Osun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

EducationMilitaryNewsOsun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

Ede, a community in Osun State has been named the most suitable community to host one of the girls military school which the Nigerian Army is planning to establish across the six geopolitical zones in the country. The Governor of the State, Adegboyega Oyetola, disclosed this during a meeting with an eight-man delegation of high-ranking officers of the Nigerian Army who were on an inspection tour of Osun State, led by the Chief of Standard...

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Service Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaService Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) says the sacking of the heads of the armed forces in the country is at the discretion of the President, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The former COAS said service chiefs could resign if they feel they do not have anything new to contribute again or wait to be sacked by the President. Akinrinade discloses this in an interview with...

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NAF: We Are Committed to Ensuring Total Elimination of Insurgency, Banditry in Nigeria – CAS

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF: We Are Committed to Ensuring Total Elimination of Insurgency, Banditry in Nigeria – CAS

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The Nigerian Air Force has reassured its commitment to ensuring the total elimination of Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast and banditry in other parts of the country. The Chief of the Air Staff,(CAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar made the commitment during lunch at the flight line of the 153 NAF base Yola to mark this years’ Eid-El Kabir Sallah celebration. The CAS who was represented by the Chief of Communication and Information System of...

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Zulum Fires Salvos: There is Complete Sabortage by the Military in the Fight Against Boko Haram Insurgency

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaZulum Fires Salvos: There is Complete Sabortage by the Military in the Fight Against Boko Haram Insurgency

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has said that “there is s complete sabotage in the fight against insurgency in the North East and the attack on his convoy”. He also asserted that the Federal government has to look into the Command and Control structure of the Nigerian military high command within the theatre command of operation Lafiyà Dole in Maiduguri. Zulum who was in Boko Haram Terrorist’s stronghold and the volatile town of...

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Olumide Akpata Emerges NBA President, Pledges Transformational Leadership

Law & JusticeNewsOlumide Akpata Emerges NBA President, Pledges Transformational Leadership

PilotnewsJuly 31, 2020

A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, (NBA-SBl) Mr. Olumide Akpata, has emerged the 30th President of the NBA. Akpata polled 9,891 votes to defeat two senior advocates – Mr. Dele Adesina and Dr. Babatunde Ajibade. Ajibade polled 4,328 votes and Adesina 3,982 votes. The 2020 Elections into national offices of the NBA opened at 11.00p.m. on Wednesday (July 29) with a total of 29,635 accredited voters, and ended at...

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Nigerian Army Dismisses Over 300 Soldiers Over Desertion and Inconsistency in BVN

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army Dismisses Over 300 Soldiers Over Desertion and Inconsistency in BVN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 31, 2020

The Nigerian has dismissed over 300 soldiers from service. They are alleged to have deserted the Operation Lafiya Dole counter-insurgency fight going on in the North-East and going away without leave, among others. Investigation reveals that the men were disengaged by their unit commanders between 2015 and 2016. It is also revealed that some of the soldiers are discharged for forgery of certificate, age fraud, inconsistent Bank Verification Number (BVN) and other conducts considered inappropriate...

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FG Donates N67m PPEs, Medical Supplies to Sao Tome and Principe

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNewsFG Donates N67m PPEs, Medical Supplies to Sao Tome and Principe

PilotnewsJuly 30, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria had donated protective equipment and other medical supplies worth N67 million to the government and people of Sao Tome and Principe. The donation followed a request by the government of that country to aid it in effectively managing the COVID-19 pandemic which is ravaging the World. Mr Tukur Maigari, Acting Head of East and Central African Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday shortly before...

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Islamic State Boko Haram Faction Murders Aid Workers in Video

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionIslamic State Boko Haram Faction Murders Aid Workers in Video

PilotnewsJuly 30, 2020

The Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) released a video of its execution-style murder of five aid workers in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno. The victims were employees of Action Against Hunger, a Nigerian affiliate of France’s Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and REACH International. Two others appear to have been Nigerian government employees, one a “security worker” and the other a displaced persons camp coordinator. Compared to the Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram, ISWA...

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Israel, Nigeria Sign Bilateral Agreement on Green Energy

Foreign PolicyNewsScience & TechnologyIsrael, Nigeria Sign Bilateral Agreement on Green Energy

PilotnewsJuly 30, 2020

The State of Israel and Nigeria on Wednesday signed bilateral agreement in the field of green energy development. The agreement was the outcome of a closed-door meeting between Mr Yotam Kreiman, Deputy Head of Israeli Mission to Nigeria, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology in Abuja. Speaking, Yotam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that “Dor” Group is one of the leading companies in Israel in the field of energy. He expressed...

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Southern Kaduna Elders Urges Buhari to End Incessant Attacks

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsSouthern Kaduna Elders Urges Buhari to End Incessant Attacks

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 28, 2020

The Southern Kaduna Elders Forum (SOKAF), led by Zamani Lekwat, a former military governor of Rivers State, has called on President  Buhari to fight against insecurity, curb the killings and destruction in the state. A statement released on Tuesday, the group lame red over the spate of attacks, saying it could not continue to sit and fold its arms in the face of continued violence that “portends a bleak future for generations yet unborn”. “Southern...

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