The Nigerian Army has emerged the overall champion of the Nigerian Armed Forces Games 2024, which ended Friday evening at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna. The Army won a total of 264 medals, comprising 172 gold, 60 silvers and 32 bronze medals while the Nigerian Air Force came second with a total of 187 medals,…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, will on Friday flag off the maiden edition of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Veterans’ Outreach Programme ahead of preparations for the January 15, Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Spokesperson of NAF, Air Vice Marshal, Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet said the…
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a letter dated April 15, 2021, addressed to the EFCC Chairman and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, Idowu Omohunwa, the police boss directed that officers from…
The Speaker of the Kaduna state House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani and a federal lawmaker representing Igabi Federal Constituency, Zayyad Ibrahim, have jointly distributed fertilizer and cash totaling N30 million to the 12 wards in the Igabi LGA. Speaking at the distribution of the the fertilizer and N10,000 cash to beneficiaries on Sunday in Kaduna,…
Ahmad Bamali, emir of Zazzau, (Zaria), Kaduna state, has lamented over the frequent cases of banditry and kidnappings in his domain. The emir spoke on Monday while receiving heads of security agencies in the state, who paid him a courtesy call. The heads of the security agencies were led by Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna state commissioner…
President Bola Tinubu has sent a list of 28 people to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation for appointments as ministers Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Thursday. Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, submitted the…
