The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Amao has charged personnel of the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) to sustain the current onslaught against terrorists and insurgents in the North East. He gave the charge on Saturday when he visited frontline troops of 105 Composite Group, Maiduguri and 103 Strike Group,…
Raising from their meeting on Sunday in Abeakuta, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. According to the Punch newspaper, Obasanjo and Gumi made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after their closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna State. Additionally, the President appointed principal officers for the university, including Prof. Qurix Williams Barnabas as Vice Chancellor, Sanusi Gambo Adamu…
Nine people have been killed while five others were critically injured following attacks by bandits on communities in Zaria and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. Security operatives were also said to have killed two bandits who were retreating to the forest. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed this…
Bandits have abducted a student of the Calvary Ministries (CAPRO) in Gana Ropp, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. The school located close to the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang, was said tho have been attacked on Wednesday night Some of the students were said to have alerted security agencies when they noticed strange…
The newly appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said that the agency under his watch will be guided by the rule of law. Speaking shortly after assuming duties on Thursday, Olukoyede said the agency will focus on the prevention of graft to save the government from spending money…
