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  Suspended Nigeria Ports Authority Manager, Hadiza Bala, was involved in a clandestine ploy to shortchange a company in favour of Africa’s richest, Aliko Dangote, documents obtained have revealed. Last year, some coastline terminals formerly operated by Integrated Logistics Services’ (INTELs) in Onne ports complex, Rivers state, were confiscated and …

Nigeria should be Boris Johnson’s next stop on his post-Brexit global trade mission The prime minister’s India trip may have been postponed, but he shouldn’t lose all hope of striking a lucrative deal with a demographic giant – Africa’s largest economy is a golden opportunity for the UK [quote]Boris Johnson …

The Rivers State Security Council has called for calm following an overnight attacks on police personnel in the State. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, who presided over an emergency meeting of the Security Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday, condemned the attacks by unidentified armed assailants on some …

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has said that any herdsman coming to the South-East must conform to the culture of the people in the region. Umahi, who is also the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, said herdsmen must stop any further killings of the innocent people of …

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority has finally been served a letter, three days after news of her suspension broke in the media. The news of Ms Usman’s suspension was first reported on Thursday evening, with the NPA MD saying she had not been communicated. NPA Managing Director, …

Primate Elijah Ayodele, the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church leader, has cautioned the Southeast against contesting the 2023 presidential election. Primate Ayodele warned that the presidency would elude the Southeast in 2023. He spoke while reacting to comments that the Igbo Presidency was the solution to Nigeria’s economic and insecurity challenges. …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, uses the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal Government in order to cover up his own failure. El-Rufai, therefore, stated that he no longer takes Ortom seriously. The Kaduna governor said this while responding to a …

  The anger, the resentment is real. People of South East and Imo State in particular, do not want to see with their eyes, anything that connects with the president, Gen. M. Buhari anywhere in and around their state. There has been reports of defacement of any public utility or …

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has mocked his Kaduna counterpart, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, saying the insecurity in the latter’s state was a payback of the crisis he once plotted against Rivers. The Governor spoke on Friday when Vice-President of Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Rotarian Obiageli Ejezie, led other leaders …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has said he will cease to be a Nigerian should national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, become president come 2023. Tinubu has neither confirmed or denied the growing speculation that he is planning to …