President Bola Tinubu has urged the military to be more vigilant and committed to safeguarding the country. The president said this on Saturday in Kaduna during the Passing Out Parade of 707 cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy.n The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cadets commissioned...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa says the military will continue to go after all adversaries until they surrender or are totally eliminated. Musa gave the assurance on Monday in Jaji, Kaduna State while addressing participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces Command and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – No fewer than 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) been transported to Kaduna by one Oluwagbenga Leke has been intercepted by operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a...
In the unrelenting effort by troops to clear remnants of Boko Haram terrorists (BHT) enclaves in Borno and contiguous states, troops of 144 Battalion have successfully rescued 25 hostages held captive by the terrorists. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema...
The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, Mr Musa Garba, has presented N22.5 million cheque to families of 58 police officers who died in active service in the state. A statement on Thursday by the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, said that the cheques...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its Special Force on night patrol on Sunday rescued seven kidnapped victims, comprising six females and one male near Birnin Gwari in Kaduna Troop The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has urged the public in Kaduna and Plateau axis not to panic over movement of troops and military equipment from July 30 to Aug. 11. The academy said in a statement by Maj. Victor Olukoya on Saturday in Kaduna that the movement was a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Agency for Science and Engineering (NASENI) Dr. Bashir Gwandu has called for stronger collaboration with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, Kaduna State for the smooth take-off of the permanent site of Aeronautics and...
The Secretary of Provincial Secretariat of Church and Society Kaduna, Fr Onuh Ladi, has urged Nigerians not to surrender religion to politicians. Ladi made the call on Friday at a roundtable on Religion and Politics in Kaduna State. The roundtable was organised by the Provincial Secretariat in partnership with Global...
Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Alabi has taken office as the 41st General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna. Acting Deputy Director, 1 Division Nigerian Army Public Relations Office, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, stated on Wednesday that Alabi took office on Monday. “The newly-appointed General Officer Commanding 1 Division,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Maj.-Gen. John Ochai has assumed duty as the 32nd Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The NDA Public Relations Officer, Maj. Victor Olukoya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said Ochai took over from Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf...
Witnesses from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, INEC and NECO have testified for Sen. Lawal Adamu-Usman at the Elections Petitions Court in Kaduna. The witnesses told the court presided by Justice HH Kereng, that the academic credentials presented by the Senator representing Kaduna North were valid. Also, an official of...
The Kukah Centre Faith, Leadership and Public Policy, on Sunday said respect for religious difference would enhance peaceful coexistence, development and stability in the communities. The centre made the call in a Communique issued by Fr Onuh Sixtus, after a one day Conference on Inter-religious Dialogue, Seeking Common Ground...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, and five others before Justice A. A. Isiaka on a separate one-count charge bordering on criminal impersonation. There offences are contrary to...
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has blamed those he referred to as inherited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for ‘misleading’ President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes...
Destitute in Kaduna who rely on begging for survival say they have been turned to ‘PoS Operators’ as a result of the prevailing cash-squeeze. Explaining their ‘newly- found’ status to a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the beggars said most people now gave them old Naira...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), says application into the academy for 75th Regular Course (RC) is still on. The Academic Registrar of the Academy, Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Tukur, made the announcement in a statement issued to on Wednesday in Kaduna. “This is to inform the...
Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states have instituted a suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a motion ex-parte filed before the Supreme Court, the three states are praying the...
Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says his government will give adequate recognition to the youths and women if elected in February. Obi made the assertion on Saturday during a town hall meeting with religious leaders in Kafanchan. According to him, the creativity and productivity...
Kaduna State Fire Service said a fire incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday has resulted in the death of one Mohammadu Sani, his wife, Raulatu Sani, his son, Hashim Sani (8) and an infant, Fatima Sani. Mohammad Umar, Commander of the service in charge of Zaria...