The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has approved the established of Directorate of Veteran Affairs to ensure better welfare packages for its retirees and their families. Spokesman of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao gave the approval for…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigerians are anxiously waiting for the return of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Speaking in an interview with journalists after meeting with Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Thursday in Portharcourt, Atiku said Nigerians can’t wait for PDP to take back power in…
A coalition of Christian clerics and leaders of thought, under the auspices of “Custodians of the National Conscience”, has asked the federal government to be more committed in stemming terrorism and banditry occasioned by invasion, killing and kidnappings ravaging the country. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, the group said a satanic hijack of…
The Gombe state government has a 24 hour curfew in Balanga Local Government Area of the state following renewed communal violence between Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, in a statement on Wednesday said the decision was aimed at curtailing the violence that erupted among communities…
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ite, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, were on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted by a Kaduna State High Court after over five years in detention. The presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada discharged and acquitted them while ruling in a no case submission…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said that the 2023 elections will provide Nigerians another opportunity to reflect on the mistake they made. Kukah stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at an event jointly organised by the Kukah Centre and Open Society Initiative For West Africa (OSIWA). He said the tragedy that…
