President Bola Tinubu has directed the security chiefs to arrest perpetrators of last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu gave the directives on Wednesday during a sympathy visit to Benue state following the killing of over 200 people in an attack on communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen….
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the federal government, chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote for their efforts in ensuring the return of Nigerians trapped in war torn Sudan. The forum in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna by Chief Audu Ogbe, its chairman, particularly praised Onyema,…
Former sports minister, Solomon Dalung, has dismissed reports associating him with the interim leadership of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), describing the reports as “fake news”. Dalung also denied his membership of the third force, a political movement led by former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso which recently moved to the NNPP. Dalung, Senator…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets under the air component of Operation Udo Ka II, has destroyed the armouries and hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)combatants in Anambra and Imo states. The NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Gabkwet said on Tuesday, the fighter jets…
Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), says plans to merge the Airforce Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), also in Kaduna, would be retrogressive and counter productive to the nation’s earopspace industry. In a statement on Tuesday by Edward Gabkwet, spokesperson of the Nigerian Abubakar said AFIT…
A former governor of Kaduna state, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that Nigerians will not forget former President Muhammadu Buhari’s services to the nation. In a statement in Kaduna on Sunday, the former governor said Buhari lived such a good life from which Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic, religious and sectional backgrounds should derive valuable lessons. Makarfi…
