The Kaduna state government has dismissed a newspaper report, stating that a private bandits negotiator has been hired to facilitate the release of the 287 school children abducted by bandits on Thursday. The newspaper report had claimed that the state government had reached out to the bandits through a private negotiator for the release of…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that a repentant Boko Haram member enlisted into the army killed a woman at the Enugu baracks and hid her corpse. In a statement on Sunday, Major.Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu Director, Army Public Relations, while regretting the killing of the woman, said the Nigerian Army has at no point in…
Air Peace has distanced itself from the circumstances surrounding the arrest of President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. In a statement on Monday, ailine said the arrest has wrongly been linked to a petition it filed over the disruption of its services by the NLC in 2023. The airline disclosed that the…
The remains of the late spokesman of Afenifere, the pan Yoruba socio-political group, Yinka Odumakin, was laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown, Moro, Osun State, amidst encomiums from Yoruba leaders. Odumakin died on April 3, 2021, following complications from COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during the funeral, leader of Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, said Odumakin lived…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the federal government, chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote for their efforts in ensuring the return of Nigerians trapped in war torn Sudan. The forum in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna by Chief Audu Ogbe, its chairman, particularly praised Onyema,…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has sacked six of his appointees and suspended one. The Secretary to the Plateau state government (SSG), Samuel Jatau, announced this in a statement on Tuesday evening in Jos. According to the statement, the decision was taken by the governor as part of ongoing efforts to reposition the government for…
