WELCOME to 2019. Let us thank God for granting us the grace of entering into the new year. Thank God we are not in the statistics of those killed by Boko Haram insurgents, militant cattle herdsmen, kidnappers, armed robbers, police/military stray bullets and sundry marauders who combined to turn Nigeria into a killing field in 2018 particularly.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has assured the general public that none of the over 160million telecoms subscribers in Nigeria will be disconnected or suffer service disruptions as a result of its recent order to permit the disconnection of indebted operators from other operators’ networks.

The Police in Borno have arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued one victim at Tuga village in Damboa Local Government Area of the state.

As 2018 maritime year comes to an end, sector stakeholders and operators have indicated that regulatory and operational environment worsened during the year gone by.

THE gruesome murder of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh by gunmen on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, was a sad reminder of the perilous times we live in, here in Nigeria.

The Maritime Safety Committee is the International Maritime Organization’s senior technical body on safety-related matters. Member States meet twice a year to discuss safety of life at sea. International Maritime Organization

Enugu—A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Cajetan Apeh, yesterday, relieved his experiences in the den of kidnappers.

The Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’, Owerri, Imo State, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, has said that the importations of armoured vehicles portend several risks to Nigeria.

THE worsening living conditions of the nation’s senior citizens has remained a source of worry to well meaning individuals and groups especially Organised Labour.

The Presidency has earmarked N274.7 million for electricity and another N65 million on animals in this year’s budget.