Shippers’ Council, FCCPC partner to facilitate protection of port users
Pursuant to its mandate as ports economic regulator and in its bid to sensitize and protect the rights of consumers in the Nigerian port system, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has collaborated with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council…
How We Lost Dr. Vwaere To Nigeria’s Anyhowness
When Dr. Vwaere was being inducted as a Nigerian doctor after her six-year sojourn at Babcock University last year, she had high hopes and expectations. She had hopes for a flourishing medical career. Expectations to use her newly learned medical…
E-commerce is expensive business, but Konga planned for it – Ekeh
Chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, has said that though e-commerce is a big money business, Konga, Nigeria’s most innovative e-commerce giant, set out with clear plans to last the distance. He spoke with journalists on the sidelines…
NITDA warns on DDOS attack targeting critical national infrastructures
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team has detected activities of a hacktivist group targeting our vital digital infrastructure. The hacktivist group, known for its politically and religiously motivated cyber campaigns, poses…
Surinamese with 9.9kg cocaine in condoms gets 13 years in jail
… As NDLEA secures conviction of 1,445 drug traffickers in six months A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, who was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt…
NCC, BPSR to Embark on Digitization of Govt Processes
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi have penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform…
Just in: FG plans sanctions on Chevron over Stevedore services at Warri Jetty
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed its intention to shut down the Chevron Warri Jetty within two weeks following overt disregard by Chevron Nigeria Limited to hinder stevedore services regardless of extant laws and standard procedures. The Permanent Secretary,…
NIMASA now in charge of Continental Shipyard for Modular Floating Dock
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken over areas leased to it by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Continental Shipyard for the operations of the Modular Floating Dock. The areas include but not limited to…
Tinubu silent on repairing refineries, instant palliatives—Nigerians
Whereas majority of Nigerians who reviewed the address of President Bola Tinubu to the nation last night have argued that his silence over the state of the refineries is very disheartening. They also decried his quietness on providing instant palliatives…
New IBA report gives insights on cybersecurity risk governance
Latest report from the International Bar Association (IBA) Presidential Task Force on Cybersecurity and the IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) provides a first-of-its-kind global perspective on key governance practices for senior managers and boards of directors to protect…
