Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Tinubu’s national broadcast was uninspiring, deceptive, and aimed at persuading organised labour against its planned nation wide strike. Tinubu had on Monday in a television broadcast and rolled out measures to address the…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Taraba Tiv Youth Development Forum (TTYDF) has said that the Tiv people are not settlers but part of the indigenous ethnic groups in the state. In a statement in Jalingo, President of the forum, Torkuma Moses dismissed insinuations by the Jukun Youth and Cultural Development Association (JYCDA) that the…
Troops of the 6 Brigade/Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE have arrested 16 suspected terrorists, kidnappers, bandits, including the killers of Kumbiya Tanimu, a traditional ruler of Chanchangi, Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State and his son, Yusuf. The traditional ruler and his son were killed on July 19, 2024 by suspected Tiv Militias, along Takum-Chachanji road…
Four people, including an army personnel have been reportedly killed in separate attacks on communities in Miango Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. According to Stefanus Foundation, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) concerned with security issues, one of the attacks occurred on June 23, 2024, when suspected fulani terrorists ambushed three Irigwe natives,…
The Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has entered into partnership with D7G Limited to boost the production of arms, ammunition, and vehicles for the Nigerian military. Babatunde Alaya, Director General of DICON, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Kaduna shortly after a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of D7G Limited. Alaya…
Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN ju), has apologised to the Catholic church over his mistakes in recent times. According to TheCable, Mbaka tendered the apology to Callistus Onaga, bishop of Enugu, while delivering his sermon on Sunday. He asked the diocese, to forgive him and his followers for their actions…
