COAS DEEPENS VETERAN ENGAGEMENT, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO TROOP WELFARE, ARMY TRANSFORMATION. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 COAS DEEPENS VETERAN ENGAGEMENT, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO TROOP WELFARE, ARMY TRANSFORMATION The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigerian Army to the welfare of serving and retired personnel, while advancing ongoing reforms aimed at building a more professional, adaptable, technologically enabled and combat-ready force. The COAS stated this on Thursday, 17 September 2026, when he received members of the Executive Committee of the Course 39 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) United Welfare Association (UWA), led by its President, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola (Rtd), on  a courtesy visit to Army Headquarters, Abuja. Lieutenant General Shaibu described sustained engagement with retired officers and veterans as an important pillar of institutional development, noting that their wealth of operational experience, professional knowledge and leadership expertise remains valuable to the Nigerian Army. He added that such...

MINISTER OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY OYETOLA SAYS MINISTRY ATTAINS 160% GROWTH IN 2025.(PHOTO).



 MINISTER OF MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY OYETOLA SAYS MINISTRY ATTAINS 160% GROWTH IN 2025


The Federal Government says Nigeria’s maritime sector has undergone a far-reaching transformation in the three years since the establishment of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy in August 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu established.


Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola while presenting the Ministry’s three-year scorecard, said that with a 1.83 trillion Naira revenue generated in 2025 by agencies under the Ministry, representing a 160 per cent increase over the 700.79 billion Naira recorded in 2023, the reform programme had delivered measurable gains across revenue generation, port infrastructure, maritime security, regulation, indigenous shipping, human-capital development, fisheries and inland-waterway safety.


Oyetola in a statement by his Special Adviser, Bolaji Akinola  said that the new Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Authority (NPERA) framework, will strengthen economic regulation of the port sector, while interventions through the Ministry and its agencies had saved port users more than 86 billion Naira in unjustified demurrage.


In November 2025, Nigeria regained its seat on the International Maritime Organization’s Category C Council after a 14-year absence, while through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the nation also secured the lifting of the 12-year United States Coast Guard Condition of Entry restrictions affecting vessels arriving from Nigerian ports, indicating that Nigeria is not only reforming its maritime sector at home; but also reclaiming her rightful voice and influence internationally. 


On inland waterways, safety interventions included the distribution of thousands of lifejackets with plans to replace unsafe wooden boats with modern fibreglass vessels, just as the fisheries sector also recorded growth, with fish production reaching 1.4 million metric tonnes in 2025, Oyetola emphasised

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