President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The newly appointed DG of the NIMASA is currently the Executive Director, Administration and Finance at the agency. Jamoh, who hails from Kaduna, is also the current president of …

A group, under the aegis of the Third Force Movement in Nigeria, has vowed to petition world powers, United Nations, United States, United Kingdom, African Union, European Union, among other world powers in pursuance of justice over the judgment of the supreme court The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has denied sponsoring 300 guests with public funds to mark his mother’s 90th birthday in Dubai. Gbajabiamila, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, on Monday, said only family members and close friends attended the …

Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the biggest economy in Africa as the latter enters its second recession in two years. South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product shrank by 1.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019, following a revised 0.8 per cent contraction in the third quarter, data from …

A retired police officer, Felix Bolu, four others has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command over land grabbing and attempted murder of one Nkemdili Asalimnwa, in Nsukwa community. Felix Bolu, a retired Superintendent of Police is the Chairman of the Nsukwa Community Vigilante Group. It was learnt that …

The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday amended the Kwara State University Law and changed the name of the institution from Abubakar Olusola Saraki University to Kwara State University. The Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill 2020 was one of the four amendment bills passed by the Assembly on Tuesday …

A 48-year-old father of six, Mr Felix Edore, has reportedly committed suicide in the Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that the man took his life after finding out that his wife of over 16 years was allegedly cheating on him. The victim was a cab …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Contents, Senator Teslim Folarin, and his colleague in the House of Representatives, Legor Idagbo, lamented Peterside’s decision to shun the invitation despite several reminders, threatens to impose sanctions if he fail to appear before the committee again. The leader of NIMASA team was not …

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Akwa Ibom Zonal Office, has arraigned five bankers who specialise in forging signatures of deceased bank customers and stealing from their accounts, before Justice Archibong Archibong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo. In a statement on …

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, says he has been contacted by the government of the United States of America over a possible cure for coronavirus developed by his research team. Professor Iwu further claims that his team of researchers has identified a possible …