The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that every vessel that plied the nation’s waters must pay Sea Protection Levy (SPL). Mrs Julian Gunwa, Director, Marine Environment Management Department, said this in a meeting with shipping companies in Lagos. She said that NIMASA was empowered to collect the levy.

Nigeria reportedly lost about $60 billion oil revenue due to shortfalls in its estimated production in 2012. Vanguard gathered from an industry source in one of the leading International oil consulting firms that the country has since 2008 lost about $100 billion revenue by not producing what is supposed to produce.

Experts in human resource have emphasised the importance of continuous training of employees in various organisations in order to bring out the best in them.

Residents of the town where 39 people died in fierce fighting between Christian and Muslim mobs said on Sunday they were fast running out of food and water as a result of the round-the-clock curfew.

If it is business, good, if it’s ambushing, not palatable, but if it is on the monetary side, good business for Saka, but yet questions would be asked why Hafiz Oyetoro otherwise known as ‘Saka’ dumped Etisalat for MTN.? What was the contractual agreement with Etisalat.? Or could it be the portability switch that prompted the move, what lesson?.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised the alarm that the Jonathan Administration is steadily descending into despotism with a brazen assault on the freedom of expression and the press, the use of national institutions against perceived enemies and a growing inclination to denigrate opposition leaders.

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja called for transparency in the process of selecting a new Director-General for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on May 31. Mr Samuel Ortom, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, expressed government’s position when Mr Roberto Zapata, a special envoy of Mexican President Pena Nieto, visited him. Ortom said credibility in the selection process would usher in a competent leadership that would take the 159-member global trade body to the next level.

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, has expressed shock on the death of respected  Vanguard columnist, Mr. Pini Jason. In a statement Sunday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode,  the governor described Jason’s death as “a big blow to the media industry.” He described the deceased as a “gifted writer who used his […]

Africa Cup of Nations star Sunday Mba could not save Nigerian club Enugu Rangers from CAF Champions League elimination this weekend.

Enugu lost 3-1 at Recreativo Libolo of Angola in a last-16 second leg after a goalless first encounter and instead of a place in the lucrative group phase, dropped to the second-tier Confederation Cup.

Arturo Vidal’s 10th league goal of the season was enough to secure a 1-0 win over Palermo and help ten-man Juventus to their 29th Serie A title on Sunday.

Ajax won their 32nd Dutch league title in style on Sunday overwhelming Willem II Tilburg 5-0 in the penultimate match of the season.

Victory put Ajax onto 73 points four ahead of closest challenger PSV Eindhoven with just one game to play.

Relations between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund continued to sour ahead of the Champions League final on May 25 as Saturday’s dress rehearsal in the Bundesliga was marred by a dismissal and a pitch side argument.

Juan Mata struck an 87th-minute winner as Chelsea won 1-0 at champions Manchester United on Sunday to reclaim third place in the Premier League and tighten their grip on a Champions League place.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Sunday urged Nigerian students and NYSC members to involve God in everything they do to ensure success

Mountain Dew has severed business relationship with American rapper Lil Wayne over lewd lyrics on 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed nearly 60 years ago.