The Nigerian Army has explained why civilians cannot use military uniforms in whatever guise. It said wearing military uniforms is a crime, which could attract jail terms. Army’s Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (CCMA), Major.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, made the clarification on Saturday night during a media chat with Defence correspondents in Abuja. The CCMA noted that…
The Arewa Youth Congress (AYC) has expressed strong support for the nomination of Dr. Bernard Mohammed Doro by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as Honourable Minister representing Plateau State, describing the decision as a victory for merit, character, and compassion in national leadership. Speaking in Kaduna, the Speaker of the Arewa Youth Congress (AYC), Amb….
A Missouri math teacher, Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student while other students acted as lookouts. Clifton-Carmack, who taught at Laquey High School, faces up to four years in prison for sexual contact with a student, according to the Daily Mail. The case surfaced in December…
Mrs Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised schoolgirls against prostitution and drug abuse. Jonathan advised in Abuja on Monday, at the National Female Students Conference and launching of the maiden Magazine tagged, “The Face of Women’s Libbers.” The event was organised by the National Association of Female Students (ANFS) as part…
An American missionary was kidnapped in Niger’s capital Niamey, three security sources said on Wednesday. The missionary, who is a pilot for the evangelical missionary agency Serving in Mission, was seized by three unidentified men as he headed to the airport on Tuesday night in Niger’s Plateau neighbourhood, a diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consolidate its political control by clearing the opposition fold, asserting that there is nothing wrong with a one-party system. Speaking at the APC summit held Thursday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu responded to growing criticism over the…
The detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday failed to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu attributed his inability to present his defence to the failure of his former legal team, led by former Attorney General…
Power supply to some parts of the Presidential Villa, Maitama, Wuse, Jabi, Lifecamp, Asokoro, Utako, and Mabushi have been disrupted. This followed the vandalism of the 132kV transmission line and the carting away of underground cable supplying bulk electricity to the Central Area transmission substation in Katampe. The vandals also carted away a 40-metre 1x500mm…
The Federal Government has declared an end to what it described as the “era of speculative licensing,” where companies acquire oil blocks but fail to develop them, hence putting an end to dormant oil fields. This came as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited revealed the breakthroughs in tackling pipeline vandalism and ensuring full availability…
Brig Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), disclosed on Wednesday that two individuals who ingested cocaine allegedly en route to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage were recently arrested. Marwa, speaking at the opening of a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Drug Use Control, said the…
