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Railway Track Vandals Tried To Bribe Us With N5m – Army

Troops of 4 Special Forces Command of the Nigerian Army, Doma, Nasarawa State, have revealed that suspected railway track vandals offered them N5m for their free passage. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 4 Special Forces Command Major Joseph Adekunke Afolasade who disclosed…

01/07/2023

Retirement Windfall: Ex-Service Chiefs Get Four Bulletproof SUVs, 20 Domestic Aides, 36 Soldiers

The Chief of Defence Staff and service chiefs, who were retired by President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, June 19, 2023, are to get bulletproof Sport Utility Vehicles, personal aides, guards and other perks of office, including generous allowance for medical treatment abroad,…

01/07/2023

ASUU Rejects NUC Curriculum Design

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) designed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The union said the curriculum is a threat to quality university education and an erosion of powers of the…

01/07/2023

Securing Nigeria Not An Easy Task But Not Impossible – Irabor

The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, says that providing security for a diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but insists it is not an impossible one to achieve. He said this in his valedictory speech during…

30/06/2023

Catholic Bishops Reject Christian Education Regulation Bill

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has faulted a bill seeking to establish the National Council of Christian Education, saying the proposal violates sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. The bishops in a statement…

30/06/2023

Group Petitions Tinubu Over Non-appointment Of Auditor-general

A non-governmental organisation, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has asked President Bola Tinubu to expedite action on the appointment of a substantive Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF). The group’s advice is contained in a petition written to the president dated June 27,…

30/06/2023

DHQ Gives Service Chiefs’ Seniors Monday Deadline To Resign

The Nigerian military high command has directed officers who are senior to the newly appointed Service Chiefs to turn in their application of voluntary retirement from service. This has become a tradition in the army. In 1999 when former President Olusegun Obasanjo…

30/06/2023

AGN Suspends Nollywood Actor Jerry Williams For Drug Abuse

Nollywood actor Jerry Williams has been given indefinite suspension by the leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). He was suspended for abuse of illicit drugs. The National President of AGN, Emeka Rollas made the announcement via a statement. According to Rollas, the association has…

29/06/2023

Navy Appoints New FOCs, NDC Commandant, Others in Major Shake-Up

The Nigerian Navy has announced the appointments of new Flag Officers Commanding (FOCs), Commandants of Teri-service institutions, Branch Chiefs and Units Commanders for the service across the country. The appointment came in the wake of the naming of Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla…

29/06/2023

Flooding: FCTA Declares Trademore Estate Disaster Zone

Barely a week after flood submerged over 116 houses in Trademore Estate in Lugbe District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) the administration has declared the Estate area a disaster zone, that needs immediate action to remedy further loss of lives and…

28/06/2023

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