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
It was a day of glamour, gratitude, and grandeur as the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) marked its 25th anniversary in the Nigerian maritime industry with a monumental celebration in Lagos. Amidst cheers and an air of purpose, the association showcased its achievements, raised a remarkable N100Continue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Ondo State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Lucky Ayedatiwa, is so far leading in 13 local government areas as the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the results of Saturday’s governorship election. The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, who isContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to implement the order of the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group to release the IPOB leader. Ejimakor said the president should not followContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s external debt may rise to $45.1bn by the end of 2024 as the Federal Government advances plans to secure additional external funding. The Debt Management Office revealed in its latest report that the country’s external debt stock increased by $780m in the second quarter of 2024,Continue Reading
BY JOY OKON A suspected ritualist has killed and dismembered a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, Kwara State. Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde was killed by her boyfriend whom she met on social media. The suspected killer, after the gruesome killing, dismembered her body for allegedContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Governing Council of the Federal University, Lokoja, has approved the dismissal of four lecturers on account of examination misconduct and sexual misconduct. Our correspondent gathered that the governing council gave the approval at its Second Council Meeting on Thursday. This is coming on the heels of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications. Bwala’s appointment was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga who also said Tinubu named three other persons as director-general of various agencies. “The Special Adviser on Public CommunicationsContinue Reading