Quarantine commends FG’s plan to shut borders over rice smuggling

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) on Tuesday praised the Federal Government’s plan to shut Nigeria’s…

Buhari commissions Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commissioned the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar, the Cross River State…

Alexander Maersk docks with rescued immigrants in Sicily

Alexander Maersk, a private cargo ship with more than 100 rescued migrants picked up off the…

KLM to launch new Economy Class service

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will offer a new Economy Class service concept aboard its intercontinental flights.…

Nigeria overtakes India as world’s poverty capital 

Nigeria has now taken over as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people,…

IMO celebrates Day of the Seafarer

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) on Monday marked the Day of the Seafarer. The day focused…

Greece seeks to deepen cooperation with China

Greece is a bridge between Europe and China, and China-Greece cooperation could develop much faster and…

Italy to establish migrant centres on Libya’s borders

Italy’s anti-immigration interior minister said on a visit to Libya on Monday that he had proposed…

Should government shut Nigeria’s land borders over rice smuggling?

No. Is rice the only import that passes through the borders? When we close our borders…

National Shipping Line: Putting the cart before the horse

Since the liquidation of the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) in 1995 and the outright sale…

Beyond border closure

By Ace Omozuwa Some influential voices in the public space have described the decision of the…

PHOTOS: Maersk containership picks up 113 migrants off Italy

The container ship Alexander Maersk picked up 113 migrants from a boat off southern Italy early on…