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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to visit a Bayelsa community and investigate the level of damage caused by the recent oil spillage. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked Timipre Sylva, to check on the state of things in the community of the oil spill. Point News247 reports that the Minister made this known while speaking to journalists after a meeting with the President. According to Sylva, the President had given a directive to the petroleum ministry to ascertain the level of damage done at the site. A wellhead in the…
Despite calls by maritime stakeholders for sanity in the industry and appointment of more professionals who have the required knowledge to tackle myriads of challenges facing the sector, President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government appears to be working contrary to expectations of industry watchers as it continues to compromise standards with the appointment of unfit individuals. Many were expectant of seeing an insider, a tested and well groomed hand taking over from the vintage and performing , but retiring Barr. Hassan Bello, who has in the last eight years transformed the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) into a…
A recent press statement by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), made available to Point News247, has challenged the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)of conniving with freight companies in repatriating funds out of the shores of Nigeria. AMJON has slammed the port economic regulator for aiding the excesses of foreign shipping lines operating in Nigerian ports. It is reported that there have been perennial squabble between freight forwarders and shipping lines over failure of the former to refund container deposits paid to them. Freight forwarders have blamed the cause of inability to return empty container to the shipping lines…
It has just been announced that veteran Yoruba Nollywood actor, Baba Suwe has died. Point News247 reports that famous Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina, well known as Baba Suwe is dead. Baba Suwe gave up the ghost on Monday after a long battle with a yet to be confirmed illness. The prolific actor who born on August 22, 1958, was married to comedienne Omoladun Omidina, who died in September 2009. Omidina dominated the Yoruba movie industry for decades as he featured in several movies and bagged many awards.
A recent press statement by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), made available to Point News247, has challenged the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)of conniving with freight companies in repatriating funds out of the shores of Nigeria. AMJON has slammed the port economic regulator for aiding the excesses of foreign shipping lines operating in Nigerian ports. It is reported that there have been perennial squabble between freight forwarders and shipping lines over failure of the former to refund container deposits paid to them. Freight forwarders have blamed the cause of inability to return empty container to the shipping lines…
Point News247 reports that the Lagos State government has announced the temporary closure of stadium Flyover. The Lagos State government says there will be a traffic diversion in the Surulere area of the state as a result of repairs on the stadium flyover. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde in a statement said the flyover will not be operational between November 19 and December 24. Oladeinde said the repairs at the flyover would be in phases. According to him, the diversion points for phase one of the rehabilitation would be from Alaka to the stadium service lane inbound the barracks…
A former Zamfara APC governorship aspirant has been killed by armed terrorists. Point News247 reports that a Zamfara governorship aspirant in the 2019 election, Sagir Hamida, has been killed by terrorists. Hamida was killed on Sunday when terrorists attacked travellers on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. Several travellers were said to have been kidnapped during the attack. It was earlier reported by NAN that the elder brother to Sagir Hamida, Kabiru, said Hamida was killed near the Abuja end of the highway. Hamida is an Abuja-based businessman and former director in the Federal Civil Service. He had aspired to become the governor…
Lagos State Government has approved 135 private health facilities for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Sunday, said the number of public and private vaccination sites in Lagos State. Point News247 reports that, according to Abayomi, this will strengthen the mass vaccination strategy targeted at four million residents by December 2021. He said the enrolled private facilities were engaged after a rigorous selection and accreditation process that hinged on quality assurance, vaccine safety and follow-up care. He added that the list of accredited private and public facilities is…
It was in an atmosphere of jubilation and excitement that the 2021 awards ceremony of the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) took place on Friday November 19. Point News247 reports that the event held at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel Ikeja on Friday, 19th November, 2021. The event tagged; ‘Seamless Port Operations in Nigeria’, commenced with a paper presentation by the chairman of the event, Hon. Iju Tony Nwabunike, President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents ( ANLCA). In his presentation, Nwabunike mentioned that; “A Customs Broker plays pivotal roles as the middleman in logistics management, as…
The Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, has arrested twelve suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of CSP Kazeem Abonde, the late Operations Officer of the Lagos State Command, who was killed on 23rd September, 2021 during a raid on criminal hideouts at Ajao Estate, Lagos. Point News247 reports that the arrest of one Ismaila Abdullahi Haruna ‘m’ aged 23 years and 11 other suspects, was made possible as a result of a four-week intensive but diligent investigation carried out by crack detectives of the Command. The suspects, who confessed to the crimes of conspiracy to wit murder, murder,…