The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has given reasons why terrorism has yet to end despite the huge budgetary allocation the military receives annually. Speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday night, Musa said the military did not have enough equipment to fight the terrorists, because year after year not all the funds allocated to defence were released. He also noted that civilians conniving with terrorists and supporting them with supplies had been frustrating the military’s efforts to end the war. The CDS said these as a follow-up to his visit to the Kaduna community where…
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Minister of the Interior and Overseas, Laurent Baile has French’s Minister of the Interior and Overseas, Laurent Baile has expressed support for the Economic and
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of 15 suspects and recovery of 20 stolen vehicles in different parts of the state.
federal government, at the weekend, said it is set to kick-off two programmes targeted at alleviating the impact of the fuel subsidy removal
Bandits have shot dead a bus driver and kidnapped eight occupants between Luma and Babanna in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. Residents said the incident happened last Saturday. They told Daily Trust that the kidnappers were demanding N17 million as ransom to release the victims. The victims were said to be on their way for the installation of the chairman of kingmakers and chief priest of Bakarabonde in Borgu Kingdom. It was gathered that the bus was set ablaze by the attackers. The Chairman of the Borgu LGA, Alhaji Sulaiman Yerima, who confirmed the incident, described it as…
Survivors of the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on
Famous singer Ahmed Ololade, aka Asake, has recalled how some people once took him “for granted” because he was “too humble.”
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed grief over the death of dozens of persons caused by the drone airstrike in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army. In a series of tweet on his X handle on Tuesday, the former Anambra State Governor stated that the Nigerian military must exercise utmost caution and professionalism to avoid reoccurrence. He wrote, “I read with sadness, the devastating reports of the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri Village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, by a Nigerian Army craft that mistook the villagers…
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on concerned authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the accidental bombing of locals in the Tudun Biri community of Kaduna State by
Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a man Simon Udeani, and his wife, Dorcas before Justice M.G. Umar
Military Regrets ‘Miscalculated Bombardment’ which Killed Kaduna Civilians By Kabir Abdulsalam The Nigerian military has described the deaths of civilians in an airstrike on Ligarma village in Kaduna state as “needless and unwanted.” The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said in a statement on Tuesday that the military’s UAV detachment observed the movement of terrorists at Ligarma, a terrorist-infested area in Kaduna State. He said the aerial surveillance captured movement of groups of persons synonymous with the terrorist tactics and modus operandi. “Accordingly, the threat was eliminated to prevent the terrorists from unleashing terror on innocent…
The Federal Government has noted with interest the public conversation on the number of delegates from Nigeria attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, otherwise called COP-28, and the need to provide clarity in line with a standing pledge to conduct itself with transparency and accessibility regarding public information. The Convention of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the world’s pre-eminent Climate Change Conference, attended this year (COP-28) by more than 70,000 participants and delegates from over 100 countries. Nigeria’s representation is very much in line with our status as Africa’s leading Sovereign…