Author archives: editor

NCPC and the footprints of a colossus

By Best Agbese The appointment of the Plateau-born famed minister of the gospel, Rev. Dr. Yakubu Pam as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), on June 26th 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari attracted loud applauses within the Christian community in Nigeria. Rev. Pam emerged leader of the commission on the hills of the […]

Maritime insecurity more complex than the world knows – Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the crisis in the Maritime Sector is the maritime insecurity and its more complex than the world knows. He however added that the Federal Government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off. He said the Maritime Security Project will be […]

NYSC and Ibrahim’s two years’ impactful leadership

By Leonard Aluor A Congolese proverb says; “You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.” The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (DG-NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim is an old administrative gorilla in Nigeria. He has dispensed himself perfectly, both as a soldier and administrator per excellence. Anywhere he […]

NPA: Amaechi inaugurates panel to probe Hadiza Bala-Usman

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated a eleven-man panel of inquiry to probe the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman According to the Minister, the panel is to examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the suspended Managing Director  and to confirm her level of compliance […]

Group vows to defend Buhari’s government against destabilization

The Nigeria First movement says it will resist any attempt by vested interests to destabilise President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The organisation said it is aware of the plot by disgruntled people hiding under the nomenclature of activism to perpetrate evil in the country through the sponsorship of acts of violence along ethnic and religious lines. […]

Group wants Lagos Assembly to suspend Somolu LG boss over alleged abuse of office, others

The Lagos State House of Assembly has been urged to suspend the chairman of Somolu Local Government Area, Hon. AbdulHamed Salawu, over alleged gross abuse of office, nepotism, disregard for constituted authorities as well as falsified identity and certificate. The call was made by the United Somolu Congress (USC) after consultation with some councillors. This […]

Gen Buratai’s footprints and the task ahead of COAS Attahiru

By Philip Agbese Combating terrorism or insurrections are acknowledged globally as quite arduous assignments. Soldiers who command such warfares must be necessarily be brave, courageous and determined combatants of the trenches. It’s not a task for the faint- hearted! The ex-Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria, retired Lt. […]

Insecurity: Between Ortom’s crocodile tears and the Presidency

By Simon Wayo Governor of Benue state, Mr. Samuel Ortom is a disingenuous thespian. He seeks to recreate the absurdist theatre of ancient Greek, but replicates it very poorly. But in his die-hard posture of dramatizing the bizarre, the Governor competes for fame, which sophistry has outclassed Sophocles, the great Greek playwright. Governor Ortom is […]