IMO motions to call for ban on social media use among under-16s and age verification for online pornography

Proposals to be voted on by members at medical union’s AGM later this week Social media should be banned for all children under 16, while all websites distributing pornography should operate with strict age-verification, members of the Irish Medical …

INTERCARGO “concerned” at complexity of IMO decision on GHG reduction

Fortescue’s ‘major victory’ in climate accord

Image: T. Schneider/shutterstock.com Fortescue has welcomed a historic global shipping climate agreement with the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The landmark carbon pricing agreement introduces a global levy on shipping emissions, set …

Seplat Energy JV Provides Free Eye Care To Over 22,084 Patients

Share Seplat Energy, in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has provided free, comprehensive eye care to over 22,084 patients, performed 726 life-changing eye surgeries, and distributed 12,307 prescription glasses …

Shipowner advocates single digit rate for disbursement of $700m CVFF

By Steve Agbota The President of the African Shipowners Association (ASA), Captain Ladi Olubowale, has said that the disbursement of the $700 million Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund (CVFF) to Nigerian shipowners at a single-digit interest rate will create …

Why Defections Will Work Against The APC In the 2027 Presidential Election

‘President Tinubu and the APC will lose the 2027 Presidential election if the Opposition Unites and Presents an Atiku/Obi ticket under the SDP’ ‘There will be a political Tsunami in the 2027 Presidential election’ Nigeria’s democracy is a unique one. …

Your favorite/least favorite Miami Dolphins draft pick!

We all managed to brave yet another NFL draft, with the Miami Dolphins coming away with a total of eight new players. With many of the picks in the fifth round and beyond, some of these guys won't make the final roster, but hopefully a few do, at least …

Op-Ed: To Save Bangladesh's Recycling Industry, Phase In the HKC

  Bangladesh ratified the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, known as the Hong Kong Convention (HKC), on 26 June 2023. The Convention will come into force globally on 26 June 2025. As one of the world’s …

15 Million Vulnerable Children Lack Access to Vaccines — UNICEF, WHO

April 27, (THEWILL) – At least 15 million vulnerable children worldwide are without access to vaccines, making them victims of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, a recent survey report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World …

Dubious Nigerian art of decamping

VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA Maybe the people of Delta State saw it coming, but there were no hints in the newspapers or in the social media that a political earthquake was about to hit in the state. With the suddenness of a gust of wind and with …