By Sumaila Ogbaje A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) FT-7NI trainer aircraft crashed at about 4.15p.m. on Friday in Makurdi, Benue, while on routine training exercise. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. GabkwetContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The former Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Murtala Bashir, says 24 countries will participate in the College’s Course 32 in 2024. Bashir said already 20 countries are participating in Course 31, and four other countries have indicated interest to be part of course 32. BashirContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The National Security Assessment Group (NSAG), a civil society group, has lauded the role of the Nigerian military in restoring peace and stabilisation in various parts of the world. The National Coordinator of NSAG, Mr Ismail Aliyu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said Nigerian ArmedContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has described the amnesty programme for bandits and terrorists in Zamfara and others states as a failed programme. Lagbaja said this when he hosted Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara during a courtesy call on Wednesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has said that the state he inherited was bankrupt when he took over power. Lawal, who stated this on Wednesday evening at an interactive session with Zamfara professionals in Abuja, said that the state was in in a bad state when heContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers (NICE) says the signing of the Washington Accord by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has put Nigerian engineers in the international market space. Mr Sharafadeen Olumoh, National Vice President NICE, said this to the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Lizzy Okoji The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN) says it has stepped up measure on ending the disease by 2035, as it inaugurated its new country office building in Abuja on Wednesday. The National Director, TLMN, Dr Sudnay Udo, said at the inauguration ceremony that “the expansion of the missionContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof. Hamisu Sharabutu, says the council will continue to work with the private sector for agricultural innovations and economic growth. Sharabutu said this at the Reporting Achievements of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) in Nigeria to the government andContinue Reading
By Wandoo Sombo A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi, an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship primaries in Kogi, against the emergence of the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo, saying it lacks merit. Delivering judgment in theContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola A renewable energy expert, Mr Uka Ibe, has described the removal of fuel subsidy as a good economic decision which favoured the demand for renewable energy in Nigeria. Ibe stated this while speaking on the acceptability of green energy regarding climate change advocacy with the News AgencyContinue Reading
