Month: September 2021

IN PICS: The Chief of Army Staff COAS, Farouk Yahaya visited a factory producing made in Nigeria Guns and bullets as war against banditry intensifies. May Nigeria succeed.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has disclosed that the communication sector had priotised security over economic benefits.   Mr Pantami made the disclosure during the official launch of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s, NCC, Strategic Vision Plan, SVP, 2021-2025, Podcast and the Book Compendium of Prof. Umar Danbatta’s speeches, on Tuesday…

Omoyele Sowore lost Immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore in the early hours of today.  The deceased who was shot and killed in Edo state by suspected  herdsmen/kidnappers, was on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo state, where he is studying Pharmacy.

Culture , as we know is the total way and life of people, and as the good people of bekwarra and obudu celebrate their cultural heritage today, the great Philanthropist, Mr Peter Akpanke felicitate with the great sons and daughters, both at home and in diaspora a peaceful new yam celebration.  Mr Akpanke who urged…

A father, Abdullahi Benda, and his 23-year-old son, Jibrin Abdullahi Benda, have been abducted at Yangoji village in Kwali Area council of Abuja. A neighbour simply identified as Zakari said the incident happened in the wee hours of Friday. He said the kidnappers, who positioned themselves at strategic places, scaled the fence of the victim’s…

Business communities along Bauchi road, Bauchi Junction and the permanent site of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have resolved to protect students and staff of the institution as well as citizens passing through areas from attacks. They also said business owners would be held responsible for attack on anyone in their premises, if they failed…

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, says troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested no fewer than 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone.   The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko, made the disclosure while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces across…

Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women soldiers have graduated from the Armed Forces Women’s Cadre Training Center Wednesday after completing their course, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Kingdom’s Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant – General Fayyad al – Ruwaili sponsored the graduation ceremony, according to SPA. The Armed Forces Women’s Cadre Training…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the procedure for its fresh State congress in Cross River states.  This is sequel to the approval of the cancellation of the earlier processes specifically the Screening Exercise for the State Congress .  This was as a result of some developments…