The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor today played host to the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya in his office, at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. The CDS congratulated Maj Gen Yahaya on his appointment as the 22nd COAS, describing it as …

A State Dept official had previously said a goal of the aid structure was ‘reintroducing and reintegrating’ PA in Gaza. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has completed a tour of the Middle East, promising to work towards “equality” for Palestinians, while assuring Israel that its longtime support would …

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja **Appointment of Regular Course 37 Intake to Wipe Out 20 Generals of Course 35 and 36 Intakes Seven days after the demise of a fatal plane crash of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk …

A Pretoria high court on Thursday May 27, sentenced a convicted serial rapist who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, to 1,088 years in prison.   33-year-old Sello Abram Mapunya was convicted on Wednesday May 26, for 41 rapes and 40 separate house breakings and house robberies, as …

Actress, Regina Daniels’ mum, Rita Daniels, had a spat with a troll who stormed her page and used a derogatory word on her.   The troll had commented with “Ashawo mama” on one of Rita’s posts, and the actress who spotted the comment found it disrespectful. She fired back at the …

The Rivers State Police Command has paraded a member of Abia State vigilante group, Okorie Chukwuma, for allegedly killing his boss, Mr Eyinaya Ogbonna.   Eyinaya Ogbonna, a businessman based in the United States of America, had returned to Nigeria to invest and was building a gas station.   He then employed the …

In a visit to Kigali, the French president says his country asks Rwanda for forgiveness over its role in the 1994 killings. French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, has said France recognised its “responsibility” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking for forgiveness for his country’s role but …

The Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari failed to attend the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers who died in last Friday’s plane crash in Kaduna because he didn’t want to be on the road for Nigerians to …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has threatened to “flog” former Governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu for calling him a dictator.   Aliyu had in an interview last weekend, allegedly said a certain “dictator in Rivers State” was behind the travails of the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, because of …

A 19-year-old Ugandan woman accused of obtaining money through false pretense by faking a pregnancy has died after collapsing in court.   The deceased identified as Olivia Nassanga on Wednesday, May 26, collapsed in Mityana Magistrate’s Court where she had reported for her bail application, following her release from Mityana Prison. …