Do not switch off the AIS in Nigerian waters, NNPC warns

Do not switch off the AIS in Nigerian waters, NNPC warns

By Godwin Oritse, with agency report Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,has  issued a notice warning its clients and other stakeholders that the Nigerian Navy will investigate, and will  arrest ships that switch off their Automatic Identification system,  AIS,  when operating in Nigerian waters. It further reminds masters of their obligations under SOLAS Reg.V/19 to maintain […]
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NOSDRA intervenes again in SPDC/Bayelsa community oil spill face-off

NOSDRA intervenes again in SPDC/Bayelsa community oil spill face-off

By Samuel Oyadongha , Ikarama The federal regulatory agency, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has again waded into the lingering face-off between indigenes of oil-rich Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over the oil spill. NDV recalls that the community and the oil giant […]

#ENDSARS: The Anatomy of A Speech— and of State Terrorism

#ENDSARS: The Anatomy of A Speech— and of State Terrorism

On the morning of Friday 23, 2020, two weeks after civil protests, under the banner of #EndSARS, began in Nigeria, I woke up to a WhatsApp message from one of my former students who asks, after making a few comments on President Muhammadu Buhari’s uninspiring broadcast the previous evening, ‘What next, sir?’

Sanwo-Olu talks tough over ethnic clash, rampaging hoodlums

Sanwo-Olu talks tough over ethnic clash, rampaging hoodlums

Following ethnic clash in Fagba-Iju- Ishaga area as well as series of attacks by rampaging hoodlums, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, read a riot act to the troublemakers, urging them to be law-abiding and peaceful or face the full wrath of the law.

Getting Down to Business: A hospitality sector recovery action plan

Getting Down to Business: A hospitality sector recovery action plan

As the world moves through the COVID-19 pandemic, hoteliers are logically turning their attention to the business travel market to help reignite the hospitality industry and tourism in general, particularly in Africa, says Mark Havercroft of Minor Hotels.

#EndSARS: Ugwuanyi set up panel of inquiry

#EndSARS: Ugwuanyi set up panel of inquiry

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has constituted a nine-member Administrative Panel of Inquiry to look into the recent loss of lives and/or other grievous bodily injuries to private citizens and security personnel, resulting from the hijack by miscreants of the otherwise peaceful #ENDSARS protests.

Gunmen abduct traditional leader’s wife in Kano — Emirate council

Gunmen abduct traditional leader’s wife in Kano — Emirate council

By Bashir Bello Unknown gunmen have abducted Aishatu Aliyu, wife of Village Head of Tsara in Rogo local government area and under Karaye Emirate council of Kano State. The Council’s Information Officer, Haruna Gunduwawa in a statement on Tuesday confirmed the incident. Gunduwawa said according to the report presented to the Emir of Karaye Alhaji […]