School feeding programme: Why FG is sending raw food to parents at home —Ngige
By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has explained that the reason the Federal Government decided to feed the pupils under the government’s school feeding programme while they are still at home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic is because the food items were perishing. Ngige, who spoke […]
Maritime workers send palliatives to stranded foreign seafarers on Lagos waters
MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has sent food items and other materials to the 18-man foreign crew onboard MT ORYX TRADER vessel stranded for over three months at the Lagos Anchorage. The crew onboard is made up foreign nationals, with a Pakistani as its captain and an Ukrainian as chief officer.
Controversy over seized N1.2bn Indian hemp
THE seizure of a large quantity of Cannabis Sativa, otherwise locally known as Indian Hemp by operatives of the Western Marine Command, WMC, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, may have been enmeshed in controversy following the escape of the smugglers, believed to have negotiated their escape at with some NCS officials.
Vessel still stuck, 2 weeks after hitting Escravos channel moles
ONE week after a supply vessel,‘M/T DEVISA’ ran into the rocky moles of the Escravos channel, the vessel is still stuck waiting to be rescued.
FG grants ‘essential workers’ status to seafarers, dockworkers
AT the backdrop of the on-going curfew imposed by the government to curtail spread of coronavirus, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has designated Nigerian seafarers and dockworkers as essential duty workers for the purposes of unrestricted passage to and from the seaports or jetties.
NPA senior staff empowers members, others with COVID-19 PPEs
THE Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA branch has empowered its members and other staff with Personal Protective Equipment, PPEs, worth N9.5 million as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in the port industry.
Ex-Nigeria Airways workers seek payment of outstanding benefits
By Victor Young Former workers and retirees of the defunct Nigerian Airways Limited, NAL, have pleaded with the Federal Government to pay their outstanding pension entitlement, to enable them to cope with difficulties and consequences of the rampaging coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Speaking in Abuja at the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, […]
NDDC IMC Probe: Group backs NASS, urges it to ignore lies, propaganda
Group known as Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Wednesday advised National Assembly to ignore lies and propaganda emanating from some faceless groups, as it threw its weight behind it.
800 export consignments stranded at Lagos ports
ABOUT 800 export consignments have been stranded for weeks at the various export terminals in Lagos ports. Though the cause of the development is unclear, sources at the ports attributed it to the present coronavirus, COVID-19, induced slow down in operational processes at the ports.
Edo 2020: Why Obaseki should walk away
If I were Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State today, I will simply walk away and not participate in the race to return as governor of Edo State for a second tenure. The reason is simple. All odds are against him, he has lost the four Aces and there is no Joker in the pack.
COVID-19: LUTH Volunteers did not shut operations — Medical Advisory Committee
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, has refuted an online publication that its volunteers shut operations over their unpaid emoluments Prof Wasiu Adeyemo, the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) made the refusal in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday. “For the avoidance of doubt, all volunteers and LUTH workers working at our Isolation wards have […]
Stakeholders call for sustainability of NIMASA’s annual forecast
STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian maritime industry have called for a continued publication of the Maritime Forecast with a view to keeping everyone on their toes and aiding growth of the sector.
Starsight powers hospital in Ekiti State to reduce Covid-19 testing time
Starsight, a leading Nigerian commercial and industrial solar power provider in Africa, announced that it has successfully powered a hospital in Ekiti State, South West, Nigeria with new solar power system that allowed the hospital to provide more rapid Covid-19 testing. The hospital, located in Ikole in Ekiti State, currently receives less than 8 hours […]
NADDC commends Simba TVS for Keke Safety Shield
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has commended the Simba Group for the innovative design and development of the Simba Safety Shield for use on tricycles (popularly known as Keke). The shield, which is a combination of both a transparent screen separating the rider and passenger cabins of a Keke,as well as a […]
The master-slave syndrome
By Sunny Ikhioya I WAS profoundly touched after reading a piece entitled: “Reflections on Nigerian House Negroes and their late ‘massa’, Abba Kyari” by one Chris Obiekwe in one of the social media platforms. My concern here is not Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari but on the mentality that has […]
Suspend luxury items, prioritise bailouts
IT is said that to whom much is given, much is also expected. So much has been given to our successive elected and appointed government officials in Nigeria over the years. Our politicians who have controlled the wealth of the nation can hardly point to many tangible things they have done with our money other […]
