EU Project Seeks Technology for Smarter, More Productive Shipbuilding A consortium of industrial companies and academic institutions launched on January 1, 2023 an EU-funded project that seeks to enhance the productivity of shipbuilding through a focus on computational tools. The consortium aims to create a framework for data-driven shipbuilding by developing a new integrated platform […]
Man United sign Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst on loan from Burnley The 30-year-old scored twice at last month’s World Cup. Manchester United have signed Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst on loan from Burnley. The 30-year-old joins Erik ten Hag’s side until the end of the season after United secured his exit from a temporary spell with […]
INEC chair Yakubu, Peter Obi, Kwankwaso head to London The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) counterpart Rabiu Kwankwaso will be in London next week. The INEC boss and the candidates will speak at the Chatham House. Their separate […]
NPA gets new image maker The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has approved the appointment of Mrs Josephine Moltok as the new General Manager (GM), Corporate and Strategic Communications (C&SC) for the Authority. The Plateau born media guru took over, on Tuesday, from Mrs Oluyemisi Oyinlola, a lawyer, who held the office […]
9th African Shippers’ Day holds 16th – 18th January The 9th edition of African Shippers Day will hold between next week Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th, January 2023. The nation’s Port Economic Regulator, Nigerian Shippers’ Council will in collaboration with Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) hold the African Shippers’ Day in Lagos at Lagos […]
Police rescue 30 kidnap victims in Nasarawa 30 kidnap victims have been rescued by the Nasarawa State police command in an operation in Toto Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, disclosed this in a statement, made available to newsmen on Friday in Lafia. […]
Court orders Trump Organisation to pay $1.6 million as fine for tax fraud Donald Trump’s company has been fined $1.6 million as punishment for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an enterprise boasting billions of dollars in assets. […]
Jamoh assures indigenous shipowners of seamless disbursement of CVFF funds The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has continued with constant stakeholders’ consultation and engagement to ensure effective communication to attain seamless disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR. NIMASA management had a […]
Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service recorded an unprecedented revenue generation of N1,022,530,523,699 in the year 2022. The Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Malanta Ibrahim Yusuf disclosed this on Thursday. According to the Command boss, the 2022 revenue figure is 16.07% higher than N870,388,340,650 collected in 2021 Comptroller Malanta also noted that non-oil exports […]
of the late Maritime icon. The funeral, according to the Committee will start with a Colloquium, which is being put together by the maritime media in honour of the deceased. It is billed to hold at Rockview Hotel in Apapa on Thursday January 19, 2023. Mr Sunmola told the media that, “the Planning Committee is […]