By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association has trained and empowered a total of 948 barracks youths in various fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and other skills in the last one year. The outgoing President of NAOWA, Mrs Salamatu Yahaya, made this known at the graduationContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje As part of efforts to promote stability in areas affected by insurgency, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has donated educational facilities and boreholes to Toumour community in Diffa Region, Niger Republic. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, made this knownContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The newly appointed Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar, on Thursday, assumed office as the 22nd air chief as Air Marshal Oladayo Amao bowed out of the service. Until his appointment, the new CAS was the Chief of Standards andContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Naval Headquarters has dismissed as false, the allegation that the outgoing Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, had refused to handover to the newly appointed chief, Rear Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in aContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, has urged Federal and State Governments to ensure sustainable development of the ocean to boost the economy of the nation. The CNS made the call at the 2023 World Hydrography Day Celebration organised byContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, has commended the Nigerian Navy for surveying and charting the nation’s waters to promote security and economic activities. Uzodinma said this at the World Hydrography Day with the theme, “Hydrography: Underpinning the Digital Twin of the Ocean” organised by the navyContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba The Former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said that Nigeria remains committed to bring terrorists to justice. Monguno made this known at the Session II Third United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States at UN headquartersContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker The International Press Centre (IPC) on Tuesday hosted about 80 delegates in a roundtable in Abuja, to enhance the media role in deepening democratic governance in Nigeria. The Executive Director, IPC, Mr Lanre Arogundade, in his opening remarks said that the event was pursuant to the aimsContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo A coalition of 30 Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations have called on President Bola Tinubu to revive anti-corruption fight in the country and reel out agenda to curb its spread. Spokesperson for the group, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, who is also the Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy CentreContinue Reading
By Dorcas Jonah A conference on Addressing Illicit Financial Flows and Asset Recovery in the Extractive Industries has urged the African Union and governments of Nigeria and five other African countries to institute joint and separate judicial action against a British company, Glencore and its accomplices. The Conference, in aContinue Reading
