Inspite of overtures by some Northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to fly the flag of the party in next year’s election, there is no commitment yet from President Muhammadu Buhari or key party leaders on the matter. It was learnt that the ...

  At least seven people were killed and three were missing after a cliff collapsed onto boats carrying tourists on a lake in Brazil, authorities said Saturday. Rescue teams including a dive squad and members of the Brazilian Navy rushed to Furnas Lake in Minas Gerais state, where panicked tourists ...

OPERATION SAFE HAVEN COMMENDED FOR UNITING DIVERSE GROUPS FROM PLATEAU, BAUCHI AND KADUNA STATES The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt Hon Simon Bako Lalong has commended Operation SAFE HAVEN for uniting youths of diverse backgrounds in its area of operation. The governor gave the commendation today 8 January 2022 ...

  SUSPECTED Fulani kidnappers resumed criminal activities in Oyo State early on Saturday, as they struck at Onigaari axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway, killing a commercial driver, identified as Oluwatosin Aruwajoye, and abducting five of his passengers, while another one, Ibrahim Tiamiyu, was shot in the thigh. One of the ...

  Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his principal was “was persuaded and pressured” to contest for President in 2015. Buhari is in his second term in office, and will leave when his tenure expires in May 2023. Shehu, speaking ...

  The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), has lost his first wife, Hajiya Zainab Marwa. A statement by the family on Saturday said Zainab Marwa died in the early hours of the day at the age of 66 after a brief ...

OP Hadin Kai: Troops Inflict Casualty On Boko Haram/Iswap Terrorists, Destroy Illegal Market Troops of 5 Brigade, Sector 3 Joint Task Force (JTF), North East Operation HADIN KAI, while consolidating on their dogged push to deplete Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) in Borno State, recorded ...

  The owner of Hilton hotel, Prince Ramon Adedoyin has been further indicted in the circumstances that led to the death of Timothy Adegoke, a masters student of OAU who died at the hotel some months ago. He was said to have been gruesomely murdered and buried by staffers of ...

NDA SET TO CONDUCT EXERCISE CAMP HIGHLAND The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will conduct its final outdoor Field Training Exercise for Army Cadets of Short Service Course 47, nicknamed Exercise CAMP HIGHLAND, in Plateau and Kaduna States, respectively, from 8 – 29 January 2022. The Exercise is designed to test ...

Press Release: Defence HQ Reel Out Achievements of Nigeria’s Military 1.​Good morning and happy New Year Gentlemen of the Press. I am glad to welcome you back from the Christmas and New Year as we continue in our fortnight briefings on the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in ...