Nigeria Joins Global Community to Mark 2025 World Maritime Day
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria will on Thursday, September 25, 2025, join the international maritime community to commemorate the 2025 World Maritime Day in Lagos. The event, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, will be held under theContinue Reading
Restructure, Buy Port Harcourt Refinery, Otedola Advises DAPPMAN Amid Rift With Dangote
BY GODWIN OBI Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has weighed in on the ongoing dispute between the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Dangote Refinery, urging depot owners to adapt to industry realities instead of resisting change. In a statement on Monday, Otedola advised DAPPMAN membersContinue Reading
Restructure, Buy Port Harcourt Refinery, Otedola Advises DAPPMAN Amid Rift With Dangote
BY GODWIN OBI Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has weighed in on the ongoing dispute between the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Dangote Refinery, urging depot owners to adapt to industry realities instead of resisting change. In a statement on Monday, Otedola advised DAPPMAN membersContinue Reading
Flood Disaster: States Intensify Action as 232 Die, 121,000 Displaced
BY JAMES AKINOLA Several states, including Kaduna, Nasarawa, Bauchi and Jigawa, have stepped up campaigns to avert worsening flood crises, Frontline Reporters has gathered. According to figures obtained by Frontline Reporters from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday, no fewer than 232 persons have lost their lives, whileContinue Reading
Fubara Should Seek Legal Redress Over Lost Six Months – Kenneth Okonkwo
Legal practitioner and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has argued that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is constitutionally entitled to reclaim the six months he lost while out of office during the state of emergency declared earlier this year. Okonkwo warned that if Governor Fubara vacatesContinue Reading
Nigeria’s GDP Expands by 4.23% in Q2 2025 – NBS
Nigeria’s economy recorded a stronger performance in the second quarter of 2025, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing by 4.23 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure surpasses the 3.48 per cent growth posted in the same quarter ofContinue Reading
‘Wike And I Are Working Together,’ Fubara Assures Tinubu
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Monday restated that political stability has fully returned to the state. He stated this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after visiting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Fubara, who was reinstated by the President five days ago afterContinue Reading
Ibas rejects Assembly’s move to probe six-month spending
BY GODWIN OBI The immediate past Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), and the Rivers State House of Assembly may be heading for a showdown following the lawmakers’ decision to probe the state’s expenditure under his tenure, Frontline Reporters has learnt. Ibas ceased to be the administrator ofContinue Reading
NDLEA Intercepts Large Consignments of Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, Skunk, and Opioids Across Nigeria
By Frontline Reporters The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded multiple breakthroughs in its war against drug trafficking, intercepting large consignments of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, skunk, and opioids across Nigeria. The operations, conducted between September 14 and 19, covered Lagos, Adamawa, Zamfara, Yobe, Taraba, and Edo states. InContinue Reading
10 Killed in Sokoto Boat Mishap While Fleeing Bandit Attack
BY GODWIN OBI Tragedy struck in Sokoto State as 10 villagers lost their lives in a boat accident while fleeing from armed bandits in Zalla Bango, a remote community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area. The Sokoto State Police Command confirmed the heartbreaking incident, noting that all the passengers aboardContinue Reading






