FBN vs GHL: Court orders admiralty marshall to arrest oil cargo

Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt has ordered the court’s admiralty marshall to arrest and detain the crude oil cargo on board the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel Tamara Tokoni

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Interior has commended the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo over the 2024 budget performance of the ministry. The joint committee gave the commendation on Wednesday, when Tunji-Ojo appeared to defend the 2025 budget of the ministry. Tunji-Ojo told the lawmakers during the session that the ministry’s Internally Generated…

The Netherlands on Wednesday ordered Venezuela to cut its diplomatic staff in the country from four to two after Caracas announced restrictions on envoys from several European countries. Caracas's charge d'affaires "was instructed to reduce the Venezuelan diplomatic staff from four to two people, which is a proportionate response to the diplomatic measure imposed on…

The Nigeria Police Force has charged an unruly Ibom Air passenger, Ms Chiamaka Don Ubani, on two-count charges after preventing flight Q1528 from flying last Wednesday. The flight with 89 passengers on board, scheduled to take off from Uyo -Abuja was single-handedly prevented from moving over a baggage issue. The Director, Public Affairs and Consumer…

Israelis expressed both joy and apprehension at the announcement of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal on Wednesday, fearing that not all those held captive would come home. "On one hand, of course, I'm very happy, but I'm also preoccupied because I want to see the deal continue until the last hostage is back…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has been nominated as the 2024 THISDAY Newspaper and ARISE Television’s Minister of the Year. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and New Media, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Olayinka explained that the nomination…

Turkish Airlines said Wednesday that it would resume flights to Damascus from January 23 after more than a decade, following the fall of Syria's strongman president Bashar Al-Assad. "We will begin our flights to Damascus on January 23, with three flights per week," the airline's chief executive Bilal Eksi posted on X. Turkey, which supports…

Dr Oluyinka Ogundimu, a former member, Lagos State House of Assembly (Agege Constituency II) has congratulated its newly-elected Speaker Mrs Mojisola Meranda, on her new achievement, urging her to deepen its glory. Ogundimu in a statement on Wednesday, described Meranda’s emergence as well deserved. He added that the overwhelming vote she got from her colleagues,…

The Ikot Abasi local government council of Akwa Ibom State has concluded arrangements to construct road projects across the 12 wards to attract development and to expand the existing ones to discourage capital flight of resources from the oil-rich area. The council chairman, Ime Williams Essien, dropped the hint during a New Year interaction with…

The South-west zone of the Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to universities in the region to commence payment of Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) to clinical lecturers. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Abdulkareem Salawu, and Secretary, Dr. Omotola Obajolowo, and…