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Nigeria’s Service Chiefs have agreed to take orders from the Chie of Defefence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, in line with universal best practices.   The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, said that Commanders of all ongoing military operations will henceforth report directly to Irabor, in line with the standard practice around the […]

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, to withdraw soldiers attached to politicians as guards. “The country is facing a lot of insecurity now. So, withdraw these soldiers from politicians so that the soldiers can go and do their work,” Wike told the COAS, said. […]

  In a blow to trade prospects for Senegal and seven other countries in West Africa, the much-discussed plans to replace the CFA Franc with the ECO currency look set to remain stalled for at least another year.   Under the ECO initiative, the countries’ central bank reserves would no longer be placed with the […]

Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, of the umbrella organisations of herdsmen in Nigeria, has finally confirmed what many Nigerians have long suspected: that the bandits now afflicting Nigerians are herdsmen. But the group’s admittance was not made in good faith; it was not made to condemn an evil act, but to colour it so it will […]

Parents of the 39 students at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Monday gave the Federal and Kaduna State Governments 48 hours to rescue their children. The students were kidnapped from their school 12 days ago. “It is now 12 dark dreary days since the unfortunate […]

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has asked the country’s security agencies to arrest and prosecute those involved in the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, the leader of the Caucus in the House, declared this in a statement on Monday, noting that the said caucus“is alarmed by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has added his voice to the condemnation of the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, pointing out that it was unacceptable. The President decried the string of vicious attacks on individuals and communities in Benue, with the latest one targeting the governor. Buhari’s condemnation was contained in a statement issued […]

  State governors elected on the platform of the opposition People’s Democratic Party warned that the attack on their Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, is an invitation to anarchy in the country.   The governors issued the warning in a statement titled ‘Attempt on governor Ortom, an invitation to anarchy: Enough is enough’ on Sunday. […]

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered investigations into the attack and attempt on the life of Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday. Mr. Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police and the Force Public Relations Officer, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Orton was attacked on Saturday at his […]

“You know today is Saturday and it normal as a farmer, I usually go to my farm on Saturdays. so I went to my farm along Gboko road and while trekking out of the farm on our way back, we started hearing some gunshots and we discovered people who were dressed in black and from […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday morning escaped death after hi convoy came under attack by armed herders The attack occurred at Tyo-Mu community in the outskirts of Makurdi, the state capital, along Makurdi-Gboko road. Ortom was said to be on his way to Makurdi when the gunmen opened fire on his convoy, […]

After more than two years he was unceremoniously kicked out as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, opened up for the first time and declared that his removal by President Muhammadu Buhari was based on a false allegation.  After his removal, Onnoghen was later convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, […]