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The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi (middle), Commodore Kehinde John Odubanjo (immediate left) and the Deputy Comptroller-General of Immigration, with visiting senior military Officers from the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr. Kwame Asuah-Takyi has underscored the need for international collaboration in countering security threats across the sub-region. He made this remarks at a workshop for senior military Officers from the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College comprising Officers from Nigeria, Sout...

Festus Akanbi in Lagos, Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna Nigeria was yesterday thrown into mourning, when its 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, along with six senior officers and four crew members perished in an air crash in Kaduna. Attahiru and the others were onboard Nigerian Air Force Kingair 350 from Abuja to Kaduna, ahead of today’s passing out parade of soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria, when the crash happened amid torrential rainfall. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over th...

Credible sources said the incident happened about 6pm when a military Beachcraft 350 carrying him went down at the Kaduna International Airport.

The plane crashed in bad weather in Kaduna.

Punch Newspapers Sections Olusola Fabiyi, Oyetunji Abioye and Jesusegun Alagbe Published 15 May 2021 Olusola Fabiyi, Oyetunji Abioye and Jesusegun Alagbe Published 15 May 2021 Troops can’t be schooling when we’re in a war situation –Brigadier generals Following intensified insurgency attacks across the country, particularly in the North, the Nigerian Army has recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country, according to a leaked memo by the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja. In the ...