The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where a lockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members of the task […]
Videolink: https://youtu.be/CAjnSdyn31w After an ambush by insurgents which killed over 90 of its soldiers last week, the Chadian military has eliminated dozens of Boko Haram terrorists in a retaliatory operation. Few days after his meeting with the Commanders of Multi-National Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) at Baga, the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, directed his country’s Armed Forces to […]
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced further reduction of the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N125 to N123.50k per litre. The agency made the announcement in a statement singed by its Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, in Abuja on Tuesday night. “PPPRA in line with the […]
The captain of a US aircraft carrier carrying more than 4,000 crew has called for urgent help to halt a coronavirus outbreak on his ship. USS Theodore Roosevelt Scores of people on board the Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the infection. The carrier is currently docked in Guam. “We are not at war. Sailors […]
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Maj Gen Olu Irefin on Tuesday, March 31st 2020 commissioned two blocks of 39 flats each, totalling 78 flats, at Nigerian Army Cantonment Ikeja, lagos to boost troops welfare. The commissioning ceremony was the third […]
The Armed Forces of Nigeria on 30 March 2020, destroyed another logistics base of the Boko Haram Terrorists at Ngoske in the fringes of Sambisa forest Borno State. A statement by Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, Acting Director, Defence Media Operations said, “This was achieved in an air raid conducted by the Air Component of Operation […]
The Armed Forces of Nigeria has recorded successes in the ongoing Operations Calm Waters and Swift Response coordinated by the Nigerian Navy with the smashing of a rice smuggling gang, recovery of bags of rice and equipment used for crude oil smuggling. The successes recorded with in the week include arrest and seizure of foreign […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has approved the appointment of a new Theatre Commander for Operation Lafiya Dole as well as a new General Officer Commanding 1 infantry division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna While Major General Farouk Yahaya, formerly GOC 1 division is appointed the New Theatre Commander, Lafiya Dole, Major […]
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has tested negative to Coronavirus. The IGP received the result of the test on Tuesday 31st March, 2020 having submitted samples on Friday, 27th March, 2020. Other officers who also tested negative include the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the Principal Staff Officer to […]
Four new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reported in Nigeria. Three (3) in Osun State and 1 in Ogun State, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 135. With this development, there are now currently 81 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos. 25 are in the federal capital territory (FCT), 4 […]