Nigeria accounts for under 2.3 percent of the world’s seafaring workforce, with only about 6,000 registered sailors out of the 1.9 million seafarers globally.
Capt. Rasheed Onakoya of the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) revealed the figures during the...
The Federal Government has launched the application portal for the Students’ Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG), a scheme designed to turn innovative student ideas into commercially viable ventures.
According to Folasade Boriowo, spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, the initiative is...
The Alake of Abeokuta and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, HRM Oba Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III, on Tuesday installed High Chief Dr. Samuel Adeleke Oluwadairo as the new Ogboye of Egbaland, during activities marking the 20th Coronation Anniversary of...
The Nigerian stock market continued its downward trajectory on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, posting a 0.12 per cent decline.
The session reflected cautious trading sentiment, with investors reacting to broader market uncertainties that influenced movements across various sectors and dampened...
Gunmen have killed Christopher Igwe, the younger brother to the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Uchenna Igwe.
The Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
Ukandu said...
President Bola Tinubu says the abduction of 25 students in Kebbi State occurred despite intelligence warnings of a possible attack by bandits.
Tinubu has however asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit Kebbi State on Wednesday to sympathise with the...
A Nigerian national, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, 27, has been sentenced to six years in a United States federal prison for his role in a sextortion scheme that contributed to the death of a young man in Pennsylvania.
U.S. District Judge...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the planned reception for the Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas, earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, in Abuja.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s National...
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, to two years and two months’ imprisonment for their involvement in an ₦8.56 billion bank fraud executed through unauthorized access to...
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a lawyer, Steve Adamu, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on giving false information.
According to the...
