Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has berated President Bola Tinubu for remaining in France while violence and killings persist in Benue and Plateau states. In a statement released by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku stated that President Tinubu cannot keep feasting…
The suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has said that the allegations against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are “trumped-up”. Kyari was declared wanted on February 14 by the NDLEA over his alleged involvement in a 25kg cocaine deal. He was subsequently arrested by the police and handed over…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, (NAF), has set up a committee to compile all allegations of accidental air strikes on civilians and the circumstances leading to such accidents. Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The statement said,…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director (GMD)of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu on charges of money laundering. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 3, 2017, raided the Kaduna property of Yakubu and recovered the sum…
Being full text of a paper presented by Gloria Mabeiam Ballason Esq, at the inaugural memorial lecture of late Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, on September 17, 2022, at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja. Thank you Mrs. Margaret Mailafia, the beautiful and dedicated widow of Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, Messrs Emmanuel and Samora, the arrows of his…
A retired army sergeant, Christopher Madaki, his wife and daughter inlaw have been killed by bandits following an attack on Golkofa community, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. However, his son Clement Madaki, survived the attacked with injuries inflicted by the attackers. The retired soldier was said to be the scribe to the Ward…
