Son of the late Chadian President Idriss Deby, Mahamat Deby, a 37 year old army general has been appointed to succeed his father. He was appointed to lead a military council set up after his father was killed by rebel forces. Deby was confirmed dead on Tuesday following injuries sustained in a fight with the…
The Italian Embassy in Nigeria, has pledged to support the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) to facilitate pilgrimage to Rome. According to a statement shared on the twitter handle of the NCPC, the Italian Ambassador, Mr. Stefanor De Leo made the promised when the Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, paid him a…
President Bola Tinubu, has appointed Abdulkarim Chukkol as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC). The appointment of Chukkol followed the suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the commission. Chukkol is an alumnus of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, Quantico, the European Center of Security Studies, Germany, and also…
Governor Uba Sani has received some prominent chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state. Among the prominent PDP decampees are Muktar Ramalan Yero, a former governor of Kaduna state, Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Suleiman Hunkuyi, former senator…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, will on Friday flag off the maiden edition of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Veterans’ Outreach Programme ahead of preparations for the January 15, Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Spokesperson of NAF, Air Vice Marshal, Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet said the…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Acting Rector of Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai, Dr Agbu Danlami has warned that the institution has zero torerance for extortion of students. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the Jalingo campus of the institution on Monday, Danlami said no student should be extorted under the guise of payments…
