NEWS
NASS TEAM IN USA TO ASSESS STATUS OF NAF A-29 SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT
The National Assembly (NASS) Joint Committee on Defence and Air Force are in the United States of America on an inspection tour of Embraer Defence [Click for More]
May 2021
NEWS
SECURITY OPERATIVES RAID SUSPECTED IPOB/ESN CAMP IN AGBOCHIA FOREST, KILL SEVEN SUSPECTS AND ARREST FIVE
Security Operatives comprising Troops of 6 Division, DSS, and NSCDC led by Brig.Gen. MD Danja conducted a raid on a suspected IPOB/ESN camp in Agbochia [Click for More]
Finance
Naira crashes to N495/$1 at black market as external reserve loses about $1 billion in 6 weeks
Thursday, 27th May 2021: The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411/$1 at the Importers and Exporters window, where forex is [Click for More]
NEWS
41 INEC offices destroyed in 14 states, says chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said 41 of its offices were attacked in 14 states since 2019. Its chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said [Click for More]
NEWS
IG: Agitation for State Police Unnecessary
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Usman Alkali, yesterday described the clamour for state police, which topped demands at zonal public hearings on constitution [Click for More]
NEWS
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF HOLDS MAIDEN MEETING WITH NAVAL PERSONNEL IN ABUJA AREA, CHARGES THEM TO REMAIN COMMITED TO THE SERVICE
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has charged officers and men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to maintain a high [Click for More]
NEWS
PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS FAROUK YAHAYA AS THE NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS)
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Prior to his appointment Major General Yahaya was the [Click for More]
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PROFILE OF MAJOR GENERAL FARUK YAHAYA- The Newly Appointed COAS
Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa and hails from Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He was granted [Click for More]
NEWS
Insecurity: Borno, Yobe reject state police
Though among the worst-hit by the continued deterioration of insecurity occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency, Borno and Yobe have rejected calls for the creation [Click for More]
NEWS
My abductors wanted me to call off protest, says IYC boss
President Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Peter Igbifa, has relieved his ordeals in the hands of his abductors. He said they wanted him to call [Click for More]