President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman A statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Thursday, said the suspension followed a recommendation by Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, to set up an administrative panel of inquiry to investigate the management of…
The Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Yusuf, has briefed the House of Representatives Committee on Defence on the recent attack by bandits on the institution. On August 24, bandits invaded the school at about 2am killed two officers, abducted one and injured one. The abducted officer is yet to be…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Minister of Education Adamu Adamu ,has said that the federal government is ready to reach an agreement with the striking university lectures. Adamu stated this on Wednesday while briefing news men after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister said, he was surprised that the…
The Plateau Elders Forum (PEF) has declared that Governor Lalong’s dialogue approach to addressing the persistent attacks and killings in the state “is a colossal failure”. In a statement on Wednesday in Jos, the forum noted that for he past five or more years, the Plateau State Government through the Plateau Peace Building Agency, and…
The Acting Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the 44, Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna, Colonel Stephen Onuchukwu, has disclosed that more than 7000 officers and soldiers wounded in counterinsurgency operations have been treated in the hospital. Onuchukwu disclosed this on Saturday when the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, visit to the hospital as part…
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites have alleged that four of there members were killed by the police while 20 others were injured on Friday in Kaduna, while celebrating “Quds Day”. The IMN members were said to have gathered at the Katsina Roundabout by Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna to…
