The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he would  support the  International Military Sports in Africa proposed for Sahel Region countries. The event is expected to promote peace and harmony through Sports. Amaechi made the  undertaking when a delegation led by the President of Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA),...
The first of the three-day prayer event for the repose of the soul of the late Chief of Army  Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died alongside ten others in a crash on Friday, began today. Conducting the prayers, the Director, Islamic Affairs, Nigerian Army and the Chief Imam,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to lament over last Friday’s fatal air crash, saying the tragic incident has increased the country’s problems especially at a time the country is battling security challenges. He said this earlier today while playing host to a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, at...
Chairman, Board of Trustees, (BoT) Presidential Support Initiatives, Ambassador Hussaini Coomassie has condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of Lieutenant General, Ibrahim Attahiru, and ten other senior officers. The Continental Coordinator, Advocacy for Good Governance  and Social Justice Global  conveyed his condolences  on Sunday. "May Allah in His infinite...
Following the tragic demise of Nigeria's twenty-first Army Chief,  Late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the search for a successor has commenced. The late Attahiru, along with ten other other military officers, died in a plane crash Friday evening, near the Kaduna airport, while on official trip. They were buried on...
Following the tragic demise of Nigeria's twenty-first Army Chief, Late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the search for a successor has commenced. The late Attahiru, along with ten other other military officers, died in a plane crash Friday evening, near the Kaduna airport, while on official trip. They were buried on...
The Chief of the Naval Staff, CNS, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has directed the cancellation of the events marking the 65th anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. This was contained in a statement issued earlier today by the Navy's Director of Information, DINFO, Commodore Suleiman Dahun. According to the statement, the decision...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has condoled with the Nigerian Army over the death its gallant Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in an air crash, in Kaduna, on Friday. NEMA's Director, General, AVM. Muhammadu Muhammed (rtd.) said: “The untimely death of the Chief of Army...
The Nigerian Army, NA, has scheduled the burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, together with 6 other senior officers who lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna. According to a press invitation sent out earlier today by the Army's Director...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and deep sorrow following news of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft air mishap that claimed life of the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr  Femi Adesina,...