By ABDUL AHMED (A. A.) RUFUS Operational Readiness Through Welfare THE Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has restated the Nigerian Army’s resolve to strengthen welfare support systems for officers and soldiers, stressing that operational success on the battlefield is inseparable from decent living conditions off it. He […]
By HAUWA MAGANA FIFTY of the more than 300 students abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, have escaped and reunited with their parents, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reported on Sunday. The pupils fled between Friday and Saturday, according to Daniel Atori, media aide to CAN […]
By HALIMA TAKWAS THE Niger State Government has condemned the abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s School in the Papiri community of Agwara Local Government Area, blaming the incident on the school’s failure to comply with a prior security directive. In a statement issued on Friday, Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, said authorities […]
By COLLINS YAKUBU-HAMMER The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has called for calm following the suspension of Badeggi FM, a radio station in Minna, Niger State. The call was made in a statement issued on Saturday by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Malam Rabiu Ibrahim. The statement addressed concerns raised […]