THE Delta State School of Marine Technology in Burutu has begun the recruitment of workers to fill the various positions for its take off, just as it has also commenced moves to affiliate the institution to a foreign academy abroad.

Members of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State chapter, yesterday stormed the premises of Daily Times, publisher of the Times Newspapers and barricaded the entrance in protest against the sale of newspaper firm to Folio Communication by the Bureau for Public Enterprise even as the union alleged mismanagement.

THE management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has sacked twenty-two workers in the organization who the management claimed were employed without following due process, an action that is at variance with rule of law policy of the President Umoru Yar’Adua’s administration.

By Dennis Agbo Abakaliki – Former  Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim has charged the people of his home state, Ebonyi  to be good ambassadors of the state in whatever field they find themselves and strive to always make the best out their chosen professions. Senator Anyim spoke in a dinner in honour of Colonel Obi […]

SOME members of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) have gone to court to stop the chapter elections of the association being midwife by Alhaji Inua Mohammed led Association Electoral Commission (ASECO).

THE management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has sacked twenty-two workers in the agency who the management claimed were employed without following due process, an action that is at variance with rule of law policy of the President Umoru Yar’Adua’s administration.The Board it was learnt at its meeting of 29th July 2009 reviewed the recruitment exercise of the concerned staffers which did not follow laid down procedures and consequently cancelled the recruitment exercise of the 22 officers.

Owerri – The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) may pull out of the Government of National Unity over the poor performance of the PDP-led Federal Government, National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Ben Onyechere has said. In a statement in Owerri yesterday, Chief Onyechere said his party’s decision is borne out of the “blatant violation […]

The 536 personnel trained by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at its Technical Training Centre between 2003 and 2007 Monday stormed the Marina headquarters of the authority demanding that management should absorb them in line with the agreement reached with NPA before they were admitted for the programme.

African Cycle Pollution Management Limited has expended not less than $43 million in a determination to reduce ship pollution and cargo residue on the nation’s waters to create cleaner sea for shipping operation in Nigeria.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia – Abia State House of Assembly has passed a law, which makes the offence of terrorism, kidnapping, hostage-taking and the use of offensive weapons or explosives, punishable by death. The law is aimed at tackling the problems of kidnapping, which is rampant in the state, a situation the Speaker of the […]

Following the agitations by individuals, companies and thenorganised private sector (OPS) over multiple taxation, the federal government has announced plans to introduce measures that will help address the issue and thus boost its revenue profile in the years ahead.

First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) has been named the “Best Telecom Supporting Bank in Nigeria” for the year 2009 at the Nigerian Annual Telecoms Awards.

By Godfrey Bivbere FinBank plc has part  nered an indigenous shipping company, Jevkon Oil and Gas Limited, to acquire a 2006 built, double hull vessel, MT Breakthrough to the turn of N156 million ($10.4 million). The bank’s decision to embark on the financing of the vessel acquisition hinges on the its belief that shipping takes […]

A significant decline was recorded in trading, Tuesday, on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as the volume of shares traded dipped by 42.32 per cent. The decline was also witnessed in the key market indices, as the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation and All-share index, dipped by N38.62 billion.

“We are embarking on protest to compel the Federal government to immediately sign and implement agreement reached with the striking unions so that students can resume academic work. We, Nigerian students, are tired of staying at home and we consider the federal government the party to blame in the current crisis, he said.”