The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has approved the established of Directorate of Veteran Affairs to ensure better welfare packages for its retirees and their families. Spokesman of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao gave the approval for…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Six persons, including a 92 -year old man have been killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Mararaban Azagwa community, Bali Local Government Area of Taraba state. Several others people were said to have been injured during the attack on Sunday night Spokesperson of the Taraba State Police…
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 Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that too much of talks on the deteriorating security with action will not address the problem. The sultan spoke on Wednesday at the Special Summit on National Security organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja. He said things are getting bad, stressing that urgent…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has approved N72,000 as new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna. Musa said the new wage is with effect from November 2024. In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday qualified for the final of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations in Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire with a 4-2 defeat of South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in penalty shootouts. The match lasted with an extra time amounting to 120 minutes deadlocked 1-1 without a clear winner. In the shootouts, Bafana Bafana missed…
