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July 8, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns Olubadan

President Bola Tinubu has described as painful, the passing of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. According to Tinubu, the departed traditional rule was not only a custodian of Ibadan’s rich history and culture but also a man of intellect...

July 5, 2025 No Responses

NMA Seeks Dialogue With FG To Avert Health Sector Crisis

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the Federal Government to engage the association in dialogue to ensure quality healthcare services and development of the health sector.Its Lagos State Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed, made the call during a ...

July 4, 2025 No Responses

NMA Faults Nigeria-Saint Lucia Deal

July 3, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria To Deploy Teachers, Doctors, Others To Caribbean Countries

Nigeria is set to deploy skilled professionals, including teachers, doctors, and agriculturists, to Saint Lucia and other Caribbean nations under a newly signed Technical Manpower Assistance (TMA) Agreement. In a statement released on Wednesday by the Special ...

July 3, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Inaugurates Governing Boards Of NIMASA, NIWA

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025, formally inaugurated the Governing Boards of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), in...

July 1, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Approves Scholarship Scheme For Caribbean Students

President Bola Tinubu has approved a new scholarship scheme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to study in Nigerian universities, beginning from the next academic year. Speaking at a joint press conference in Gros Islet on...

June 30, 2025 No Responses

Marine Debris: The Danger Ahead

Welcome address by the President, Shipping Correspondents’ Association Of Nigeria (SCAN), Moses Ebosele, at the 2025 SCAN summit, held on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos. Distinguished guests, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, pe...

June 30, 2025 No Responses

NPA’s Commitment To Cleaner Marine Ecosystem

An address delivered by the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, at the 2025 Shipping Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (SCAN) summit titled: Marine Debris: The Danger Ahead, held Thursday, June 26, 20...

June 28, 2025 No Responses

Adeniyi Emerges World Customs Organisation Chairperson

Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson, World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council.City Business News reports that WCO Council is the highest decision-making body in global customs administration.Th...

June 28, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu For BRICS Summit In Brazil

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, June 28, 2025, on a two-nation visit to Saint Lucia and Brazil, his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, has said. Onanuga stated that the president would first visit Saint Lucia on a state visit...

June 25, 2025 No Responses

Reps Approve N1.132 Trillion Budget for NCS

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has approved the sum of N1.132 trillion as the proposed 2025 budget of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), marking a significant step forward in the Service’s commitment to enhancing national revenu...

June 25, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Hosts Denmark’s Queen

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday hosted Queen Mary Elizabeth of Denmark at the State House in Abuja, calling for deeper bilateral cooperation in livestock development, education, and sustainable economic practices. Queen Mary, in Nigeria on her first off...

June 23, 2025 No Responses

FG Backs $400m Minerals Plant In Nasarawa

The Federal Government has pledged full support to a $400 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plan to build Africa’s largest rare earth and critical minerals plant in Nasarawa State, potentially creating over 10,000 jobs. Minister of Solid Minerals...

June 23, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu: ECOWAS Must Operationalise Standby Force Now

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Sunday charged his West African colleagues on the need to operationalise the ECOWAS Standby Force as a potent tool to crush terrorism in the sub-region. “We must act decisively to operationalise the ECOWAS Standby Force.....