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NIMASA, NiMet partner to fill gaps identified during IMO audit
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have initiated joint effort to close gaps identified by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) during its last mandatory audit of…
AfCFTA: Salim meets Alaba traders, insists on standards
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has tasked traders to uphold the highest quality standards for them to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
The Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, gave the…
Accolades as firemen put-off inferno at NPA headquarters
Paul Ogbuokiri
Prompt intervention by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) firemen in the early hours of today (Wednesday) curtailed the damage a fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an electrical fire could cause on the…
Beware! ‘Unity Bank is the headquarters of fraudsters’ –Civil servants lament over N134m scam
Civil servants in Ogun stormed a branch of Unity Bank Plc led by embattled Tomi Somefun in Abeokuta on Monday to protest the alleged diversion of their N134 million investment fund.
The aggrieved customers also lambasted the Managing…
Family accuses Lagos CP, others of complicity in Usifo Ataga’s murder
The family of Super TV boss, Mr Michael Usifo Ataga, who was brutally murdered on June 15, 2021, in a serviced apartment in upscale Lekki, Lagos, has briefed fiery Constitutional Lawyer and renowned Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike…
N4.7m scam: Microfinance bank MD gets five-year jail term in Bauchi
A Bauchi state high court has sentenced Sarita Aliyu, identified as the managing director of Workman Microfinance Bank in Bauchi, to five years imprisonment.
She was convicted on a two-count charge bordering on misappropriation and…
Why I’m being investigated by EFCC –Ex-governor Dickson
Former Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said he was interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged diversion of N17.5billion ecological funds and assets declaration breaches.
He gave the…
NIMASA set to clear Nigerian waters of wrecks, derelics
All is set for the flag-off of an intensive wreck removal exercise in Nigerian waters by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during a Ministerial…
US warship in Nigeria for maritime security engagement
Officers assigned to the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participating in a maritime interoperability planning event with leaders from the Nigerian Navy.
Hershel “Woody” Williams is participating in a three-day…
Cedarwood gifts G-Wagon to worthy partner
...as UN decorates MD/CEO, Dr Oyedemi
The Managing Director of PWAN Plus Business Concerns Ltd, owners of Cedarwood Luxury Estates, Dr Julius Oyedemi, yesterday rewarded a super performing business partner, High Chief Odefowope…