By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Accident Investigation Bureau (ABI) has revealed that its investigators have recovered the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed Beechcraft 350 aircraft that led to the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10...
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Major General Ali Keffi has been appointed the acting Chief of Army Staff, following the death of the former COAS Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a plane crash in Kaduna on Friday. PRNigeria gathered that he is a member of 38 Regular Course. He was trained in...
By LEKAN BAKARE, Ilorin- The Kwara State Command of The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a truck driver, Abdullahi Gbadamosi, for damaging some part of the newly constructed road while conveying a full lorry-load of cement at Alagbado area, Ilorin. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has described the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, as “an excellent partner in the fight against insecurity”. According to a statement by the police spokeman, CP Frank Mba, quoted Baba as...
The PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has expressed concern over the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the party’s finance. The forum in a statement by its Director-General, Mr CID Maduabum, in Abuja, said that the PDP was up to date in submission of it...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State to construct rural roads to open up communities across the state. The party said this would reduce the suffering of the people plying the roads as well as boost agricultural and socio-economic activities in the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Executive Director, Borno State Primary Heath Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr. Aliyu Shettima Mailafiya has said that Nigeria is one of the most high risk places in the world to give birth, accounting for 15% of the total maternal deaths world wide. Dr. Mailafiya...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- The founder of the famous NASCO Group of Company in Jos the Plateau State’s capital Ahmed Idris Nasreddin is dead. Nasreddin is said to have died at the age of 97. The State Governor, Simon Lalong, said Nasreddin’s demise is another monumental loss to the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja=The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has expressed deep sadness on the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other members of the Nigerian Armed Forces in a plane crash that occurred in Kaduna on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The Federal Government has restated its commitment to flush out unqualified teachers from teaching in all the government-owned and private schools across the country. This was disclosed when about 17,141 teachers across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, wrote the professional qualifying examination, PQE,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed grief over the death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers in a military plane crash on Friday. The National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a statement made available...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Abubakar Kyari on Saturday joined top dignitaries and hundreds of sympathizers for the jana’iza (funeral prayers) of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the funeral...
The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers who died in a plane crash have arrived at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja for final funeral rites. The officers died on Friday, in a Beachcraft 350 aircraft at the Kaduna International Airport due...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina- The District Head of Kankara, also known as Sarkin Pawwan Katsina, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal, has been dismissed by the Katsina Emirate Council for sponsoring and aiding bandits terrorising the State. It was learnt that the District Head was dismissed after he was found guilty of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The site of the plane crash that killed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers has been cordoned off by soldiers. The Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Friday evening at the Kaduna International Airport leaving Attahiru, his aides...
The remains of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other Muslim officers on Saturday arrived at the National Mosque, Abuja for Islamic rites. The COAS and ten others died on Friday in a plane crash in Kaduna. A funeral service was held at the Protestant...
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), burnt vehicles and carted away weapons at Nneyi outpost, Anambra East LGA of Anambra State. A source said that the gunmen stormed the NSCDC in Nneyi outpost on Friday evening and started shooting...
