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Nigeria military service Chiefs have agreed to subordinate themselves under the Chief of Defence 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, as obtained in military organizations across the world. The decision of the Service Chiefs may not be unconnected to the frosty relationship that existed between the former Service Chiefs and the estwhile CDS, Gabriel Olonisakin. In a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Service Chiefs,…

The president of Chad, Marshal Idriss Deby Itno today paid President Muhammadu Buhari a one-day official visit, at the State House. President Deby arrived at the State House forecourt at 12:15 pm and was welcomed by his host President Buhari, who introduced some members of his cabinet to him. Those with president Buhari at the reception of the guest were Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, the Director-General National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufa’i, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mohammed Bello and the Nigeria Ambassador to Chad. The two…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fined Ethiopian Airlines Ltd N6million for cancelling three Nigerians’ flights without due notice. Justice A. O Faji awarded the damages in favour of the Madakin Zazzau, Alhaji Munir Jaafaru; his wife Hadizat Jaafaru and their daughter, Hafsat Jaafaru, for the hardships, stress and inconvenience caused them by the airline’s cancellation of their flights without notice. The judge delivered judgment in the plaintiffs’ favour in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/657/2018. The plaintiffs’ instituted the action via an April 27, 2018 Writ of summons seeking amongst others a declaration that the airline contravened Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority…

North Korea threatened a further military build-up on Saturday in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang’s first substantive provocation since the US president took office. The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp up tensions, in a carefully calibrated process to try to forward its objectives. Pyongyang had been biding its time since the new administration took office in Washington, not even officially acknowledging its existence until last week. But on Thursday it launched two weapons from its east coast into the Sea of Japan,…

The father of one of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna, Ibrahim Shamaki, is dead. Newsmen gathered that Shamaki died on Friday ostensibly from anguish of his missing daughter Fatima. Gunmen kidnap eight RCCG members in Kaduna Miss Fatima was identified as the girl with hijab in the video released by bandits barely 24 hours after abduction of the 39 students. In the video, Fatima spoke in Hausa that the bandits threatened to ensure none of them leaves the forest alive if the government sends troops to rescue them.

Eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been reportedly kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. The gunmen were said to have abducted the church members on Friday evening while on transit along the Kachia Road in the southern part of the state. While the authorities in the state have yet to react to the incident, the leader of the men’s fellowship of the church in the province, Elder Adaji, confirmed the abduction of their members on Saturday. He explained that the abducted persons were on their way to Kachia for an evangelical outreach programme before their…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday paid tributes to patriotic martyrs of the civil war whose glorious sacrifices facilitated unity of the country. Buhari spoke at an event to welcome the world leader of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious Movement, Sheikh Muhammadul Mahy Niass, the Grand Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, to Nigeria. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President thanked the movement for its prayers for an end to the war and the reunification of Nigeria. Former army chief, Ihejirika joins APC He welcomed the Grand Khalifa to Nigeria and…

Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is according to a statement by Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director of Press and Media to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Comnittee (CECPC) on Friday in Abuja. Mohammed said that Buni, who is also the governor of Yobe, formally received the former Chief of Army Staff into the APC. “Gen. Ihejirika was formally presented to the chairman by Jigawa governor and Chairman APC Strategy and Contact Committee, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, and Farouk Aliyu,” he said. He quoted Buni…

Instagram influencer Jegara Igbara, with an alias known as Jay Mazini, has been accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of defrauding a significant number of his Instagram followers of Cryptos worth millions of dollars. According to the FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge, William F. Sweeney, Jr., Jegara used his Instagram profile to lure his followers into selling him their flagship crypto assets at inflated and attractive terms. Igbara’s social media persona served as a backdrop for enticing victims to sell him their Bitcoin at attractive, but inflated, values. A behind-the-scenes look, however, revealed things aren’t always as they seem. There was nothing philanthropic…

Pipeline vandalism increased by 18.6% in December 2020, as 43 pipeline points were vandalized representing an increase of about 18.6% from the 35 points recorded in November 2020. This was disclosed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in its December 2020 edition of the Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) on Friday, according to the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru. In December 2020, 43 pipeline points were vandalized representing about 18.6% increase from the 35 points recorded in November 2020. Mosimi Area accounted for 56% of the vandalized points while Kaduna…