The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the on going wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos. The Agency’s Director General Dr Bashir Jamoh who disclosed this during a review session of the ongoing wreck…
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa has warned against trading with Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Northeast. According to him, trading and other economic activities with the insurgents consolidate terrorism in the region. The 13-year insurgency has killed about 40, 000 people with $9.4…
The flag bearer and Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (JANDOR) has cleared the air on an announcement of a purported official opening of a new party state secretariat and the attendant reactions from some party members. JANDOR stated that he acted promptly when the information got…
PARIS and DUBLIN, 20th June 2022: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the EY organisation have today published a new report bringing together opinions from 13 consumer industry leaders that outlines the urgent priorities the sector must act upon to help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 deadline. At the halfway point to the 2030…
TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE JOINT LEGAL, MEDIA AND SECURITY COMMITTEE OF THE OSUN STATE GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACTIC PARTY TODAY JUNE 20 AT OSOGBO, OSUN STATE CAPITAL* Gentlemen of the press, We call this press conference to bring to the notice of Nigerians certain troubling developments that portends…
• Urges EFCC to Redouble Effort to Arrest Fubuara •Tasks Rivers People to Use the 2023 Election to Sack the Very Corrupt PDP Administration in Rivers State Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwumeka Eze has described threats by the…
Thirty-four (34) years after the enactment of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act Chapter A.18, Laws of the Federation, 2004 which came into force on March 14, 1988, the 9th Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, 10 May 2022 passed the Arbitration and Mediation Bill (“the Bill”), which will repeal the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and enact the…
By 1. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa; 2. Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All; 3. Amani Abou-Zeid,Commissioner for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union CommissionCommission for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union Commission ●Amani Abou-Zeid During the United Nations…
Full text of Vladimir Putin’s speech at SPIEF on June 17, 2022: Thank you very much! Dear Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich! Dear friends, colleagues! I greet the participants and guests of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. It takes place at a difficult time for the entire world community, when the economy, markets and the very…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has appointed former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Executive, Mrs Chioma Nonyerem Njoku, as the Chairperson of the Women-in-Business Trade Group of the Chamber. In a letter signed by the Director General ACCI, Victoria Akai on Tuesday, the DG stated that…
