The President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA), Mary Haman, has charged females wishing to come into the maritime industry to be courageous if they must be successful.

 Politicians in Germany on Wednesday called on citizens to raise their voices against right-wing populism and xenophobia.

In 2006, Fela saw the results of the NECO examinations and discovered it had over 85% failure rate. It wasn’t “his business” but he did something about it.

Hon. Peter Akpatason, representing Akoko-Edo in the House of Representatives, says loyal members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the house will carry out the party’s instruction on Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

THERE was tension at the Ekwulobia Township Stadium in Aguata local government area of Anambra, venue for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Anambra South senatorial primary as the police used teargas to scare hoodlums who tried to disrupt the exercise.

IN igeria is blessed   with role models in    the education sector, some of whom are presently directing the affairs of the various public and private universities in the country with outstanding results to show for their ingenuity. These are men and women of purpose whose inspirational character and exemplary deeds have built enviable reputation for their respective institutions.

Ghanaian delegation to the just concluded Sub-regional workshop and joint committee meeting organized by the Union of African Shippers Council in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, has said that the country increased its share of cargo for Africa’s landlocked countries by 30,781 tones in the last two years.

US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for applying the principles of evolution to develop proteins used in everything from new biofuels to the world’s best-selling drug.

Vanguard Maritime Report ran into a long time maritime  industry operator and Managing Director of International Trading and Contracting Group Emmanuel Nweke and took him up on some challenges the industry is grappling with. He noted that the industry’s fortune is dwindling. Below are excerpts:

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has urged African banks to key into Afreximbank’s Trade Facilitation Programme(AFTRAF).

Sahara Group’s company-wide games, The Saharalympics, lived up to its billing with amazing track and field performances that saw staff win 70 medals in the keenly contested completion that was designed to promote excellence and team sprit at the leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate.

Following the dust that arose from the presidential primaries of the Alliance for a New Nigeria political party, where many of the aspirants withdrew from the race and or party, the spokesman of the party has revealed what really transpired before and during the primaries.

A social media poll conducted by the African Independent Television, AIT, tweeted by the senator representing Bayelsa East constituency, Ben-Murray Bruce shows the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar taking the lead.

A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday restrained the All Progressives Congress from conducting the primary to select the party’s candidate for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District.

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday said the apex bank was duly committed in positioning the economy on the path of growth by supporting small businesses in the country.