Malaysia reported 45 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the cumulative total to 6,428 infections. READ ALSO: Britain records Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll The health ministry also reported one new death, raising the total number of fatalities from the outbreak to 107. vanguard

The Tiv Cultural and Social Association, Taraba state has called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the recurrent Jukun, Tiv conflict which has rendered thousands homeless in southern Taraba.

REPORTS from global port and marine operations, indicate that global maritime freight transportation revenue is expected to grow from $166 billion last year to over $205 billion in 2023. Also spending in transportation and logistics on the Internet-of-Things, IoT, and smart systems is projected to rise tomore than $130 billion in 2020.

Britain’s death toll linked to the novel coronavirus has risen to 29,427, the government said on Tuesday, meaning it has overtaken Italy in recording Europe’s highest total. The total includes only deaths reported through the Health Ministry following tests in hospitals and care homes, with many experts estimating that at least 40,000 people have died […]

THE Lagos Area Office of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has issued fresh guidelines for controlled inland waterways transportation as well as jetty operations.

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A six-year-old girl, daughter of the index case in Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has been tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Health and Chairman of the Task Force on COVID-19 in Jigawa State, Dr Abba Zakari, in Dutse. His words: “The […]

AS the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic continues to ground the world economy, the maritime industry has reached out to the organised private sector, OPS, to seek ways of improving the nation’s industrial base through effective maritime operations.
To this end, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, that also doubles as the Port Economic Regulator, PER, brought together the various groups of the OPS which includes Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, NICCIMA; Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI; the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN and the Shippers Association of Lagos State, SAL.

Evacuation of the first batch of stranded Nigerians in the United States earlier scheduled for Sunday has been brought back to Saturday. Also changed is the flight number from ET 509 announced on Sunday to ET 8509 by the same carrier, Ethiopian Airlines. The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York announced the changes in a […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Following the easing of lockdown by the federal government in the wake of an increasing number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in the country, the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, has tasked health workers to begin to see every patient in hospitals as a suspected carrier of the […]

By Anne-Marie Trevelyan Right now, the fast global spread of coronavirus means no one is safe from this pandemic until we are all safe. In both our countries, people have made enormous personal sacrifices to slow the spread of this virus. But only one thing will stop this pandemic in its tracks: a vaccine. We […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 148 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,950. NCDC announced this on its website on Tuesday night. “On the 5th of May 2020, 148 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state […]

The Chancellor of the first Sports University in Africa, Prince Ned Nwoko released the Ariel pictures of the proposed Stars University, Idumuje-Ugboko in Aniocha North LGA, Delta State yesterday to disabuse the mind of those who have been fed with lies that no development of such is going on. The pictures comprise of administrative blocks, […]

The Niger Delta Ex-Agitators Solidarity Front has joined other stakeholders from across the Niger Delta region to condemn attacks on Aroloyeteim Brown, the Head of Reintegration of the Presidential Amnesty Programme over what it termed “the unwholesome jostling by interested Parties for the plump job of Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.” The group made […]

The number of new Coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,559 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 165,929, the Coronavirus crisis response centre said on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Russia reports almost 10,000 new virus cases in 24 hours It was the fourth consecutive day that cases had risen by more than 10,000. […]

Pay television service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, would commence the implementation of the new Value Added Tax, VAT, rate, which may lead to a hike in the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages, Vanguard has learned. The new VAT regime, which came into effect on February 1, raised the rate of VAT from five per […]