The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has shelled 33 Boko Haram and ISWAP targets in 2020. The raids conducted in 1,700 combat hours killed a number of the sects’ leaders. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Thursday. He disclosed that the operations were carried out with 889 Air Interdiction (AI), Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Battle Damage Assessment (BDA), Close Air Support and Tactical Airlift missions executed in 1,075 sorties with about 1.6 million litres of Jet A-1 fuel. Briefing the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says people within the 31 to 40 years age bracket are more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. According to the centre, however, more deaths have been recorded among older people of 60 years and above. In a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, the NCDC said that data also showed that men were two times more likely to get the virus as shown in its latest demographic data on COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths by gender and age in the country.…
Founder of Daar Communications Plc Raymond Dokpesi has been discharged from University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada Isolation Centre, Abuja. “I am exceptionally indebted to God Almighty for keeping and protecting me and my entire family all through our isolation at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada Isolation Centre,” Dokpesi said in a letter of appreciation on Thursday. Dokpesi was discharged with two of his grandchildren. According to him, the past two weeks at the treatment centre provided him with a first-hand experience of the enormous challenge before Nigeria as a country. “We are better acquainted with the personal…
Borno State Government has called-off the lockdown in the state and has asked churches and mosques in the state to reopen. The lockdown was imposed three weeks ago after the state recorded its COVID-19 index case. But in a statement on Wednesday night, the Deputy Governor and state Chairman, COVID-19 Response Committee, Usman Kadafur, said the purpose of ordering a lockdown had been achieved. He said, “The lockdown is being suspended indefinitely to study the situation for the time being, however, where the situation escalates, the government should revert to the status quo. “The use of facemasks by the public…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the security chiefs in Abuja. The meeting began shortly after the service chiefs arrived at the Presidential Villa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, the agenda of the meeting has yet to be ascertained. More to follow…
The University of Medical Sciences, Ondo has concluded plans to commence the coronavirus test. The institution’s vice chancellor, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, who disclosed this said the school has the needed tools to carry out the exercise. “The PCR machine used for conducting the test for COVID-19 is available in UNIMED. At the moment, once a person is suspected, the sample has to be taken to Ede in Osun State for testing because we don’t have the capacity but within the next few days, we are going to start testing. “We are going to continue to partner with the federal and…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday directed the sack of a government driver that unilaterally attended to an unkempt person who was evacuated with a COVID-19 ambulance in Ilorin. He also directed the issuance of queries to top officials of the state ministry of health for failing to act with necessary caution and expertise in the handling of the incident that was recorded in a video footage that has since gone viral. “The Governor totally condemns the shoddy handling of the gentleman who was clearly going through a hard time,” Rafiu Ajakaye, chief press secretary to the Governor,…
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Sector 1, Operation Lafiya Dole, have shot dead nine Boko Haram terrorists during an ambush staged for the insurgents along the Mainok-Jakana Road in the Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The army said the ambush, which was carried out on Wednesday about 6pm, resulted in a firefight, adding that two soldiers were injured. In a release, the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, said two gun trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns were also captured by troops, and exploitation of the area was ongoing. He said, “Troops of Sector 1…
The coronavirus may never go away and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, the World Health Organization has warned, as the global death toll from the disease nears 300,000. There were also gloomy forecasts from the US Federal Reserve, which said prolonged shutdowns to stem the spread of the virus could cause lasting economic damage in America. Washington ratcheted up tensions over the pandemic by accusing China of trying to steal research into a vaccine, while US President Donald Trump upped the rhetoric, with a colourful phrase that could anger Beijing. “We…
A total of N4.3bn stashed in a ‘secret’ Bank account belonging to the Ondo State Government has been discovered, YemieFash learnt. The money is said to have been kept in the account for over 10 years, generating interest until it was uncovered during an auditing of the state accounts recently. It was gathered that the bank account was active during the administration of former governor, Olusegun Mimiko. However, details of transactions carried out on the account remained sketchy at the time of this report. A lawmaker in the state confirmed the discovery of the account in a chat with our…