By Godwin Obi The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been described as being on track as far as the war against piracy is concerned, the Chairman, Shipowners’ Forum, Barr Mrs Margreth Orakwusi has said, Orakwusi said all the apex maritime agency needs now was a push, necessaryContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi At least one person is reportedly in a critical condition after a yet-to-be-identified helicopter shot at a passenger boat along the Port Harcourt – Bonny waterway in Rivers State on Thursday night. An eyewitness told our reporter that the wooden boat was ferrying traders and their goodsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Deputy Director, Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has identified politics as a factor hindering security agencies from effectively performing their jobs. Nigeria currently faces myriads of security challenges with banditry activities in the northwest, terrorism in the North-East, militancy in the South-South, IPOB activitiesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Police in Katsina State, has confirmed an early morning fresh attack by bandits, on the Dan-Kumeji Village in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday. The spokesman of the command, Superintendent of Police Gambo Isah, in a telephone conversation with ait.live said thatContinue Reading
By Godwin ObiAll roads leading to the country- home of the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Iju Tony Nwabunike, was on Friday 27th August kept wide open, as eminent politicians, customs agents and freight forwarders drawn from the various associations in the shippingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed August 30 for the commencement of the continuous voters’ registration. The electoral body disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by its Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have freed around 100 pupils kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said on Thursday. The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan, did not, however, say if any ransom was paid. He did not give any details about howContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Chris Ngige and Femi Falana The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has scolded Human Rights Lawyer and Acting Chairman of the Civil Society Coalition, Alliance For Surviving Covid-19 And Beyond, ASCAB, Femi Falana, for advising members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, toContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi A forty-six-year-old civil servant, Patrick Markson, reportedly working at the Bayelsa State Ministry of Local Government has killed his wife and himself on Thursday Morning in Yenagoa. The Police in Bayelsa who confirmed the story promised to carry out further investigations. However, sources said, Patrick Markson whoContinue Reading
By Pastor Austin C. Udeoha Luke 3:7, 8; Romans 1:16, 2 Corinthians 7:9-11; Titus 2:11-14; Joel 2:12-13 Repentance unto salvation is the urgent need for the hour, especially in these last days of empty religion. This is very important because there are many people in many religious circles, evenContinue Reading