FG grants Edo dry port provisional licence
By Eguono Odjegba THE Federal Ministry of Transportation has granted the AMES-Edo Inland Dry Port, IDP, a provisional licence as port of origin and destination, giving the operator and management full power to commence engagement with investors. Promoter of the Edo IDP project, Atlantique Marine & Engineering Services Ltd, AMES, who disclosed this said the […]
NIWA board reiterates support for management
By Godfrey Bivbere and Providence Adeyinka CHAIRMAN, Board of Directors of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, Vice Admiral Ishaya I. Ibrahim (retd) has said that the Board would continue to support the management of the Authority to succeed. NIWA’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Jibril Darda’u said in a statement that Ibrahim gave the pledge […]
Africa struggles with logistical hurdles as COVID-19 vaccines roll out
By Sola Ogundipe With the approval of the COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, and Mordena Inc., mass vaccinations have since commenced in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Pfizer’s vaccine was authorized on the 12th of December, 2020, and the Moderna version on the 18th of December, 2020. The industrialised and emerging […]
Ekhomu mourns former UNILAG VC, Ibidapo-Obe
By Evelyn Usman National President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria,AISSON Dr Ona Ekhomu, has joined other Nigerians to mourn the demise of former University of Lagos Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, describing it as a rude shock and a great loss to academia. The former University don passed away on […]
Ajegunle residents applaud military presence during Yuletide
Residents of Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State have given the military thumbs-up for their role in ensuring a crime-free yuletide. According to them, for the past eight years the area had witnessed high crime rate during the Christmas period. Many who spoke on condition of anonymity said few weeks before Christmas, […]
Deeper Life School Saga: Accused student denies bullying, molesting Don-Davies
By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo One of the students who allegedly molested and bullied 11-year-old Don Davies Archibong in Deeper Life High School, Idoro, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Shalom Omoniyi, has denied the allegation levelled against him. Parents of Don-Davies, Mr and Mrs Iniobong Archibong, had in a letter to the School through their Solicitors, Eagle-Eyes […]
