On Sunday March 2, 2014, President Ernest Bai Koroma was honoured in Lagos, Nigeria by Nigeria’s foremost media group, the Silverbird Group, with the Award of Distinction for a sitting President, given in respect of his great reconstruction efforts in changing the face of Sierra Leone and for his fight against corruption. The Award was received on his behalf by Ambassador Henry Olufumi Macauley, Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to Nigeria. President Paul Kagami of Rwanda was also similarly honoured, for his success at reconstructing that genocide war torn Country. The occasion was the annual Silverbird Man of the Year Award Ceremony,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 12th 2014 |
On January 29th, 2014, PSV Cee Jay liner was attacked by pirates and boarded off the coast of Bayelsa State. The Pirates kidnapped the Master and Chief Engineer and robbed the crew. The next day, the Tug Lamnalco Hawk was attacked and boarded by 3 pirates in Pennington Terminal area of the same Bayelsa State. 2014 is continuing a harrowing trend that has won Nigeria a top position in the global high sea piracy charts. As Nigeria achieves greater ‘successes’ in events of boat capture and robbery, global levels have recorded appreciated drops. The total events of piracy according to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 4th 2014 |
IRN will host the inaugural West Africa Oil & Gas Security 2014 Summit, the latest addition to IRN’s well-established oil and gas security portfolio. This timely Summit will be held in Lagos, the fastest growing city in the African continent, on 18th– 19th June. Nigeria is oil rich and soon to be the continent’s largest economy; however, the country is beset with security incidents that threaten the stability of the oil industry and communities in vicinity of it; Nigeria is thus the ideal setting for this crucial forum. The meeting will be a discrete platform where delegates can share intelligence with other... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 3rd 2014 |
His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma will leave the shores of Freetown this afternoon for Nigeria to attend the Centenary celebration activities which were flagged off by H.E. Dr Ebele Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in February this year, and will climax in the Grand Finale to be held in Abuja from 27th – 28th February, 2014. Whilst in Abuja, President Koroma and entourage will attend the International Conference on Human Security, Peace and Development: Agenda to the 21st Century and the Centenary Anniversary Live Concert: Multimedia Show and Fireworks on 27th February, and the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, February 26th 2014 |
Boko Haram has struck once again, again after not so long when they had struck again. In this latest strike, over 100 villagers in a Christian predominant Izghe farming village were slaughtered, their homes were burned and stores looted. Re-inspired by the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) the death vampire cult hopes to trigger such in Nigeria and pit Nigeria’s religious groups against each other to spill the blood they thirst for. God forbid. The terror bandits drove in, in 7 hilux vehicles according to eyewitnesses. This was not the first time terrorists drove freely in convoys within... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 17th 2014 |
