The nation’s port is poised for greater efficiency as the concessionair managing the facility, APM Terminal Apapa Limited, APMT, has invested $17.5million in five new Rubber Tyre Gantry Cranes, RTGs, to facilitate trade in line with global trend. With this latest technology, APMT is the first terminal in Africa to have RTGs, after United States of America.

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio has identified violence and insecurity as threats that might lead to the disintegration of the nation.

While the Nigerian IT sector has continued to be the toast of international vendors, the International Business Machine (IBM) president and CEO, Ms Ginni Rometty during her recent working visit to the country has disclosed the company intentions for ICT development and support in Africa especially Nigeria.

A 40- year-old businessman, Peter Williams, was Monday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, for allegedly receiving a 40-feet empty Container valued at N1.5million.

EMANCIPATION seeking Ogoni ethnic nationality of Rivers State has declared not to support a second term bid for President Goodluck Jonathan unless the Presidency put a stop to the blackmail of the state’s leadership under Governor Rotimi Amaechi and that of Ogoniland as embodied in Senator Magnus Abe.

The Commissioner for Insurance, Fola Daniel, has called on insurance operators to allow the benefits obtained from the “No premium no cover’ policy impact on their claims settlement, staff remuneration and better returns on investment for shareholders.

Perhaps the commonest health reason Nigerians who can afford it go abroad is to have surgery. Indeed, if you ask anyone inside the country their greatest concern should they be hospitalised, for many, it is the prospect of surgery.

The Senate is to initiate legislative educational policies that would ensure total revamp of the sector in the country.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, described the recent killings of no fewer than 72 students of the College of Agriculture in Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram sect, as not only senseless and but unjustifiable.

At 53 Nigeria has faced some challenges of nationhood, similar to what other great nations had or have faced. While one is concerned by the recurring disturbing and negative trends that dampen the spirit of writing positively about the country, Nigeria’s greatness is in its abundant human and material resources.

ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, declared, yesterday, that conflicts and disagreements were a part of democracy.

Four Interswitch clients emerged winners in their categories at the Central Bank of Nigeria Payment System Awards, held in Abuja last week. All four have been recognized by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for adopting an end-to-end ePayment solution to run their businesses. Cross River State won in the State Category as the best […]

Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (rtd), former chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia

While endorsing the National Software Conference and Competition organized by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), in partnership with the Government of Cross River State, the United Nations has plugged the the low hanging technology fruits in the Nigerian national software development Initiatives.

In spite of these success stories, the country has suffered setbacks. Nigerian football suffered a major failure in 1977 when a Godwin Odiye’s own-goal stopped the country from attending her first World Cup in 1978. Other disappointments were in 1981 and 1989 when Nigeria was stopped by Algeria and Cameroon respectively.