A Cameroon bound vessel with over 100 persons on board, has capsized destroying gods worth millions of naira. Our correspondent learnt that the vessel left the Calabar Terminal C of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) about 7:45pm on Sunday was operated by Shoreline Logistics, before the incident occurred on the high sea on the way […]
The Director-General of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Shuaibu Ibrahim, has encouraged corps members to inter-marry. Mr Ibrahim made the call on Monday when he paid a visit to the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Wamakko, Sokoto State. The official said this when he inspected the camp facilities and interacted with corps members, staff and […]
The severity of fires in the Amazon has prompted a global outcry. But, amid the protest, some are questioning how this compares with the rest of the world, with surprising results. The issue has got people checking out Nasa’s maps of fires around the world. When you look at the map from Sunday, it clearly […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria and other lending institutions have agreed to seize the bank savings of customers that borrow money and refuse to pay back. They agreed that the deposits in the customers’ other banks’ accounts should be used to service the unpaid loans. This was part of the resolution at the 345th Bankers […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has corroborated plans to retire 304 top officers, including two deputy comptroller generals and three assistant comptroller generals. Other affected officers are 13 comptrollers, 39 deputy comptrollers and 45 assistant comptrollers. Those also listed on the retirement notice are 71 chief superintendents of customs, 33 superintendents, 31 deputy superintendents, 32 assistant […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that no fewer than 200 vessels now berth in the Warri ports, Delta State. This was made known during a Stakeholders Forum held on Monday at the Warri Ports. The forum was at the instance of the visiting Chairman, NPA Board of Directors, Mr Emmnauel Adesoye, who was […]
Nigeria’s Under-20 team the Falconets are through to the final of the women’s football event at ongoing 12th African Games in Morocco. The Falconets defeated their Algerian counterparts 3-0 in their semi-final fixture at Stade Boubker Aamar in Sale, Morocco, on Monday. Cynthia Aku scored twice, while Zainab Olopade netted once as the Nigerian ladies […]
By Foster Obi The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) today began a four-day 1st Digital African Week Conference in Abuja. Hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the event which holds in the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja is expected to bring together leading Specialists in the field, from top policy-makers to engineers, designers, smart city planners, […]
Three cooking gas plants at Ijede in Ikorodu Local Government Area in Lagos State have been sealed off for allegedly operating illegally. The Federal Government through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) last week shut the gas plants the same day, fuelling fears that it might cause scarcity of gas. The Head, Operations, DPR, Lagos […]
The Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has led Igbo leaders to Chinese Consul-General over issues relating to visa issuance. Ubah, who is also a member of Young Progressive Party (YPP), said he led the traders in furtherance of his call for an effective Chinese visa issuance policy. The lawmaker […]