PortBizness on Radio Nigeria 103.5 FM has honoured Prof. Alex Favour Okwuashi with the On Air-Personality Award for his uncommon contributions to the development of maritime education and the growth of Nigerian shipping sector. The prestigious award was bestowed on the erudite Professor at the 10th Year Anniversary of PortBizness on Radio Nigeria 103.5 FM […]
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery says the UK is awaiting the appointment of new ministers so it can take the necessary steps toward strengthening collaboration with Nigeria. Montgomery said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, his first media outing since he assumed duty in Nigeria in […]
Federal Government has approved compulsory examination for top echelon of the federal public service in 2023. Platforms Africa reports that this was contained in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Management Career Service, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation. This, Platforms Africa gathered has sent jitters […]
Acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has pledged to effect the withdrawal of Police Mobile Force personnel from VIP escort/guard duties. Reports have it that this follows his establishment of the Special Intervention Squad which according to him would have 40,000 highly trained police officers including selected officers from the Police Mobile Force. According […]
Aside the bad condition of the examination bay, availability of only one scanning machine at APM Terminal, Apapa Port contributes to delay in cargo clearance. Making this assertion in an exclusive interview with People’s Forum Online, the Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Apapa chapter, Prince Eze Uchendu, stressed that given the […]
Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed has announced his resignation from the Commission. He personally announced it on Monday, at the Commission’s headquarters while approving the issuance of a provisional license to Kogi State University, Kabba, Kogi State. He described the new university as his last baby in the Commission, […]
The immediate past chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Dr. AbdulHakeem Abdul Lateef has said that the corporation is a responsible institution, discharging its mandate according to the law that established it. Abdul Lateef who on June 13,2023 before his resumption as board chairman, took to social media and alleged that the corporation […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs. Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday, June 26, 2023. The statement noted that […]
A Magistrate Court situated at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the remand of skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinityguy, in prison over allegation of sexualising minor in his viral skit video. Recall that the Nigerian Police, through Force Public Relation Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, called for the arrest of Trinityguy following […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two imported consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms along the Epe-Lekki corridor and at the Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos state. Based on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives laid ambush for a white truck conveying […]