at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. “The more the immorality andContinue Reading
Abubakar Dantsoho BY GODWIN OBI Abubakar Dantsoho, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has earned widespread acclaim from maritime stakeholders and port users for his unwavering commitment to infrastructure development and automation. Stakeholders who shared their views on the performance of the NPA’s helmsman were of theContinue Reading
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has reaffirmed commitment towards human capacity development for practitioners , even as a total of 50,000 membership have been recorded in the last 25 years. National President of NAGAFF, Chief Tochukwu Ezisi disclosed this on Saturday during the association Silver JubileeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, has sued two prominent northern journalists, Shu’aibu Mungadi and Tijjani Ramalan, for alleged defamation and malicious reportage. The former governor, in the suit marked K/M2102/2024, dated October 25 and sighted by our correspondent on Sunday, is seeking N10bn inContinue Reading