[responsivevoice] UPDATE ON AIR ACCIDENT INVOLVING NIGERIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), earlier today, 21 February 2021, confirmed that one of its aircraft, a Beechcraft KingAir B350i (NAF 201), crashed while returning to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja after reporting engine failure enroute Minna, where it was scheduled to conduct surveillance…
Identities of Air Crash Victims Released
[responsivevoice] The identities of Air Force officers who died in a plane crash Sunday morning have been released. They are: Flt. Lt. Gadzama; Flt. Lt. Piyo; Flg. Offr. Okpara; FS. Olawumi, ACM Johnson and Sgt. Oluka. Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff,(CAS) Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, has ordered an immediate investigation into the tragic…
Aviation Minister Confirms Military Plane Crash
[responsivevoice] … Six Feared Killed. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has confirmed the crash of an Air Force plane, King Air 350 near Nnamdi Azikwe international Airport, Abuja. The military plane, with six persons on board, crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff from the Abuja Airport. The six persons, which included two crew members, are presumed…
Ambrose Alli Varsity ASUU Uncomfortable with Obaseki’s Silence on Visitation Panel Report
[responsivevoice] …Demands Action on Appointment of Principal Officers. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University, (AAU), Ekpoma Chapter, is concerned about the perceived discomfiting silence by the Visitor to the University and Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on the report of the Prof. Ikpomwosa Omoruyi-led Special Visitation Panel it had set…
Kagara School Boys Abduction: FG Has No Option but Negotiate With, Pay Ransom to Kidnappers – Shehu Sani
[responsivevoice] The only option left for the federal and Kaduna State governments at this time is to negotiate the release of the 27 kidnapped school boys of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State of Nigeria. This was the position of Shehu Sani, human rights activist and senator who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in…
We Will Not Cede Any Land to Herdsmen to Graze Cattle – Edo Govt
[responsivevoice] The Edo State Government has vowed not to cede any part of its land to herdsmen for grazing of cattle. In a statement on Thursday, Secretary to the State Government, SSG Osarodion Ogie, said the government’s position on the matter is clear and has not shifted since it insisted that it would not cede…
Breaking! Killer Herdsmen Attack Edo Communities, Kill Seven
[responsivevoice] …We will Fish Out ‘criminal herdsmen’ – Police The menace of killer herdsmen in the southern part of the country continued Wednesday with the killing of seven persons in some agrarian communities in Ovia Northeast local government area of Edo State. The affected communities included Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan and Yoruba camp. The Edo…
13 Years After Church Demolition: Ossai, Bishop of The City of Refuge Says ‘I Have Since Moved On’
[responsivevoice] …Explains Why VP Osinbajo Cannot Speak for the Church. About 13 years after he had a brush with the Lagos State government during the administration of the then Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola which culminated in the demolition of his massive church building, the founder and presiding Bishop of The City of Refuge Ministries International,…
Defense of Arms-bearing Killer Herdsmen: Bala Mohammed Did Not Speak Like a Statesman – Governor Akeredolu
[responsivevoice] Ondo State governor, and Chairman, Southwest Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, over his reaction to the farmers/herders crisis in Oyo State in which he justified bearing of AK 47 rifles by some suspected killer Fulani herdsmen who have been on the rampage killing, maiming and destroying farmlands,…
If Herders, Farmers Crises Continue, The Rich Will Cry – Ex-Ekiti Governor, Fayose Warns
[responsivevoice] It was vintage Peter Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti State Governor and enfant terrible of Nigerian politics, when he appeared on Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics, to field questions on the brewing Fulani herdsmen/farmers crises in Oyo State in particular, and other states in the Southwest; the crisis rocking the Southwest geopolitical zone of his…