….Import-laden containers rise by 33.1% to 268,713 TEUs, from 201,839 TEUs in Q3 2024 Ship calls climb 8.4% to 1,074 vessels, from 991 ships in Q3 2024 Container traffic grows 18.9% to 546,931 TEUs, as GRT jumps 18% to 42.64m tonnes Lekki Port emerges as the dominant growth driver with 46.8% of total cargo throughput…
… how Dangote’s remarks against a regulator is actually a fight against President Tinubu’s stance on open-market economy It was not the volume of the comments that startled Abuja. It was the intent. Aliko Dangote is not known for impulsive public confrontation. For decades, his influence has moved not so quietly through boardrooms, ministries, and…
The Imole Accord Vanguard (IMAV) has accused the Police Commissioner in the Osun, Mr. Ibrahim Gotan, of compromise in the unsuccessful plot to create confusion on the candidate of Accord for the 2026 governorship election in the state, calling on the Inspector-General of the Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun and the Police Service Commission (PSC)…
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) over outstanding debts estimated at more than N100 billion owed to the Federation Account. At a public hearing on Monday, the committee gave the three…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the family, associates and admirers of late Chief (Prince) Tunde Ponle, calling his demise “the exit of a giant” Governor Adeleke described the loss of Chief Ponle as painful beyond words can actually convey, noting that the late industrialist made exceptional contributions to…
A major fallout of the recent Nigerian intervention in the failed coup plot in the Republic of Benin is the detention of Nigerian military aircraft, along with some soldiers, in Burkina Faso. The aircraft, according to the Nigerian authorities, was on its way to Portugal for routine maintenance when it flew over Burkina Faso airspace…
The attention of ARISE YOUTHS has been drawn to a laughable, poorly scripted drama paraded as a “governorship primary” by a self-styled faction of the Accord Party in Osun State, allegedly producing one Clement Bamigbola as candidate for the 2026 governorship election, barely days after the legitimate emergence of His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen…
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun State has said it was not informed of another primary reportedly conducted by a faction of the Accord Party in the state. A faction of the Accord Party in Osun on Sunday reportedly held a primary election that produced Bamigbola Clement as its candidate for the August 8,…
THE South-West stakeholders and national leadership of the Accord Party have unanimously affirmed that the emergence of Osun State Governor, Senator Jackson Ademola Adeleke, as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2026 election remains valid, while formally disowning the Segun Fanibe-led group. The endorsement followed a crucial South-West stakeholders’ meeting of the party held in…
By Al-Amin Isa Across the world, nations fall when their people sleep. Regions collapse when they mistake carefully-engineered chaos for natural misfortune. And today, the North of Nigeria stands at such a dangerous crossroads. A silent, well-organised, well-funded campaign is unfolding, one designed not only to deepen the Christian–Muslim divide, but also to shatter the…
