The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) have completed the construction of the 25.7-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State. The road project is slated to be commissioned on Saturday, May 25, 2024. Speaking during…
By Barth Ndubuwah, Port-Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that his first year in office is better than the eight years spent by some other administrations. Governor Fubara made the assertion on Saturday at Ngo Town…
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, was a recipient of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Fellowship award last week. Ogbe was inducted into the Fellowship performed by the President/Chair-in-Council of the…
…Reaches 47,000+ beneficiaries Oando Foundation has commenced the fourth phase of its Clean Our World project (COW IV) in Lagos reaching 54 public primary schools in 25 communities. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the Foundation’s ongoing commitment…
Mr Olabode is a cut above the rest, and so is the University of Ibadan where our path first crossed. He was doing a Master’s degree programme at the time. His focus level while reading a huge book in the…
In just three short months, 295 lives have been lost and 315 people injured in road accidents across 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Ogun State and Kwara State have been particularly hard hit, with 43 and 28 fatalities…
By Dakuku Peterside An increasing number of Nigerians are being driven into poverty, not by choice, but by the current political and economic climate, shaped by stringent macroeconomic policies. These policies, such as subsidy removal, devaluation of Naira, and increase in…
Analysis by Nigerian NewsDirect of last week’s Friday trading has shown that the Nigerian stock market lost N17 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This is as the All-Share Index (ASI) declined to 98,125.73 from 98,233.76 at the…
By Kayode Akinmade He came into office amid ceaseless assaults by a violent Establishment. He had no handover notes. But he had an agenda, a steely resolve, and a burning passion to transform the Ogun environment. Today, five years on,…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, during the 2024 commemoration of the International Day for Women in Maritime in Lagos, commended the contributions of Nigerian women to the…
