China shipbuilders log 18.7% rise in new orders in first eight months

China’s shipyards saw newbuilding orders rise 18.7% year-on-year in the first eight months of this year…

Blackouts, violence, now recession: Nigeria’s troubles mount (1)

(Bloomberg) — On a site four times the size of Manhattan along the banks of the…

NCAA directs airlines to effect prohibition of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 onboard aircraft

The Nigerian Civil Aviaton Authority (NCAA) has directed airlines to ensure strict prohibition of Samsung Galaxy…

Investment cuts threatening oil supply – OPEC

Secretary-General of the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammed Barkindo, Tuesday warned that sharp cutbacks…

Firm drags Navy before rights commission

A firm known as Lexy Nigeria Ltd has dragged the Nigerian Navy before the National Human…

Custom seizes rice worth N598bn in eight months

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized rice worth N597.7 billion brought into the country…

Turkish cargo ship sinks off Cyprus

  Turkish general cargo vessel Murat Hacibekiroglu II sank in the Mediterranean Sea, northwest of Cyprus,…

Swiss traders blame Nigerian government for importation of harmful products

  Swiss commodity traders, under the aegis of African Refiners Association (ARA) yesterday accused Nigeria’s Federal…

Abonema community washes hands off killing of marine police officers

  Leaders of the Abonnema community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area Rivers State have said that they…

Navy saves tanker from the clutches of Nigerian pirates

  The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it had averted hijack an attack on `Hanze…

Militants group mocks Nigerian military, claims responsibility for fresh pipeline attack 

A militant group known as the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) has blown up a…

Osinbajo blames recession on Niger Delta militancy

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday blamed the current economic recession in the country on the…