By Dennis Agbo ENUGU — GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, last week, advanced the public utility sector with five made-in-Nigeria mini fire fighting trucks to enhance the services being rendered by the Fire Service in Enugu State. The augmentation was not the first time Governor Ugwuanyi improved upon the fire service from where he met it. On […]

In this second part of our interview with the Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello, addresses the issues around POF, Port efficiency, trucking, cost and ease of doing business in the ports amongst others.

By our Reporters The Nigerian agric sector has the potential to generate trillions of naira in revenue and this is reflected in the N1.1 trillion food deficit as at 2018. Transforming this potential into actual productivity requires more than the N500 billion total lending to the sector which contributes 25 percent of the nation’s Gross […]

By Davies Iheamnachor There is panic in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as fuel scarcity hits the city, following an action by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. Many petro filling stations in the city have refused to sell while others are closed Wednesday morning. The fuel scarcity which resurfaced in the […]

Says patient is doing wellhe By Chioma Obinna The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in the hospital even as it explained that the patient was responding to treatment. Confirming this in a telephone chat with Vanguard, the Chairman, LUTH Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo said the […]

A FORMER Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mr. Ahmed Kodjoli Bello, has proposed a list of prohibited cargoes that will be adopted in the West African sub-region with a view to curbing smuggling within the region.

DREDGING stakeholders have blamed the absence of proper training of upcoming dredgers for economic lose and damages of dredging equipment by workers in the sector.

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has threatened to destroy Dhikrulahi Akinropo, agbowu of Ogbagba. You would recall that Akanbi had attacked Akinropo, during a meeting convened by the assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Zone 11, to resolve a prolonged land dispute. In the viral video, Oluwo was seen speaking before a crowd and […]

The club has identified a marked increase in incidents of piracy and armed robbery attacks off West Africa during 2019 and early 2020. This included the worrying increase in kidnappings involving tankers often occurring a long way from shore. A recent industry report highlighted that the most dangerous area for maritime crime is West Africa[i]. In an effort to provide members with a comprehensive update of the region, the club has collated various guidance from local lawyers and correspondents in West Africa.

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday his administration would ensure the release of all persons currently in the captivity of Boko Haram and other terror groups across the country and beyond. The President stated this in a message he personally signed as part of activities marking the second anniversary of the abduction of 110 students […]