ASHENEWS joint Armed Forces of the Republics of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have killed 111 terrorists in the three border zones of the countries.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
“A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period,” the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a Thursday evening statement.
Towards cushioning the effect of fuel subsidy removal, the Nigerian government has announced a N5 billion palliative to each of the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The terrorists in Niger state claimed responsibility for shooting down the NAF MI-171 Helicopter, which was on evacuation mission.
The Director of the Defence Media Operations at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Edward Buba, has confirmed that 36 officers were killed in Niger state.
ASHENEWS, reports that due to the absence of the first and second defendants, as a result of ill-health, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has postponed the arraignment of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to August 23.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) on Thursday 17th August 2023 commissioned a 100% Solar-powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assigned portfolios to minister-designates, as former Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, and Lateef Fagbemi SAN are now ministers of Federal Capital Territory and Justice, respectively.
ASHENEWS reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has visited the Forward Operating Base Erena in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
Facts have emerged that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) helicopter that crashed in Chukuba village of Shiroro local government area of Niger state, was nit a fighter jet but an evacuation helicopter, which was on a mission to convey injured troops to the Military Hospital in Kaduna.