By Correspondent in Abuja The military authorities, on Friday, accorded one of their Directors, the late Major-General Hassan Ahmed a befitting burial at Lungi Barack Cemetery in Abuja. General Ahmed, the immediate past Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army,was killed by suspected Kidnappers on Abaji axis of the Lokoja-Abuja high way on Thursday night…
By Correspondent in Abuja Those agitating for another war in Nigeria, especially youths, have been urged to drop the idea because war will spell permanent doom for Nigeria, if allowed to erupt again. The Reporters recalls that Nigeria had fought 30-month civil war that lasted between 1967 and 1970 during which an estimated 1 million…
By Correspondent in Lokoja, Ilorin The anxiety generated in Lokoja, kogi state capital over nation wide protest on June 12, notwithstanding, the state capital witnessed relative calm,The Reporters reports. Our Correspondent who visited some strategic areas of Lokoja between 7 a.m and 9.30 a.m on Saturday reports that there was no sign of protest. People…
By Correspondent in Abuja President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This is contained in a statement signed by Brig.Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, Acting Director,Defence Information in Abuja on Thursday. Nwachukwu said that prior to his appointment,General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the…
By Correspondent in Lagos The Muslim Congress (TMC), a faith-based organisation, has called for a Bangbala called for a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash of a military Beechcraft King Air 350i that killed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others at the Kaduna International Airport. Alhaji AbdulWaasi’i Bangbala,…
By Correspondent Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, led the Senators representing the state at the National Assembly, to visit the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru in Abuja. Zulum, Senators Kashim Shettima (Borno Central), Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South)…
By Correspondent in Abuja Contrary to some media reports indicating that the NAF jet missing about three days ago in Borno state has been found though without the two pilots, the Nigerian Airforce says the Alpha-Jet aircraft might have crashed. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Abuja, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, stated…
By Correspondent in Abuja A Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Alpha-Jet is said to have has lost contact with radar in Borno while on interdiction mission in support of ground troops. Th Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The mission, he said, was…
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He is not a nanny or an actor. By Correspondent in Maiduguri Don’t mistake him for a nanny but a Nigerian Soldier who stayed back to help a pregnant woman put to bed in the Northeast when the Boko Haram were closing in on their village. He risked his life to secure the woman till…
