The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will conduct its final outdoor Field Training Exercise for Army Cadets of Short Service Course 47, nicknamed Exercise CAMP HIGHLAND, in Plateau and Kaduna States, respectively, from 8 – 29 January 2022. The Exercise is designed to test the cadets leadership skills, physical fitness, as […]
Month: January 2022
Iliyasu Gadu, prolific serial writer, public analyst turns 60
Iliyasu Gadu one of our writers who turned 60 two days ago on Wednesday January 5, was a former foreign service officer with the Nigeria diplomatic missions in the former West Germany and the United Kingdom between 1987 and 1990. Upon his return to Nigeria, he worked with some Media […]
Oromoni: Ijaw Youth Protest, unanswered questions
Ijaw Youths , the ethnic group the late 12 year- old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni belonged has staged a protest in front of the college to demand for Justice for their kin. The protest followed clearance of the suspected actors in the bullying and eventual death of the […]
UNIJOS Student Killed in Hotel,Body mutilated
…Vital parts missing including eyes A 300 level student of the University of Jos, UNIJOS identified as Jennifer Anthony has been killed and her body mutilated with some parts of her body missing. It was learnt that the deceased who was a student of the Department of Special Education and […]
WIKE DONATES N30MILLION TO FAMILIES OF SLAIN POLICE OFFICERS IN RIVERS
…. Police Commissioner Describes gesture as uncommon Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,on Thursday 6/1/2022, presented N30million to the families of three police officers of the Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police who died in the line of duty in the State last year. The deceased officers, Police Inspectors […]
EFCC reviews performance , Says 2220 convictions secured in 2021.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, says it secured a total of 2220 convictions in 2021. In a statement in Abuja, the Anti Graft agency revealed that the figure which emerged from a review of the commission performance in the outgone year had Lagos Command with the most convictions- […]
Don’t increase fuel prices; it is a deadly trap for Nigeria (1)
Iliyasu Gadu 08035355706 (sms only) Sometime this year most likely in the second quarter, the Buhari administration will increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from the present price which hovers between N161 to N165 per litre to N340 per litre. From all permutations this move carries with […]
At last FG gives in, declares Bandits as Terrorists
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 25, 2021, had granted an ex parte application by the Federal Government […]
ROUTINE VISA ADMINISTRATION AND PASSENGER CLEARANCE PROCEDURES AT PORTS OF ENTRY
The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Jere Idris is in receipt of a re-trending video of an alleged incident involving an out-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos sometime in August 2017. The Service would have ordinarily ignored the re-trend but for the need to […]
PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OF NNPC LIMITED
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.Chairman of the Board is Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo (South East), Mele Kolo Kyari, Chief Executive Officer, and […]