The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country’s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the growth of the economy. NIMASA’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, made the call during the closing ceremony of the […]
The atmosphere at the Apapa office of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Friday, May 5, 2023 was ecstatic as the staff celebrated the retirement and 60th birthday of the Director, Inspectorate & Compliance Directorate (ICD), Mr. Suleiman A. Isa. In his remarks at the sendforth, Mr. Suleiman Isa, who said he had never […]
The runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja was shut down on Sunday after an emergency landing involving Max Air aircraft. Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), confirmed the closure of the airport. “It involves one of the domestic airlines, but I don’t have […]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has raised alarm on the plight of Nigerian young women working as domestic workers in Iraq.. It asserted that most of the Nigerian young women working in the country are exploited in diverse ways on daily basis and now requesting for assistance to return […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to be in Lagos on May 22 to commission the Dangote Refinery. The special assistant to the president on digital communications, Bashir Ahmad, announced the development in a tweet on Sunday. “Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce […]
Journalists in Katsina State have been commended for their role in the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections. The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made the commendation when the executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) Katsina State Council paid him a courtesy visit in his palace. He […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at the Eleko beach road in Lekki area of Lagos after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks. […]
Men of Ogun state Police Command on Saturday 6th of May 2023, apprehended three members of a robbery syndicate who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmarc on the 12th of April 2923, where they killed one of the traders after carting away several highly valued phones. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu and […]
The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has said the Northern Governors of the APC pushed for Southern Presidency in 2023 to promote the unity, peace and stability of Nigeria within the spirit of fairness, equity and justice which the late Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu […]
A Constitutional Lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written king Charles III, pleading for a Prerogative of Mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice over their conviction by a British court. Ajulo made the plea in a letter to King Charles III and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. Ike, […]
