A military aircraft has crashed in Kaduna, killing the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, alongside six military officers and four crew members onboard. The incident occurred near the Kaduna International Airport at about 6pm on Friday. Spokesman of the Nigerian Airforce, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet confirmed the crash in a statement on…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has granted pardon to 110 prisoners and convicts to mark Democracy Day. The governor announced this on Tuesday when he visited the Kaduna Correctional Centre. He said he granted the pardon in the exercise of power of prerogative of mercy conferred on him by Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution…
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism, Counter Insurgency in the North East,…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has declared that it is a treasonable offence for #EndBadGovernance protesters to fly foreign flags in the country. Speaking on Monday shortly after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Musa said anyone caught with foreign flags during protest…
The Kaduna State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into an alleged meeting of factions of political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), linked to the former governor of the state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, which reportedly degenerated into violence and sporadic gunshots. The state…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, Peter Obi has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Obi registered on Saturday at Agulu ward 2 in Anaocha LGA of Anambra state, during the flag-off of the party’s membership and mobilisation exercise. According to Arise Television, Obi said he…
