Day: July 24, 2016

FIFA President Arrives Nigeria

President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, on Sunday, July 24, 2016, arrived Nigeria for a two-day working visit to the country. Infantino touched down the country via the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja accompanied by the Secretary General of the body, Ms Fatma Samba Samoura. He was received by President of the Nigeria Football Federation,…

209 NAF Officers Complete Anti-Terrorism Training

Not less than 209 officers of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, have graduated from the NAF Regiment Training Centre in Kaduna. At the ceremony held on Saturday, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, charged the graduands to use skills learnt at the Centre to fight terrorism in the country. Abubakar informed the…

Osun NGO Wants CSCEOS Operatives Arrested, Investigated

A non-governmental organization based in Osogbo, Osun State, the Justice Now Foundation, JNF, has called for the arrest and investigation of the operatives of a two-man civil society organisation code-named Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS. JNF, in a terse statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by its chairman, Lanre Afolayanka,…

Troops Ambush Boko Haram Terrorists In Musafanari

In the early hours of Sunday, July 24, 2016, soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole ambushed Boko Haram terrorists crossing into Sambisa forest from Komala and Musafanari axis with logistics items. The ambush party killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists, while 2 soldiers sustained gunshot wounds. The wounded have since been airlifted and are receiving treatment at…

Death of Ex-Kano Deputy Gov. Monumental Loss—Abubakar

Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State has condoled the government and people of Kano State over the death of their former Deputy Governor, Engineer Magaji Abdullahi. Abubakar described the death of Abdullahi as a monumental loss, not only to Kano state, but to the entire nation. The governor recalled that the late former Deputy…