The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) is finalising the review of a new Joint Doctrine for the Armed Forces that will cater for multi-domain operations. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, revealed this while speaking as a Guest Speaker at the NISECEXPO-DICON International Defence and Security Show, organised by the Nigeria Security Exhibition and…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has denied endorsing military rule for the country. His media office in a statement signed by Mahmud Abdullahi said Babangida was committed to democratic rule and not military. The statement said: “Our attention has been drawn to a post on a parody account on X,…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday denied sexual harassment allegations against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio who made the comments during plenary, said he has never at any point sexually harassment the Kogi West senator or any other woman whatsoever. He said: “I did not harass Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan sexually and I have never…
European- American University, Commonwealth of Dominican Republic of Panama, has conferred an honorary doctorate degree on renowned Hausa political singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara. Rarara was conferred with the Doctor of Science Humanitarian Service, Music and Entertainment at the university’s 23rd convocation ceremony held at NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja on Saturday. Professor Idris Aliyu of the…
Hope had already waned due to sheer frustration until Thursday, June 27, when pictures of President Bola Tinubu, beaming with smiles and sandwiched by equally excited Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, emerged on various social media platforms. It was one of several peace…
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says Rotimi Amaechi and Peter Obi should stop making one-term promises because no one believes them. The ex-minister spoke during an appearance on ‘Sunday Politics’, a Channels Television programme. Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has maintained that he will serve only one term if elected…
The Federal High Court in Abuja is under lock and key due to the strike embarked upon by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday. The Federal High Court (FHC) Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out judges, lawyers, staff and litigants from accessing the court following the…
The Federal Government has announced that it will complete the digitisation of the 774 Local Government headquarters across the 36 states by 2027. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Thursday at a stakeholders’ retreat on Project 774 Connectivity in Abuja. Tijani explained that the project would be…
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has faulted the claim of opposition parties that the 10th National Assembly is a rubber stamp to the executive, noting that the claim had no justification. Leading opposition parties, especially the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), at various times described the National Assembly…
Professor Samuel Ogunwale Ogundiran, a renowned academic and Professor of Educational Administration and Planning at the National Open University of Nigeria, has congratulated Alhaji Moshood Olajide Abass, the Oyo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on his appointment as Chairman of the Board of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna. In a heartfelt message…
