Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army during a raid on their hideouts in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state. In a statement on Thursday, the army said the raid was conducted by troops of 6 Brigade in Taraba. The army said the troops carried out the operation and…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued one of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Saratu Dauda. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno state and abducted 276 schoolgirls. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, the Theatre Commander of the North-East joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim…
Sunday Katung, the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations about Katung’s planned defection had trended for weeks amid denials by his aides. The senator officially announced his defection in a resignation letter addressed to the PDP…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he will never return to partisan politics. Obasanjo stated this on Saturday the National Working Committee ,(NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu paid him a visit at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeakuta, Ogun state. Obasanjo had announced…
Sixteen supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state have died in an accident while after a zonal rally which held in Pankshin. Over 80 others were also said to have sustained injuries when the driver of the truck conveying them lost control and crashed in a ditch. The accident occurred on Saturday…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) say a total of 53,262 terrorists and their families comprising men, women and children have so far surrendered to own troops as at 16 of May 2022 so far. Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO) Major General Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in Abuja while briefing journalists on…
