Author: Farouk Abbas

THE Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a tight security measure in the wake of the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States. The military regimes of the three Sahel countries who have been at loggerheads with ECOWAS over sanctions imposed on them, announced their withdrawal forthwith from the regional bloc in a joint statement on Sunday. With the withdrawal, many believe Nigeria’s fight against terrorism could be affected considering the country borders Niger Republic up north. Concerned about the development, the former Vice President, Atiku, in a…

AFTER 12 months, the Nigerian Air Force has finally accepted responsibility for the January 2023 air strike that killed 37 herders alongside their livestock in the Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall, Hassan Abubakar, visited Nasarawa state Friday alongside senior officials of the Air Force. He paid a courtesy call to Governor Abdullahi Sule at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital predicated on the findings of the review committee on the airstrike report. “Sometime in January last year, airstrikes were conducted in the state after intelligence revealed…