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Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL) has faulted the claim by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) that the Secure Anchorage Area (SSA) manned by it, in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy, constituted a threat to national security. A Secure Anchorage Area is an area outside the Lagos port that the Nigerian Navy, together with OMSL, has defined as a secure place where vessels can anchor safely from the threat of pirate attacks. Specifically, it is a dedicated anchor port in the sea for ships that are waiting to berth in the Lagos seaports at Apapa and Tin Can Island. Media reports…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over examination malpractice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officials were arrested last Friday and had been cooling their heels in the custody of the DSS before they were released on Monday on administrative bail . Investigation revealed that the officials allegedly smuggled scripts into the exam hall to students, forged Computer Based Test results; and falsified clearance mostly for students who have student disciplinary cases among others. Confirming…
Veteran Nollywood actress, producer and TV personality, Monalisa Chinda, has called for improved welfare and better working environment for Nigerian actors. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to the thespian, Nollywood has contributed tremendously to Nigeria’s economy and placed the nation in an enviable position on the global stage, adding that its key players need support and enabling environment to strive. She stressed the need for a comprehensive health insurance cover for actors and the provision of welfare package for them. Chinda added that piracy should be…
Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court on Monday again frowned at the ICPC over its constant failure to provide witnesses in court in the trial of Mr Kawu Modibbo, Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ICPC charged Modibbo, Pinnacle Communications Ltd and two others with alleged misappropriation of N2.5 billion for the Digital Switch Over project of the Federal Government. The other defendants are, Dipo Onifade and Lucky Omoluwa, Chairman, Pinnacle Communications Ltd and they are being prosecuted on 12-count charges. Justice Giwa-Ogunbanjo also warned the ICPC to desist from the…
Boeing Co said on Sunday it understood the outcry over leaked messages from a former test pilot over erratic software behavior on its 737 MAX jet two years before recent crashes, and added it was still investigating what they meant. The world’s largest planemaker, under growing pressure to explain what it knew about 737 MAX problems before it entered service, said it had not been able to speak directly to former employee Mark Forkner but echoed his lawyer’s subsequent claims that the problems were linked to a faulty simulator. The role of the simulator has emerged as a crucial issue…
Minority leader of the Senate, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the impeachment of Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr Simon Achuba by the House of Assembly. Abaribe, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, urged Buhari to rise above party affiliations and intervene to ensure the country’s constitution was protected, if the authorities in Kogi state failed to do so. He also advised judges in Kogi, particularly the Chief Justice to borrow a leaf from the Imo State experience and shun any invitation to swear-in a new deputy governor in whatever guise. Abaribe declared…
Edward Onoja, running mate of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, in the November 16 gubernatorial election, has been sworn in as the deputy governor of the state. The swearing-in ceremony held at the Kogi government house on Monday. The ceremony followed his confirmation by the Kogi state house of assembly. Bello had sent the name of Onoja, his former chief of staff, to the assembly following the removal of Simon Achuba, his former deputy.
The Buhari Media Organization has reacted to insistence by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that three particular Justices of the Supreme Court must hear the appeal of their candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the Supreme Court. It insisted that the Justices have connections to members of the party thus, unreasonable and an insult to common sense. The BMO says that in fact those three Justices must on no account be members of the Supreme Court panel to hear the appeal. Also, the group cautioned the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives not to interfere, in any way,…
Nollywood actress, Bose Oladimeji, has disclosed why she wants her marriage of two years dissolved. Bose revealed that her decision to seek divorce was because of the domestic abuse she has been subjected to over the years. According to Bose, her husband beats and rapes her each time he comes home drunk. Speaking to Vanguard, she said: “Yes, I’m ready to go, in fact, I’m not with him right now. I just have to run for my life, my life is very precious to me. “I can’t just allow someone to kill me like that and I want to address…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old Elikor Ehud, in Ejigbo area of the state for allegedly stealing tithes and offerings belonging to Chosen Vine Ministry, Furniture Avenue. DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the Lagos Command, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Elkana said that one Pastor Moses Nwoke of the said ministry had reported at Ejigbo Police Station about the stolen tithes and offering from the church altar by unknown persons. “After a thorough and painstaking investigation conducted by Ejigbo police station, the suspect, Ehud was arrested. “He confessed…