Beyond the Headlines
The Ondo State capital, Akure, was on Saturday agog as hundreds of Yoruba Nation agitators, under the aegis of Ilana Omo Oodua, trooped to the town from neighboring South-West states for a rally. The agitators, who were led by activist Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, chanted various solidarity songs during the peaceful rally, which began […]
As the burial of General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 others who died in a plane crash got underway in Abuja, many governors converged on Kano for the wedding of one the sons of Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. This triggered different reactions from Nigerians who felt […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) says it has recovered the flight data recorder (black box) of the military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna state. A Beechcraft 350 belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) crashed around the Kaduna international airport on Friday evening. Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff, and 10 other military officers […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has expelled one of its members in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, over alleged anti-party activities. Afegbua was an aide to a former governor of Edo State and ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. Afegbua had also accused PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of fraud and had asked the […]
The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers who died in a plane crash were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja on Saturday. The crash occurred on Friday in Kaduna. The names of the other officers include Brigadier-General MI Abdulkadir, Brigadier-General Olayinka, Brigadier-General Kuliya, […]
Barely twelve hours victims of herdsmen attack on Benue Internally Displaced Camp at Abegana were buried, suspected herdsmen again struck at nearby village and killed eight people including a traditional ruler. The traditional ruler who was a kindred head of the village was said to have attended the burial of the herdsmen attack on the […]
The burial of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior military officers who died in the Beachcraft 350 aircraft that crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday holds today in Abuja. According to an invitation released by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, they […]
Gunmen on Friday evening killed two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), burnt vehicles and carted away weapons at Nneyi outpost, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source said that the gunmen stormed the NSCDC in Nneyi outpost and started shooting sporadically and in the process killed the […]
General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Chief of Army Staff, has died in a plane crash. Details of the incident are still sketchy but a military source told Daily trust that it happened in Kaduna on Friday. In a statement, the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that there was an accident involving one of its aircraft in Kaduna […]
An officer of the Nigerian Police Force was shot dead by a gang of armed robbers in Umuahia, Abia State capital, on Friday. The robbers, who traced their victim from the Enugu- Port Hacourt Expressway to bank road in Umuahia, intercepted the Ash colour highlander jeep of the victim around 11am. According to an eye […]
