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The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed the attack on the institution by bandits, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted. Jajira said the Academy in collaboration with the 1Division…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to forgive him in any way he has hurt them. Speaking while marking his final Sallah celebration as president, Buhari said “all those that I have hurt, I ask that they pardon me”. He said he accepts all the criticism of his administration in good faith, noting that it is…

By Patience Dombin, Jos Two people have been killed in while three others were injured in an attack by gunmen at the internally displaced persons camp (IDP) in Rantisat community, Gashish District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday at about 3:40pm. Sources said the…

The governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani has picked Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s deputy, as his running mate. Sani who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District, announced this in a statement he shared on his Twitter handle on Monday night. He said after consultations with…

Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, has identified reasons for the increasing re-emergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Sani frowned on what he considered the increasing re-emergence of juntas…