Wife of the Rivers State former Head of Service, HoS, Florence Nwaeke, has raised the alarm that she does not know the whereabouts of her husband, George Nwaeke, after resigning from his position as HoS.

Late on Friday, she told journalists she was afraid for her husband’s life and had no idea where he was.

Mrs Nwaeke, who was battling with emotions and concern, called on Nigerians and others for help.

“When he got to Abuja, he called that he had landed. I said, ‘Thank God’.

“The next thing I saw this night: people were calling me and said he got an interview. I said, ‘What interview? Interview for what?’ Not until I saw things flying on the internet that he granted an interview. What happened? I said, ‘That is not my husband. That is not my husband.’

“So I sent him a message. I said, ‘Are you under duress?’ I sent him a message. I said, ‘Have they kidnapped you? Talk to me now. Why are you not talking to me?’ This is the message I sent to him when I saw his interview online.

“Oh, Jesus, help me. Nigerians, help me. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble. Look at the message I sent to him. See the message I sent to him. I said, ‘Daddy, why? Were you in hostage?’ I said, ‘Why didn’t you talk to me?’ These are the messages I sent to him, but he didn’t reply to me. His numbers are not going through. Nigerians, help me! Nigerians, help me,” she said.

This came a few hours after her husband had given an exclusive interview in which he levelled several allegations against Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

Among other things, he accused the governor of planning to support Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed in the 2027 presidential election and also meeting with and encouraging militants to carry out attacks on oil facilities and other assets.

In another video, Mrs Nwaeke, called on Governor Fubara to intervene over her husband’s whereabouts, claiming that her husband resigned under duress.

She added that her husband was in trouble and was being forced to confess to things he knew nothing about and that he had resigned to avoid trouble.

Mrs Nwaeke, beyond raising the alarm in an interview with Channels TV, also made a call to Governor Fubara pleading with him to help her husband.

DAILYPOST

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.

The statement also said the President approved the appointment of Hon. Fatuhu Buhari, a Katsina State indigene, as the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seed Council.

It added that the President appointed 19 APC chairmen and some National Working Committee members as board chairmen of various Federal Government institutions.

See the full list below.

Muhammad Massan, APC State Chairman, Bauchi State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.

Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, APC State Chairman, Kano State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service.

Dr. Austian Agada, APC State Chairman, Benue State – Board Chairman, National Agricultural Seed Council.

Hon. Macdonald Ebere, APC State Chairman, Imo State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.

Ubong Stephen Ntukekpo, APC State Chairman, Akwa Ibom State – Board Chairman, National Institute for Freshwater Fish, New Bussa.

Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy Chairman (South) of the APC – Board Chairman, National Automotive Development Council.

Aminu Musa Bobi, APC State Chairman, Niger State – Board Chairman, National Library of Nigeria

Pharm. Abass Olayide, APC State Chairman, Oyo State – Board Chairman, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna.

Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, APC State Chairman, Yobe State – Board Chairman, Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.

Benjamin Omale, APC State Chairman, Benue State – Board Chairman, National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu.

Rufus Bature, APC State Chairman, Plateau State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Coal Corporation.

Alhaji Abubakar Muhammed Kana, APC State Chairman, Kebbi State – Board Chairman, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.

Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, APC National Working Committee Member, from Abia State – Board Chairman, Project Development Institute (PRODA).

Comrade Mustapha Salihu, APC National Vice Chairman Northeast– Board Chairman, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Dr Kingsley Ononogbu, APC State Chairman, Abia State – Board Chairman, National Parks Headquarters.

Alhaji Abdulmalik Usman, APC State Chairman, Federal Capital Territory – Board Chairman, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan.

Hon. Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi, APC State Chairman, Taraba State – Board Chairman, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.

Sola Elesin, APC State Chairman, Ekiti State – Board Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.

Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, APC State Chairman, Edo State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.

Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, APC State Chairman, Zamfara State – Board Chairman, Federal Medical Centre, Azare.

Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel, APC State Chairman, Jigawa State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Produce Inspection and Stored Products Technology, Kano.

Barr. Idris Shuaibu APC State Chairman, Adamawa State – Board Chairman, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan.

PUNCH

President Bola Tinubu on Friday directed the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to ensure that the killers of the northern hunters in Edo State are brought to justice and punished in accordance with the law.

Gatekeeper reports that the victims, who were on their way to Kano State to celebrate the Sallah festivities, were intercepted on Thursday and tragically killed by local vigilantes in the Uromi community of Esan North Local Government Area, Edo State.

According to reports, the local vigilantes mistakenly identified the hunters as kidnappers terrorising the area.

Some of the victims were reportedly burnt alive, while others were beaten to death by the mob.

At least four individuals have been arrested by the Nigeria Police in connection with the tragic incident.

Reacting, President Tinubu, who expressed shock at the heinous act, directed the police and other security agencies to conduct swift and thorough investigations and bring the suspected perpetrators to justice.

In a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu commiserated with the families of the victims, assuring them that criminals would not be allowed to shed the blood of innocent Nigerians with impunity.

The President emphasised that jungle justice has no place in Nigeria and affirmed that all Nigerians have the right to move freely in any part of the country.

President Tinubu also commended the Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, and community leaders in Uromi for their swift response in preventing an escalation of tensions.