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To boost the economic growth of the country, Sen. Stella Oduah said that the South eastern part of the country would require a minimum of three container ports. Oduah made this known while speaking with journalists in Abuja, she said the ports were necessary because the Southeast region had become an industrial zone. She said […]

Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) and other agencies have been discovered not be remitting revenue to the government treasury. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting anchored by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Finance to quickly recover moneys not remitted to […]

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh says interested officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) who are interested in going into agriculture to ensure food security in the country will be trained. Ogbeh said this at a sensitisation workshop organised for officers […]

By Jite Eriabie    An Iranian military vessel confronted an American warship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a damaged Iranian fishing boat, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, but the U.S. Navy denied any direct contact with Iranian forces. The American vessel turned away after the warning from the Iranian […]

Dana Air has been formally announced as the newest member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA membership is coming just two years after the airline passed its International Operations Safety Audit (IOSA) and was admitted into the association’s global safety registry. The Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo while responding to the airline’s latest […]Read More

By Jite Eriabie    The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) entered into force on September 8, 2017. Adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2004, the measure for environmental protection that aims to stop the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species in ships’ ballast water […]Read More

By Patience Danjuma  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers and decried the way the Paris Club Refund was spent by some state governors. The Federal government had on May 4 released details of the second tranche of Paris Club refund to States totalling N243. 795 billion. […]

By Patience Musa  The Federal Government says it has concessioned the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to the tweeter handle of the Presidency, @NGRPresident, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known at the presidential quarterly business forum held at the State House, Abuja. The tweet stated: […]

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has again uncovered 1,100 pump action rifles concealed in a 20-foot container smuggled into the country. Operatives of Tin Can Island Command of Customs, Lagos who made the discovery, claimed that the weapons may have been brought in from Turkey.  The weapons were concealed inside a container which Bill of […]

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on behalf of the Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) has called on the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to compel the Federal Government to implement Federal Character Principle in appointment of members of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). HURILAWS […]

The Niger Basin Authority on Tuesday cautioned that there would be a progressive increase in water level in Nigeria. The NBA said that the increase in water level could have significant impacts on people and property in flood prone areas. The agency is a regional body of nine-member countries in West and Central Africa, namely […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned a $150 million integrated feed mill, breeding farm, and hatchery in Kaduna State. In a series of tweets by the @NGRPresident, Buhari was joined by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir el- Rufai, Minister of Agric, Audu Ogbeh and other dignitaries.