The year is 2035; I walk into the mega Lagos central mall in the heart of the city. A human-sized robot greets me with a warm handshake at the front door, and with a very distinct voice says, “Hello Mr. Bayo, welcome to another day of great shopping experience.

Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called on political aspirants to play by the rules and avoid politics of calumny and division amongst themselves as Bayelsa prepares for the governorship elections in November.

ASABA—DEPUTY President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has told members of the All Progress Congress, APC, in Delta State to expand their scope of influence beyond the state.

ABUJA—All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for the last House of Representatives election in Delta State, Prince Collins Eselemo, has faulted the election petition tribunal members for delivering judgment after he sought the transfer of his case to another court.

THE Alumni of Maritime Academy of Nigeria Oron, AMANO, and other stakeholders in the Nigeria maritime industry have called for an appraisal of the implementation of the Coastal Inland Shipping Act, otherwise known as Cabotage Law, with a view to realizing objectives of the Act.

Envision Global Care Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has commissioned its newly-built Ante-Natal Care, ANC, section of the Lugbe Primary Health Care Centre in Abuja, designed to promote maternal, newborn and child health, MNCH.

THE Chartered Institute of Transport Administration, CIOTA Bill assented to by the President recently, has created a controversy in the Transport sector as stakeholders are accusing the President of bias as other Bills that were presented before the CIOTA Bill are yet to assent.
In this interview with Vanguard Maritime Report, President of the Institute, Mr Bashir Jamoh, said that the Bill went properly processed before the President assented it.

THE Federal Operations  Unit Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, made a total of 623 seizures with duty paid value of N1.1 billion between in the first half of 2019.

SOME port users, especially, importers, Shippers and exporters have cried out over damages suffered during the clearing process at major private port terminals without any form of compensation. Shippers 

Health professionals have faulted the implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, in Nigeria, saying, only a functional NHIS will guarantee Universal Health Coverage for all Nigerians.

The Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, seeking leave to detain the convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, for 90 days.

…says suspension is to allow room for investigation‘We have been shown continuously that girl-child education drives development’(Opens in a new browser tab) The Edo State Government has said that the Etsako West Local Government Area chairman, Hon. Yakubu Musa, was asked to step aside to allow for a thorough investigation into a N46 million payroll […]

A LAWYER, Mr Leo Ekpenyong, has picked holes in the allegations of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, against Minister-designate, Senator Godswill Akpabio over mishandling of constituency project

Edo indigenes resident in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have pledged support to Governor Godwin Obaseki led-administration, urging him not to be distracted by a few self-seeking individuals working to destabilise the state.

WARRI—THE Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) has set up an interim management committee to pilot the affairs of the group pending when a fresh election will be conducted.