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N9.5bn Cocaine seizure: MWUN attributes security breach at port to absence of onboard security men
...seeks collaboration with NDLEA
The Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has blamed the incessant importation of hard drugs into the country through the ports on removal of onboard security men from the port by the…
Keystone Bank clarifies reports on its meeting with House of Representatives committee on recovery
Keystone Bank Limited has said that reports in some sections of the online media on its meeting with the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets on Federal…
Nestoil Group and its failed campaign of calumny against The Witness Newspaper: Our Stand
We knew it would get to this. We knew when they made surreptitious moves for us to stop the report, that the campaign to malign THE WITNESS would soon begin. But the end to this Nestoil Group saga is not yet on the horizon.
A while back,…
U.S. Consulate launches STEM training for 300 school girls in Osun
The U.S. Consulate General has launched a new project aimed at empowering 300 high school girls in Osun State to pursue education and careers in STEM fields.
Through the project tagged “Osun Girls Can Code,” the 300 schoolgirls will…
Nigeria has potential to earn N1.2trn from cassava exports annually, says PIND
Dara Akala, executive director of Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), says Nigeria has the economic potential to earn $2.98 billion (about N1.2 trillion ) in agricultural exports of cassava annually.
Akala said this on…
Policeman stabs colleague to death in Bayelsa over ‘minor misunderstanding’
The Bayelsa police command says Sapele Eyeridideke, one of its operatives, has been stabbed to death by his colleague, identified as Governor Akpoboloukeme.
Ben Okolo, Bayelsa commissioner of police, who confirmed the development on…
32.9kg Cocaine seizure: Court grants NDLEA’s request to attach ship, detain 29 suspects
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for the interim attachment of a vessel MV Cha Yanee Naree used to import 32.9 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the Apapa…
Operational synergy – British High Commission collaborates with NPA on ports security
The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) received in audience, from the office of the British Deputy High Commission to Nigeria, Patricia Davies a Maritime Security Liaison Officer for Sub Saharan Africa.
The visit was to…
Trading volume on FBN Holdings’ shares rise by 127%
The volume of activities on the shares of FBN Holdings Plc, the parent company of First Bank Nigeria Limited rose sharply by 127 per cent to 350,541,662 on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday, compared with the 154, 395,251,…
NPA upgrades Control Tower for efficiency of service
The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation's seaports with a view to position the ports on a competitive edge in the West and Central African sub…