The Plateau government has revoked the licences of all private primary and secondary schools in the state. The commissioner for education, Elizabeth Wapmuk, Plateau announced this at a news conference in Jos, the state capital. “This is to inform the general public that the operating licences of all private nursery, pre-primary, primary, junior secondary, and…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has approved the immediate appointment and redeployment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and other senior officers. The development follows President Muhamadu Buhari’s recent directive to NAF operational and air component commanders to maximize the deployment of firepower against terrorists and other…
National leader, APC members with Disability, Mr Tolu Bankole (seated) in a group photo during their 2022 national summit on Thursday in Abuja. Photo by Sylvanus Tyoakaa
A former Inspector-General of Police, Tafa Balogun, has died. Balogun who was appointed AIG in March 2002, was said to have died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday following a brief illness. He was aged 74, few days to his 75th birthday. He was born on August 25, 1947,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Governor Simon Lalong, as the Director General of its presidential campaign council. The National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, announced this on Thursday while speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC Presidential flag bearer, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, were…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has inaugurated a security outfit known as “Community Volunteer Guards”, to address the security challenges in the state. Speaking on Thursday at the passing-out parade of the first batch of 500 members of the Guards in Makurdi, the state capital, Ortom said, the inauguration of the security outfit would have…
