A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi, Benue state. The two pilots on board the aircraft however survived the crash. Edward Gabkwet, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet said the incident occurred on Friday in Makurdi, Benue state, at about 4.15pm. He…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, made the disclosure to state house correspondents on Thursday after a meeting Tinubu had with stakeholders on agriculture and food production value-chain. Alake said the Presidet is not unmindful…
At least 346 persons have been killed while about 18,751 others have been displaced within three months in eight Local Government Areas in Plateau state. This was contained in a report released by The Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation on Thursday in Abuja. The report said of the number, over 200 lives were loss…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the recent killings in Plateau state. In a statement on Tuesday, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and strategy, Dele Alake, quoted Tinubu as saying that the attacks were needless. “It is most unfortunate that in this orgy…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said Nigeria is sharing its sovereignty, which is guaranteed in the constitution, with bandits and other terrorists. He also said under the eight years of the Buhari administration, Nigeria “saw the ugliest phase of corruption.” Speaking on Monday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state, while delivering a…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution asking the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu to declare a national emergency on the killings in Plateau state. The house passed the resolution during the plenary session following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Dachung Bagos, a lawmaker representing Jos…
