..Says they can’t afford to let Nigerians down Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), has reminded Nigeria Air Force (NAF) personnel of the huge responsibility placed on them by Nigerians in ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The NAF boss also told his men that they cannot afford to let Nigerians down. The disclosure was done in a gathering of NAF commanders comprising branch heads, directors, commandants, commanders as well as...

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state says the Government will resist attempts to move any infrastructure meant for the state to other places through legal means. The Governor stated this on Tuesday during a visit to the railway terminus in Maiduguri following an attempt by some people claiming to be staff of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to move railway infrastructures including coaches and rolling stocks. He described the attempt to relocate railway coaches from...

The Senate has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede and Mohammed Hamajoda as the chairman and secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, respectively. Olukayode and Hammajoda were screened on Wednesday alongside Halima Shehu who was appointed to head the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. Shehu was confirmed too. Pilot News reported that President Bola Tinubu appointed Olukoyede and Hammajoda as EFCC chairperson and secretary respectively on October 12. Olukoyede, who served...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo representing Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa state. The Appellate court vacated the tribunal judgment which had earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023, parliamentary election. The three-member panel presided over by Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme in its judgment ordered...

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President has told the senator representing Adamawa North senatorial district, Ishaku Ellisha Abbo not to link him to his Appeal Court sack. Akpabio, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, said it is uncharitable for Abbo to associate him with his loss at the Appeal Tribunal. The statement described Abbo’s claims as “delinquent, provocative and unbecoming of a Distinguished Senator.” He went further, “It is only a...