Navy arrests 14 suspects, impound vessel for illegal fishing
Dec. 19, 2023 Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom has arrested 14 suspects for illegal fishing and impounded their vessel. Those…
Gunmen abduct high Chief, 20 other residents in Taraba – Locals say
Dec. 19, 2023 Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government…
The POWER of an EDITOR: A book you must read
A new book by Charles Kalu, a brilliant broadcast journalist, reinforces the larger-than-life figure of an editor in a newsroom By Sylvester Asoya Before the internet age, an…
Delta, NNPCL, UTM Offshore sign agreement to develop floating LNG
L-r: Mr Rone, Gov. Oborevwori, Mr Kyari and Hon. Ekpo after inking the deal Delta State Government, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the UTM Offshore Ltd, Tuesday,…
EFCC Confirms Detention Of Ex-Power Minister Agunloye
December 19, 2023 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the detention of a former Minister of State for Power Olu Agunloye days after he was declared wanted….
Court grants ex-terrorists’ negotiator Tukur Mamu access to personal physician
Dec. 19, 2023 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted former terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu’s plea to have access to his own personal physician over alleged deteriorating health condition….
Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms
Dec. 19, 2023 Importers of coffee to the European Union are starting to scale back purchases from small farmers in Africa and beyond as they prepare for a landmark EU…
As torrents of trophies pour for Isa Kutepa, by Tunde Olusunle
Not too many people who had the kind of experience which Abdulrasaq Isa Kutepa had in 2011, were able to reinvent themselves and spring back on their feet, thereafter. A…
US SEC charges Tingo Group Nigerian CEO, three companies with fraud
December 19, 2023 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday filed charges against Nigerian businessman Dozy Mmobuosi and three companies of which he is CEO, alleging they inflated…
Oborevwori salutes Uvwie monarch, Sideso, ‘Agent of Peace’, at 80
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has congratulated HRM. Dr Emmanuel Sideso, OON, Abe I, Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, on his 80th birth anniversary, on December 19, 2023. In a…