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Family of late former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Alex Badeh, have refuted claims by a suspect in custody of the Police that the late Military Chief was killed while they were attempting to rob him of huge sums of money. A leaked video that went viral on social media last night showed the suspect saying that he and his brother planned the robbery because they learnt that the late Badeh was conveying…

A socio economic and political pressure group, the Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI) has expressed sadness over Nigeria’s worsening economic statistics in recent times. It blamed the policies f President Muhammadu Buhari for the downward trend in the economy. They also criticized the President for the failure of his anti-corruption campaign and for allowing his party, the APC to shelter some politicians they had previously described as very corrupt. In a statement Thursday in Uyo…

An African soldier is suing the military for £150,000 after accusing them of failing to protect him from the British winter. Michael Asiamah says he suffered from a ‘cold-related’ condition after officers neglected to supply him with warm clothing during an 18-hour exercise in the freezing wind. The 36-year-old, who served with the Adjutant General’s Corps, said the army exposed him to the cold despite knowing that people of black Caribbean and African origin are more…

Boko Haram sacked two military bases in northeast Nigeria overnight as the jihadist fighters battle for control of a strategic town on Lake Chad, military sources said Thursday. Jihadists from the IS-supported Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran a naval base and a multinational joint task force (MNJTF) post in the fishing town of Baga after a fierce battle, the sources told AFP. Boko Haram has repeatedly struck military outposts in the region in…

HG Concepts and Instinct Wave will Premiere a sensational all Pidgin Comedy Movie titled, “JACOB” at the Global Cinemas on January 1 , 2019. Jacob is a story of a Second-Hand clothes seller, who works tirelessly to survive on the streets of Ghana. Interestingly, his well to do friends and customers constantly buys from him on credit. And Jacob explores all avenues to ensure his business doesn’t collapse. Meanwhile, he lives with his distant cousin…

The Nigeria Police Force has reportedly apprehended some suspects in connection with the killing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd). It should be recalled that the former CDS was killed in the evening of December 18, 2018 while returning from his farm along Abuja – Keffi road. The murder, which raised a lot of concern on the security situation in the country occurred after Badeh’s Toyota Tundra truck was…

The plan to increase the retirement age of teachers in primary and secondary schools from 60 to 65 years is laudable. It is also gratifying that the Federal Government is backing the bill that will see the plan through which is being sponsored by the deputy chairman, House Committee on Public Service, Adekoya Abdel-Majid. The bill recently passed a second reading at the House of Representatives. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this…

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the killings in Zamfara State as barbaric and unacceptable. Saraki, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that the situation in Zamfara State is a demonstration that unlike in 2015 when the only crisis point in the northern part of the country was the North-east zone, the North-west has today been engulfed by a bloody situation in which human…

A high ranking diplomat arrested by police over alleged extortion is also being investigated for being in possession of illegal ammunition. Mr Hillary Kyengo, who until September this year was the acting Kenya’s ambassador to Russia, was arrested last week over allegations of attempting to extort an unknown amount of money from Teachers Service Commission chief executive Nancy Macharia. He was arraigned last Friday charged with attempting to obtain money by false pretense but police…

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