Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, broke down in tears at the funeral of the Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 11 other military officers who perished in the air crash that occurred last Friday, May 21. The crash happened in Kaduna state. The funeral took place at the National Cemetery in Abuja on…
Zaki Uzua, the Kindred Head of Tse Ancha of Agan community in Makurdi local government area of Benue State was killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen few hours after he attended the funeral of seven victims of the Abagena IDP camp herders attack. It was reported the gunmen attacked the community around 11:55 pm on Friday, May…
Lawmaker representing Maiduguri Federal Constituency, Abdulkadir Rahis has sacked his aide Bukar Tanda, for describing Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as a “true hero”. Tanda who reacted to report of Shekau blowing up himself to avoid being captured by fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) — a breakaway faction of Boko…
One of the domestic drivers of the Emir of Birnin Gwari was on Saturday, May 22, killed by bandits while driving along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway. It was reported that the incident occurred around 3 pm while the driver, identified as Nasiru Sarkin Zango was returning to Birnin Gwari having arrived in Kaduna earlier that day to…
Atan Otta community in Ogun State was recently thrown into panic, following the frightening sight of a woman who lay in the pool of her blood with a knife thrust in her ribs. She stretched out her right hand begging to be rushed to the hospital and at the same time held on to the…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has expressed that the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, was determined to end the Boko Haram insurgency war in the North-East. Zulum stated this when he joined other dignitaries like Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, Chief of Staff to…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed the displacement of good values and the love of money and material things to be one of the causes of the problems before Nigeria. Obasanjo stated this on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the inauguration of the Prof Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku Building and Entrepreneurship Centre at…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the wee hours of Friday invaded Tse Ancha in the Agan community of Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State and murdered eight people. Tse Ancha is about a kilometer to the Abegana IDP camp where seven people were killed by suspected herdsmen about three weeks ago. The invasion and gruesome…
The remains of the officers who died in the Air crash together with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru have arrived at the Protestant Church, Air Force Base, Abuja. A burial service has already been commended for five of them at the Church. GIOTV reported on Friday that Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru…
The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior officers, who perished in the ill-fated military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna state on Friday, May 21, will be buried today, May 22. The burial proceedings, according to a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier…