. As NIMASA DG urges states to set up committees on Deep Blue Project Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has applauded the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the design of a Blue Economy strategy to replace the hydrocarbon economy in about... Read more
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to offer scholarship to ten Rivers State secondary leavers in Marine Engineering and Marine Architecture courses overseas. Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, made the offer when he led the management of the agency on courtesy visit to... Read more
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa on Tuesday said it arrested four suspects and impounded a truck laden with suspected adulterated petroleum products. Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC who announced the development in a statement issued in Yenagoa attributed the feat the... Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has unanimously backed Southern governors ban on open grazing as a panacea to the herders/farmers clashes in the country. The governors, who met in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Monday to further review the State of the nation, particularly, as it concerns... Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says record has shown that only nine per cent of the total budgetary allocation to the Nigerian Armed Forces is spent on equipment. Gbajabiamila made this known at public hearing on the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill,... Read more
The spate of killings and attacks on police stations in the Southern part of the country has yet to abate. In five states of the federation, 17 persons were killed in attacks launched by gunmen, herdsmen and hoodlums from the weekend to Monday. In Abia, two policemen were yesterday... Read more
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the apex northern Nigeria political organisation has backed the call of the Southern Governors to ban open grazing of cattle. ACF Chairman and former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh in a statement on Monday said, “the ACF does not see any reason to... Read more
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says Southern governors irrevocable decision on open grazing and others issues must be respected.He said those opposed to resolutions taken by Southern governors in Asaba, Delta State, should realise that no section of the country is inferior to others.Governor Wike stated these... Read more
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday confirmed an oil leak from its Idu oilfields at Egbebiri settlement within Biseni in Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa. The cause of the leakage according to the Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) report on the incident is traced to equipment... Read more
S&P Global Ratings said changes to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, recently directed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), addressed the banking group’s corporate governance challenges and ensures the Nigerian banking sector’s financial stability. In a statement, it stated that its... Read more
