PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, expanding the list of envoys expected to represent Nigeria across strategic global missions. The new list, transmitted in two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, contains 15 career ambassadorsand 17 non-career ambassadors, coming just […]
By BUNMI BUSOLA NIGERIA’S logistics industry—valued at an estimated $60 billion—could become a major engine of national wealth, job creation, and industrial growth if properly regulated and supported, experts said at the CLMI International Conference and Investiture 2025 held in Lagos. Prof. Simon Emeje, Chairman of the Courier and Logistics Management Institute (CLMI), said […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON THE Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its aviation training standards now meet global benchmarks, thanks to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) accreditation and oversight. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, made this known during the graduation ceremony of three aviation specialist courses at the Air Traffic […]
By IKE UZOR-NZUBECHI SIX people died Friday night in a truck–bus collision at the Nawfia–Enugu Agidi axis of the Awka–Onitsha Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed. Anambra Sector Commander, Bridget Asekhauno, said the crash occurred when a passenger bus (XQ398AA) travelling from Ebonyi to Onitsha attempted a dangerous overtaking and collided head-on […]
By MELVIN KOFFA A civil society organisation, the Leadership Center for Civil and Post Trauma Rehabilitation, has raised concerns over the Nigerian Army’s latest promotion list, calling it “uncomplimentary” and urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to correct what it describes as a major administrative error. In a statement signed by its Secretary, Dr. Manzo Abubakar, […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON NIGERIA’S Organised Private Sector (OPS) has asked the National Assembly to withdraw the proposed amendment to the Customs, Excise and Tariff Bill, warning that the draft could harm key non-oil industries and contradict the Federal Government’s fiscal reform agenda. Presenting its position at a public hearing on 27 November, […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE ECOWAS has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies following a military coup that halted the country’s electoral process and removed President Umaro Embaló from power. The suspension was announced after an emergency meeting of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, which condemned the coup and expressed concern over the escalating political […]
By STELLA JOHNSON OGBOVOVEH THE quiet industrial town of Ogijo, straddling the border of Lagos and Ogun states, has become the epicentre of one of Nigeria’s most alarming environmental crises. After years of warnings, investigations, and unheeded directives, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has finally shut down multiple battery recycling plants […]
DELTA State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged investors—particularly Deltans at home and abroad—to seize the state’s rapidly improving economic environment and commit to new investments, declaring that “the time to invest in Delta State is now.” The Governor made the call on Friday in Ubeji, Warri South Local Government Area, while inaugurating the […]
CALLS for accountability, transparency, and measurable development dominated the 2025 Annual Lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF), as Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori; Chairman of the Lecture, Mr. Edward Obiefuna Martyns; and DOPF Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Ochonogor Enebeli, emphasised that Nigeria’s new tax law must earn public trust through responsible implementation. […]