June 3, 2021

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has dismissed rumours of mass retirement of some generals in the Nigerian Army, following the appointment of Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff.

The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko described the report as false.

Onyeuko disclosed this while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja.

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He said that the retirement of senior officers from the military was always voluntary, adding that the military high command was yet to authorize the retirement of any officer.

‘At this point, you are

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has urged the Federal Government to dialogue with secessionists like Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho.

The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said such discussion would address the root causes of their agitations and help douse tensions in Nigeria.

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Featuring on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, Moghalu said: ‘I think that the government should be able to invite, whether

No Fewer than 23 migrants were declared missing and two bodies recovered from the sea off Tunisia, the Red Crescent reported after the military announced that over 100 migrants were intercepted trying to cross over.

Africa Daily News, reports that the Tunisian navy stated that a boat headed for Europe from Zuwara in Libya was intercepted on Tuesday near Miskar oil platform, some 67 kilometres (52 miles) off the coast.

The migrants — 37 Eritreans, 32 Sudanese, and an Egyptian, aged between 15 and 40 — were handed over to the Red Crescent and International Organization for Migration in the …