The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) said it has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to lead the investigation into the crash of a military aircraft that occurred on Friday at the Kaduna International Airport. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others onboard the aircraft, perished in…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged politicians against utterances on religion during the campaigns for next year’s general elections. This was contained in a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to the governor on Media to the governor. Ebiri said Wike spoke on Thursday when he hosted, the Police commissioner for the state,…
Elder statement and convener of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has that Muhammadu Buhari failed abysmally as President for eight years. He said the Buhari administration was full of insecurity, economic collapse, injustice, religious bigotry and lack of direction. According to Clerk, Buhari pushed the country five decades backward. The elder statesman…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Six persons, including a 92 -year old man have been killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Mararaban Azagwa community, Bali Local Government Area of Taraba state. Several others people were said to have been injured during the attack on Sunday night Spokesperson of the Taraba State Police…
The Kaduna state government is to contruct 10,000 affordable housing units in the next four years. Mallam Rabiu Yunusa, permanent secretary, Kaduna state ministry of housing and urban development, disclosed this on Monday at a meeting of the National Council Lands, Housing and Urban Development which held in Kaduna. Yunusa said Uba Sani, governor of…
Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday moved against a bill seeking to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president, The Punch newpapers reported. According to the report, the bill sponsored by Adewunmi Onanuga, a lawmaker from Ogun state, the boll is intended to raise the minimum academic…
