…insists he was quoted out of context By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Ortom has dispelled media reports that his committee has jettisoned zoning and thrown open the race for the presidential ticket of the party. In a statement issued Wednesday in Makurdi […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed into law the  Executive Order 11 on national public buildings maintenance. The signing of the document preceded the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa,  Abuja. Speaking shortly before appending his signature, the President Buhari directed all Ministries, Departments […]

Terrorists, suspected to be the Ansaru arm of the Boko Haram sect, on Monday attacked a military base at Polewire in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, killing 17 soldiers and injuring 40 others, after a fierce gun battle between both parties.

By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja Following the aborted strike action planned by policemen in the country over poor salary structure and the interception of the correspondences of mobilization for the strike by Force Headquarters, nine police officers have been dismissed on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. According to a Police signal issued […]

*Burn 3 armoured cars, steal armament  By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo  The military base at Pole Wire in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, was attacked by terrorists who killed no fewer than 17 soldiers and three civilians during a fierce gun battle.  Locals said the incidence happened when the terrorists, in large number, came to the area on motorbikes, […]