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By Kolawole Ojebisi The former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from reports making the rounds that he's planning to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi stressed that he is not a member of the APC nor intending to be a member to pursue his 2027 presidential ambition. The 2023…
March 30, 2025
By Kolawole Ojebisi A Former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbodiyan, has maintained that the defection of the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, will signal the disintegration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ologbodiyan spoke while appearing on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show,’ on…
March 11, 2025
A Norwegian 3 million-barrel-capacity tanker, named MT HEROIC -- with stolen Nigerian crude has been arrested, further giving credence to claims and prior revelations that a major oil theft is going on in Nigeria. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Navy confirmed the arrest of the foreign supertanker in Equatorial Guinea after it fled Nigeria’s AKPO oilfield.…
August 19, 2022
By 'Dotun Akintomide in Lagos-Nigeria and PATRICK MAYOYO in Kenya On the pretext of fishing in international waters, fleets of vessels from China and some European Union countries often cross red lines at sea to trawl African waters and loot the continent's most sought-after fish species. For the countries situated along the African coasts, this…
August 3, 2022
Wednesday’s explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel called Trinity Spirit FPSO, in Ugborodo (Escravos) offshore location has caused stir across social media platforms in Nigeria as reports claim 10 crew members onboard the ill-fated facility have been lost to the massive explosion. The New Diplomat had earlier reported that Trinity Spirit FPSO…
February 3, 2022
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is a seeking 14-day demureage-free period for containers from shipping companies. The National Coordinator of the NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko, disclosed this to journlaists on Friday after a meeting to address the impasse between shipping companies and freight forwarders. The meeting had in…
November 13, 2021
The Southern Governors have expressed their full support for states to have exclusive rights to the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) paid on goods and services in the Nigera. The governors made this resolution during the meeting which held on Thursday in Enugu State. The VAT controversy has been generating heated debate in public…
September 16, 2021
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said it will train 250 Nigerian cadets as part of its mandate to develop capacity for the Nigerian maritime industry. Special Assistant on Communication and Strategy to NIMASA's Director-General, Mr. Ubong Essien, who represented his boss made this known at a media parley at the Agency’s…
April 28, 2021
With Agency Report -- There was excitement in the global shipping industry, Monday, as traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumes after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, according to the canal authority. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern…
March 29, 2021
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By Kolawole Ojebisi The former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from reports making the rounds that he's planning to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi stressed that he is not a member of the APC nor intending to be a member to pursue his 2027 presidential ambition. The 2023…
March 30, 2025
By Kolawole Ojebisi A Former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbodiyan, has maintained that the defection of the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, will signal the disintegration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ologbodiyan spoke while appearing on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show,’ on…
March 11, 2025
A Norwegian 3 million-barrel-capacity tanker, named MT HEROIC -- with stolen Nigerian crude has been arrested, further giving credence to claims and prior revelations that a major oil theft is going on in Nigeria. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Navy confirmed the arrest of the foreign supertanker in Equatorial Guinea after it fled Nigeria’s AKPO oilfield.…
August 19, 2022
By 'Dotun Akintomide in Lagos-Nigeria and PATRICK MAYOYO in Kenya On the pretext of fishing in international waters, fleets of vessels from China and some European Union countries often cross red lines at sea to trawl African waters and loot the continent's most sought-after fish species. For the countries situated along the African coasts, this…
August 3, 2022
Wednesday’s explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel called Trinity Spirit FPSO, in Ugborodo (Escravos) offshore location has caused stir across social media platforms in Nigeria as reports claim 10 crew members onboard the ill-fated facility have been lost to the massive explosion. The New Diplomat had earlier reported that Trinity Spirit FPSO…
February 3, 2022
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is a seeking 14-day demureage-free period for containers from shipping companies. The National Coordinator of the NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko, disclosed this to journlaists on Friday after a meeting to address the impasse between shipping companies and freight forwarders. The meeting had in…
November 13, 2021
The Southern Governors have expressed their full support for states to have exclusive rights to the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) paid on goods and services in the Nigera. The governors made this resolution during the meeting which held on Thursday in Enugu State. The VAT controversy has been generating heated debate in public…
September 16, 2021
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said it will train 250 Nigerian cadets as part of its mandate to develop capacity for the Nigerian maritime industry. Special Assistant on Communication and Strategy to NIMASA's Director-General, Mr. Ubong Essien, who represented his boss made this known at a media parley at the Agency’s…
April 28, 2021
With Agency Report -- There was excitement in the global shipping industry, Monday, as traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumes after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, according to the canal authority. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern…
March 29, 2021
