No fewer than six countries have already refused to grant an asylum request by the Minister…
Category: News
Bourbon Offshore: Three kidnapped from crewboat off Nigeria
French offshore services provider Bourbon Offshore confirmed yesterday that three crewmembers have been kidnapped from one of…
Navy foils pirates’ attempt to hijack ship in Lagos
Attempts by 10 suspected pirates to hijack a foreign vessel, MT IMAS was at the weekend…
Ateke Tom to Buhari: Don’t scrap amnesty programme
A former leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante, High Chief Ateke Tom, has urged the President-elect,…
Nigeria to import 2.9 million tonnes of rice
Nigeria’s rice import will drop by 3.3 per cent to 2.9 million tonnes this year, a…
Ex-Minister of Transport wants improved facilities in Kwara border areas
A former Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, on Sunday decried the lack of basic health…
House Marine Transport Committee Chairman, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyo elected Enugu Governor
The Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) candidate in the April 11 governorship election Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has won…
Photo: APM Terminals Apapa scholarship award
Some undergraduates who bagged APM Terminals Apapa scholarship award in a group photograph with some staff…
Italy coast guards recover nine dead migrants, 144 survivors
The Italian coast guards recovered the bodies of nine boat migrants and 144 survivors during a…
Greenpeace activists forced off Shell oil rig
Six Greenpeace activists have been forced off one of Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rigs in the Pacific…
California fines ship manager $283,500 for sulphur non-compliance
A ship manager implicated in a 2011 case of low-sulphur non-compliance in California has been fined…
Khalifa Port sees 19% rise in ro-ro volumes in 2014
Ro-ro volumes grew 19% at Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT), Abu Dhabi, in 2014, as the…