Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday declared he was not stepping down nor would he die. The president added that there was no one with his political pedigree who could immediately take over from him. The 93-year-old leader has been in charge in the former British colony since independence in 1980. Zimbabweans are closely monitoring his health as they fear the country could face chaos if he dies without anointing a successor. Mugabe told tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in the Chinhoyi town, his home province, that doctors were recently surprised by his “strong bone system.” He has traveled…
Author: Kunle Atiba
The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed NAF has introduced additional measures aimed at increasing its operational capability in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the North-East. He said in statement in Abuja on Saturday that the measures include the deployment of additional NAF Special Forces and personnel of the Regiment Speciality to reinforce Base security. Adesanya said the personnel would fight alongside the Nigerian Army troops and NAF Special Forces that were already on ground. “NAF has also deployed thermal imaging cameras aimed at adding more value to the current…
The Enugu State Police Command yesterday released her emergency telephone numbers and social media contact addresses for residents to use to reach the police in their collaboration in the battle against crimes. The command’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, told our correspondent in Enugu that members of the public should collaborate with the police to sustain the tempo of peace in the state. “The command’s control room numbers are: 08032003702; 08075390883; 08086671202 and 08098880172 for prompt and necessary action. “Also, our social media platforms – Facebook: facebook.com/EnuguStatePolice; Twitter: twitter@enugupolice and Email: enugustatepolice@gmail.com,’’ he said. Amaraizu urged residents of the state to…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Armed Helicopter with force protection elements and other logistics support has been deployed to Kafanchan, Kaduna State. Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, said on Saturday in Abuja in a statement that the deployment was part of efforts to ensure lasting peace in the Southern part of Kaduna State. The director added the deployment, at the instance of the Chief of Air Staff, (CAS) Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, was to complement the efforts of surface forces on ground to keep peace in the area. “The personnel and other supporting…
Kogi State Government has released N2 billion to the 21 local government councils in the state as their share of the N6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal Government. A statement issued in Lokoja yesterday by the Commissioner of Finance, Mr Idris Ashiru, said the government’s share of the refund was N4.02 billion. He said that N1.716 billion out of the government share had been released for the payment of May and June salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff in tertiary institutions. Ashiru said that N1.323 billion was expended on the payment of May…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has survived a car crash on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. Makarfi, Chairman of the caretaker committee of PDP, survived the crash in the early hours of Friday. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, explained that the vehicle conveying Makarfi was involved in a multiple collision with other vehicles on the expressway. He added that Senator Makarfi and all other occupants of his vehicle came out unhurt, assuring party members, and supporters that the Party’s caretaker committee chairman is well. Makarfi recently regain his leadership position…
Profile of Nigeria’s Anti-Graft Czaer and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu, as the anti-graft war of the agency enjoyed the endorsements of 25 countries. The Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Friday that the endorsement was the outcome of an opinion poll conducted by UK-based Global Peace Movement International. The poll came a week after Transparency International (TI) released its latest transparency index, he said. According to him, Nigeria for the first time in over a decade, moved up in the global anti-corruption and transparency ranking. He said that analysts…
The President of United States, Donald Trump said Friday, July 28, 2017 that he had replaced his Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. Trump, who announced the move on Twitter, did not say whether he had fired Priebus or whether Priebus had resigned, but the former Republican National Committee chairman said he tendered his resignation to the president on Thursday. The move came a day after his new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, accused Priebus of leaking information to reporters in a profanity-laced tirade. “I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary…
Sigh of relief has come the way of the parents and relatives of the six students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla – Epe, who were kidnapped two months ago, as the students were rescued and united with their parents on Friday, July 28, 2017. The reunion came exactly 65 days after the students were captured from their school by armed abductors, 20 of whom were killed in a gun duel with the police on Friday, in the creeks of Ondo State. The freed boys are Peter Jonah, Isiaka Rahmon, Adebayo George, Judah Agbausi, Pelumi Philips and Farouq Yusuf. Mr…
The President of the United States, Donald Trump is set to sign the legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, July 28, 2017. The move was motivated by the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s action that ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in retaliation for the bill. The U.S. Senate had voted almost unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia, forcing Trump to choose between a tough position on Moscow and effectively dashing his stated hopes for warmer ties with the…