Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ade Dosunmu, has reiterated the urgent need for Nigeria to harness the vast opportunities in the Blue Economy as a strategic pathway to diversify the nation’s economy. Dr. Dosunmu made this call today while delivering a lectureContinue Reading

Hundreds of residents of Kirawa in Borno State displaced by Boko Haram insurgents and now taking refuge in Cameroonian villages have lamented harsh living conditions, saying they spend the day in Nigeria and return to Cameroon at night to sleep in fear of renewed attacks. Speaking with Frontline Reporters onContinue Reading

The Nigerian Air Force says it has conducted more than 1,500 operational flight hours under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in the last eight months, killing at least 592 terrorists and destroying 372 enemy assets. The operations, according to the Air Force, involved 798 combat sorties that significantlyContinue Reading

Sixteen inmates on Tuesday escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State.  The incident happened in the early hours of the day after a breach of the facility’s security, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, wrote in a statement. The inmates overpowered the personnelContinue Reading

A member of the House of Representatives, Bayo Balogun, on Tuesday, said the green chamber is advancing a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter on governorship election petitions in Nigeria Balogun, the Chairman of House Committee on the Independent NationalContinue Reading

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Monday criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu Lawal said he would not have coped in the current administration if he were a member of the President’s cabinet. According to him, he would have resigned if he were aContinue Reading

No fewer than eight persons have been killed in a flood disaster in Kpoghirikpo, an ancient kingdom of Itim community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident, which occurred following heavy rainfall, affected over 800 farmlands and 3,000 households, creating a major displacement crisis within the community.Continue Reading

L-R: Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi; Director General, NIMASA Dr. Dayo Mobereola; NIMASA Board Chairman Hon. Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar; Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services NIMASA, Mr. Jibril Abba; Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NIMASA, Mr. Chudi Offodile and a NIMASAContinue Reading

— intercepts 16 containers of arms, ammunition, unregistered medicaments worth N10 billion The Nigeria Customs Service has vowed to cripple the illicit businesses of purveyors of fake and unregistered pharmaceuticals if they refuse to give up their deadly ventures. The Comptroller- General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, made the declaration onContinue Reading