The remains of the 12 soldiers killed by bandits in Bonta village, Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State last week, were buried on Monday at the Military Cemetery, Wurukum in Makurdi, the state capital. The soldiers were ambushed last on Easter Monday while on a routine operational task to Bonta village in Benue state….
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to extend hands of fellowship to those displaced by the criminal activities of Boko Haram insurgents and the poor at all time. The President made on Monday as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar II confirmed the sighting of the moon signalling the commencement of Ramadan fasting…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has told the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee probing the Purchase, Use and Control of Arms, Ammunition and Related Hardware by Military, Paramilitary and Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria to invite his predecessors to shed more light on the arms procurement. According to…
Five people have been killed by bandits in communities in Giwa and Zangon Kataf Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. In Zangon Kataf, the gunmen were said to have attacked Wawan Rafi village, killing four people, including a seven year old boy and his father. Seven houses, one car and one motorcycle were also said…
The Kaduna state government has said that dwindling finances and high wage bill were responsible for the sacking of workers on its payroll. In a statement on Monday, the government declared that it had no choice than to reduce the workforce due to high wage bill without corresponding revenues from the Federation Account Allocations Committee (FAAC)…
Nigeria has advocated for a well-coordinated international collaboration to tackle the links between drug trafficking and all forms of organised crime and terrorism. Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), made the called on Monday at the 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) holding…
