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Joshua Dogonyaro, former ECOMOG commander, is dead May 13 Advertisement He was said to have battled an undisclosed illness for some time. Joseph, his son, told NAN that he suffered a stroke and was rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Advertisement “Unfortunately, early this morning (Thursday), around 3.00am precisely, he breathed his last,” he said. “His death comes as a rude shock to us as a family. We are going to miss his love and warm as a grandfather, father, brother, uncle...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyaro, a former Chief of Defence Staff during the late General Sani Abacha’s regime, died on Thursday. Born on September 12, 1940, in Vom, Plateau State, Dogonyaro was the officer that read the coup speech that ousted the then General Muhammadu Buhari as military ruler. The coup brought in the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida junta on August 27, 1985. Dogonyaro died at the Jos University Teaching Hospital where he was admitted after a brief...

Muslims shun COVID-19 protocols at Bauchi praying grounds Published Despite appeals by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to the people of his State to observe COVID-19 protocols, Muslims in Bauchi, the state capital, have flouted them, trooping out in their numbers to observe the two Rakaah Eid-el-Fitr prayers. Mohammed had, in his goodwill message to mark this year’s celebration, warned people of the dangers of contracting COVID-19 and urged them to observe safety protocols like wearing...

Gen Muhammadu Buhari as military President on August 27, 1985. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) succeeded Buhari following the coup. A member of the famous Langtang Mafia, Dogonyaro served as Chief of Défense Staff for a few days under IBB. He died on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, from an undisclosed ailment. His remains have been deposited at the Airforce Hospital in Jos. Born in Vom, Plateau state, Dogonyaro at...

Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba. Photo/POLICENG The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, has assured the citizenry that the security challenges currently facing Nigeria will soon be over. Baba said this on Monday at the graduation ceremony of Tactical Leadership and Command Course (TLCC) 16/2021 of Police Staff College Jos. Represented by Mr Danmallam Mohammed, the DIG incharge of Training and Development, Force Headquarters, Baba said that he would ensure peace returns to all crisis are...

  May 7, 2021 may have come and gone, but it’s going to be a red letter day in the lives of thousands. Major General (Senator) Muhammad Magoro (Rtd) turned 80 on this day. He is a soldier turned administrator, business tycoon, politician and an elder statesman who has impacted and continues impacting greatly on the lives of thousands of people. To him, and particularly those who have benefited from his large heart including this author, 80 is not ‘just a number’, but a PIN to the service...

New Army Chief Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who told you that changing the name of something automatically leads to better results? He has just renamed the army’s Operation Lafiya Dole to Operation Hadin Kai. In the six years since former Army Chief Lt Gen Tukur Buratai renamed Operation Zaman Lafiya [live in peace] to Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole [living in peace is a must], and its subsequent corruption to Operation Lafiya Dole [peace is a must], the name was built into the vocabulary, psyche,...

Views: Visits 12 The Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chief Detective Superintendent (CDS), Aliyu Naibi has said that collaboration between the EFCC and Navy remained the most important means of tackling the menace of illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. Naibi stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 while delivering a lecture to students and staff of Armed Forces Command and Staff College, ...

Is El-Rufai’s no-negotiation with kidnappers working ? By Tue May 04 2021 The abduction and brutal killing of some of the students of Greenfield University is one of the many pictures of the North that is painted in the colour of blood. Coming at a time when students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation are yet to be released by kidnappers, it highlights the depth to which we have descended in this trench of insecurity. This, to a very scary extent, is a head-on collisi...

They accused the school management of awarding certificates in unaccredited programmes, including Sociology and Mass communication. The students said the development has hindered them from being gainfully employed in some Nigerian firms. Narrating their ordeals, one of the affected students, Miss Soliat Damilola Bello who was admitted in 2011 and graduated in 2014, said when she enlisted into Nigerian Army Short Service with the certificate, she was denied the opportunity. ...