The Nigerian Army University Biu in Borno will take off next September, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said. Buratai made the disclosure shortly after receiving the Certificate of Occupancy and the surveyed site master plan for the university site from Gov. Kashim Shettima in Maiduguri yesterday. He said that the …
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) towards the welfare of the families of deceased personnel. The CAS gave this assurance while commissioning a new block of 12 by one-bedroom flats for airmen and airwomen at NAF Base, Abuja. The new …
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The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas has warned ratings of the Nigerian Navy not to take laws into their hands in the discharge of their professional duties. Ete-Ibas gave the warning on Monday in Calabar after assessing the level of destruction of properties during the clash that occurred between the navy …
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) towards the welfare of the families of deceased personnel. The CAS gave this assurance while inauguration a new block of 12 by one-bedroom flats for airmen and airwomen at NAF Base, Abuja. The new …
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of 71 senior officers nationwide for enhanced performance. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the redeployment, aimed at repositioning the commission, affected three zonal commanding officers alongside several sector commanders. Ayodele Kumapayi, the former Sector Commander in Rivers, who was …
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Brig-Gen. Sani Usman, said the passing Out Parade/Commissioning and Oath taking Ceremony of 200 Officer Cadets of Direct Short Service Commission 23/2016 took place on Saturday at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna state. Usman stated that the ceremony was presided by the Minister of Defence, …
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Ibrahim Magu, has declared that his agency would wipe out corruption in the country within the next 12 months. President Muhammadu Buhari on his own said that the Federal Government under his watch had taken the anti-corruption war to another height with the …
Every nation in the world strives for peace. A country at war with itself consciously and conspicuously plots its own ruination. It is the singular reason a leader of any nation hold the protection of lives and property of citizens very sacrosanct. The multiplicity of security agencies, even in Nigeria attests to the seriousness attached …
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said its men and officers will remain on federal and state roads to carry out their operations. The Commander, Zone 8, FRSC, John Meheux, stated this on Thursday in Ado Ekiti while speaking with journalists at the first 2017 bi-annual RS8 zonal retreat with the theme, ‘Rebuilding the corporate …