Eugene Agha

Lagos

Correspondent at Daily Trust

Daily Trust crime/defence/maritime correspondent.

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Nigerian Navy Rehabilitates Republic of Benin Warship, 110 Others

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Eugene Agha

The Nigerian Navy has successfully completed the rehabilitation of a warship belonging to the Republic of Benin. The ship, BNS COUFFO, is among the numerous fighter vessels in the inventory of the Republic of Benin navy. The successful rehabilitation of BNS COUFFO, makes a total of 110 vessels that were refurbished at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard Limited, Lagos.
Nigerian Navy rehabilitates Republic of Benin warship, 110 others

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

The Nigerian Navy has successfully completed the rehabilitation of a warship belonging to the Republic of Benin. The ship, BNS COUFFO, is among the numerous fighter vessels in the inventory of the Republic of Benin navy. The successful rehabilitation of BNS COUFFO, makes a total of 110 vessels that were refurbished at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard Limited, Lagos.
3 trapped, 9 rescued in Lagos building collapse

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has rescued nine persons from the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in the state. The incident occurred at about 3pm on Tuesday at Otta-Ona junction, near the Mobile Filling Station bus stop, in Ikorodu. LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident, stating that the agency received a distress call at 2:02pm on Tuesday.
$1.5 billion Lekki Sea Port for further dredging – FG - Daily Trust

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

To attract more vessels of larger capacity into the nation’s ports, the Federal Government, at the weekend gave the nod for the maintenance dredging of the $1.5bn Lekki Deep seaport channel from its present 16.5metres to 17 metres in the first instance as it targets 19 meters depth. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho, made this disclosure during a tour of the Lekki Port to consolidate transshipment volumes to landlocked neighboring countries.
Dangote targets N11.2bn daily revenue from fertiliser export

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

The President of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that DIL will be generating $7 million, (N11bn) daily as revenue from the export of fertiliser from Dangote Industries Limited in the next two years. This is coming just as the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is partnering Dangote Industries Limited to expand the nation’s export operations.
3 trapped as another building collapses in Lagos

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

At least three persons have been buried under the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in Lagos State. The building located at Otta-Ona junction, Ikorodu, collapsed around 3pm on Tuesday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it had rescued nine persons. SPONSOR ADLASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident, saying that the agency received a distress alert around 2.02 pm.
I plan to travel abroad with ransom money - Suspected kidnapper

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

A 25-year-old member of a gang of kidnappers, Musa Shaibu, arrested in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, has confessed planning to travel abroad with his share of the ransom money demanded for the release of a victim. The suspect and four others allegedly abducted the 14-year-old son of a Bureau De Change operator, identified as Hassan from their home in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos. After abducting the victim, the suspects demanded for the sum of N20 million as ransom.
Africa: Air Chief Seeks Closer Ties Among African Air Forces to Fight Terrorism

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Eugene Agha

The chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Balla Hassan Abubakar, has called for stronger collaboration among African Air Forces in order to fight the growing spate of terrorism on the continentHe said only if they work together that they can comfortably combat the surging insecurity in the region. Abubakar made this assertion at the opening ceremony of the 4th African Air forces, on Thursday.
69th anniversary: Navy to commission warships, helicopters

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

As part of event outlined to mark the 69th anniversary of the Nigerian Navy, the Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, says the navy will commission three warships and three helicopters next Saturday. Vice Admiral Ogalla stated that the vessels and helicopters which were recently acquired would be deployed to help fight maritime crime in the nation’s water.
Customs rakes in N230 billion at PTML with B’Odogwu platform

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Eugene Agha

The Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has said it has facilitated a total sum of N230 billion using the B’odogwu since it commenced in October 2024. The B’Odogwu platform is an indigenous technology that was introduced by the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, in 2024 to address the glitches experienced during documentation by freight forwarders.