The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that three officers and 22 soldiers were killed in the ambush and helicopter crash that occurred in Wushishi and Shiroro Local Government Areas of Niger state. According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director of Defence Media Operation, Edward Buba, disclosed this during a biweekly…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed displeasure about a video trending on the social media, purported to be the wreckage of its MI-171 helicopter on which crashed on Monday in Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The video recorded by the bandits also showed dead bodies of soldiers. In a…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in new ministers who have been assigned portfolios. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The statement signed by William Bassey, director of information in the office of the SGF, said the ceremony will take…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it will establish a Digital Economy Centre, (DEC) in Kafanchan, headquarters Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state to empower jobless youths. The project is to be sited at Government Secondary School (GSS), Kafanchan. This was contained in a letter dated August 7, 2023 addressed to the…
President Bola Tinubu has assigned portfolios to ministerial appointees recently cleared and confirmed by the senate. The list of the ministers and their portfolios was released on Wednesday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The list shows that the South West has nine ministers while the South-East and South-South…
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to put an end to the growing trend of public officials and other powerful individuals using the police to journalists who publish negative reports about them. In a statement in Lagos, Deputy Executive Director of MRA, Ayode Longe,…
