By Ifeanyi Okoli THE Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, said 606,538 passengers arrived the country through Murtala Muhammad International Airport, MMA, Ikeja between January and July this year while 902,161 departed through the airport. This is against 1,108,710 for arrival and 984,835 departures recorded during the same period in 2008. Meanwhile the Zone A Command of […]

By Ifeyinwa Obi THE Nigerian Seafarers  Development Programme (NSDP) initiated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been flagged off by the minister of transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio who said that the Federal Government will not relent in its effort to build a national indigenous fleet with skilled and efficient manpower […]

EDO State government and civil society groups, yesterday, paid tributes to the late legal icon and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, just as Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced the setting up of Gani Fawehinmi Foundation for Democracy, Justice and Good Governance with a take-off grant of N25 million.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA – AS late Gani Fawehinmi’s body is finally laid to rest tomorrow in his native home, Oke Otunba, Ondo State, the Nigeria Red Cross Society, yesterday described him as a man who lived his life for the less privileged. In a statement signed by its National President, Owelle Rochas Okorocha in […]

By Lekan Bilesanmi ISSUES, rather than amount of money in the pocket, will determine who becomes the next governor of Anambra State in the 2010 election in the state. Chief Alex Obiogbolu, one of the governorship aspirants, said gone were the days where the sole parameter for becoming the governor is the weight of your […]