Thousands Homeless As Palestinians Pick Up Pieces In Ravaged Gaza, After Israel Ceasefire
Gazans tried to piece back their lives Saturday after a devastating 11-day conflict with Israel that killed more than 200 people and made thousands homeless in the impoverished Palestinian enclave. Authorities started distributing tents and mattresses in the Gaza Strip, an AFP reporter said, a day after an Egypt-brokered ceasefire ended deadly Israeli air strikes […]
Black Box Of Crashed COAS Aircraft Recovered, Investigation Ongoing – AIB
The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed Beechcraft 350 aircraft that led to the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers, have been recovered. The Accident Investigation Bureau revealed this on Saturday. In a statement signed by the AIB’s General Manager […]
Israel and Hamas Both Claim Victory as Ceasefire Holds
Israel and Hamas both claimed victory on Friday after their forces ended 11 days of fighting, but humanitarian officials warned that the damage to Gaza would take years to rebuild. After working behind the scenes for days to reach a truce, the White House said Washington had received assurances from the relevant parties that they […]
An Indefinite Ban On Sales Of Industrial Gas To Retailers In Ogun State
Ogun State has placed an indefinite ban on sales of industrial gas to retailers as well as technicians who specialized in repairing air conditions as well as refrigerators across the state by the Ogun State government on Friday following the series of gas explosions in the state. This is just as the state’s Taskforce […]
Covenant University Graduates 1,664 Students, With 201 First Class
A total of 201 students of the Covenant University (CU) Ota in Ogun State were on Friday conferred with First Class degrees for the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice-chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, disclosing this at the 15th convocation ceremony of the institution tagged, “The Release of Eagles” on Friday, said that Miss Paula-Peace Onyinyechi, a […]
Oyo LG Poll: Restriction Of Movement From 6 am-4 pm Today
Oyo State government has announced of movement of persons and goods within the territory of the state between 6am and 3pm today. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, in a statement on Friday, said the state government declared that the restrictions have become necessary to enable voters in the 33 local […]
Remains Of COAS Attahiru, Others Arrive National Mosque/ Protestant Church
The remains of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other Muslim officers on Saturday arrived at the National Mosque, Abuja for Islamic rites. The COAS and ten others died on Friday in a plane crash in Kaduna. A solemn service is being held at the Protestant church, Airforce base, Abuja for […]
Burial Rite For Late COAS, Six Other Senior Militaries In Abuja
The burial of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior military officers who died in the Beachcraft 350 aircraft that crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday holds today in Abuja. According to an invitation released by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, they […]
MACBAN Supports Govt. Ban On Open Grazing
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) national patron, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said that the ban on open grazing will help settle the dispute of the farmers-herders problem in Nigeria. He, thus, applauded the Nigerian Governors’ Forum for placing a ban on open grazing and called on Fulani organizations to unite as […]
EFCC Retrieved Over N1 billion Cash From Civil Servant
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday disclosed that the anti-graft agency last week recovered over N1 billion cash sitting in one bank account from a civil servant. The EFCC boss made this known while appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance investigating the Internally Generated Revenue and payment of […]
