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President Buhari, has approved the composition of the governing boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as follows: A. NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY (NPA) (i) Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye​​​-​Chairman (ii) SupoShasore​​​​​-​Member (iii) Suleiman Ibrahim Halilu​​​-​Member (iiii) Constance Harry Mashal​​​-​Member (v) Umar Shu’aibu​​​​​-​Member (vi) Charles Efe Emukowhate Sylvester​-​Member (vii) Hadiza BalaUsman​​​​-​Member (viii) Mohammed Bello Koko​​​-​Member (ix) Dr. Sekonte Davis​​​​-​Member (x) Professor Idris Abubakar​​​-​Member (xi) Mrs. I. J. Uche-Okoro ​​​​-​Member B.  NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY (NIMASA) (i) Major General Jonathan India Garba -​ Chairman (ii) Asekomhe Oaakhia Kenneth​​-​Member (iii) Mohammed Gidado Muazu​​-​Member (iiii) Hon. Barrister Ebele Obi​​​-​Member (v) S. U. Galadanchi​​​​-​Member (vi) Ms Nene Betty Dike​​​-​Member (vii) Dakuku Pete...

The Enugu State Police Command in its resolve towards unmasking those behind the dastardly act perpetrated at Ndiagu Attakwu community of Akegbeugwu in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu state in the early hours of 25/8/16 which left one person dead and four others critically injured, have nabbed a suspect identified as one Umaru Isah from Gusau Zamfara state on 25/8/16 over his alleged involvement in the incident. His arrest came through intelligence information gathered. According to the statement released by the command today, August 25th, the suspect who claimed that he is 20 years old revealed that he came in from Gusau Zamfara state to Enugu recently for the purposes of rearing cattle but has none to rear till now. Meanwhile investigations have commenced in full scale into his alleged nefarious activities and with a view to unmasking his gang members so that they can be brought to book. The state commissioner of police Emmanuel Ojukwu h...

Professor Charles Soludo,  on Thursday  in Kaduna State, took the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, to the cleaners detailing what the government must do to take Nigeria to a progressive change. Soludo spoke as a guest lecturer at Kaduna Progressive Governance lecture series with the theme: “Building the economy and developing inclusive sustainable growth.”  Here are the 16 hard truths Soludo told APC governors with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance.  Read More

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, was on Friday stoned after Juma’at service at Central Mosque, Old Market, Lokoja. Confirming the incident to TheCable, a witness who observed the prayers in the same mosque as the governor, said the angry residents claimed that the governor had not paid them their salaries but was spending state funds on celebrations. “The boys said he (Bello) had not paid their salaries, yet he is busy spending state money on Kogi at 25 celebrations,” the witness, who did not want to be named, said. “Part of their grievances were tied to the forthcoming ‘Big Sallah’ People have no money to celebrate, and the governor and his boys are all over the place shouting Kogi at 25.” Another resident, who works as a driver, said the state is economically challenged and the people are very angry. He said business, even for drivers, had gone down, adding that the people took out the anger on him because he delayed Juma’at prayers at the ce...

The Niger Delta monarch with Minister of Petroleum, Kachikwu In a joint text that was signed by the monarchs and read at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja by the Bolowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Wellington Okirika, the traditional rulers listed out six items which the Federal Government should do in order to build confidence and stop the destruction of the country’s oil assets by militants in the region. According to a report by Punch, among the six items, the monarchs demanded; 1. The return of a golden sword taken from Gbaramatu kingdom by Nigerian troops 2. The opening of maritime university 3. The release of 10 youths arrested during a raid on Oporoza community and cessation of hostilities by the military They added that peace and confidence of the people would return if these demands and others stated below are met by the federal government. They said,  “Having acceded to the call for a cea...

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River yesterday said although he is a PDP member, he is in love with the style and ability of President Buhari. “I am in love with the style and ability of President Muhammadu Buhari as leader of Nigerians. He does not see himself as a party leader but as father of the country. His efforts at streamlining the country’s resources, as well as tackling corruption drew me closer to him. Besides, he has shown me love even though I am of the PDP. He gives utmost and prompt attention to my requests”he said.

Islamic State just released a horrible video showing three gruesome execution scenes in Raqqa, Syria. The video shows five ISIS children executing 5 Kurdish prisoners. The children are reportedly from Egypt, Britain, Tunis, Uzbekistan, and a Kurd. One of the prisoner is even a child himself.  Photo credit: Jenan Moussa