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The President, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast for three days in honour of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others who died in an air crash on Friday. He also approved Monday as a work-free day for members of the Armed Forces. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the national flag will fly half-mast from Monday to Wednesday. The statement titled, ‘National flag to fly at half-mast in honour of late Chief of…

First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died alongside 10 other military personnel on Friday when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport. Lt. General Attahiru and the others were buried at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday afternoon but the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has since been under fire for not attending the funeral rites despite his recent trip to Paris. However, Mrs Buhari shared photos of her visit to the family of…

Chuba Okadigbo's son, Pharaoh Okadigbo, dies in accident after his car ran under a trailer. The accident occurred late on Saturday, May 22, in Abuja. This tragedy comes only three years after another befell the family when Obiajulu Jideofor Okadigbo, one of Dr Chuba Okadigbo's sons, died in the United States of America from a cold-related ailment, according to Afnews. President Muhammadu Buhari, whose running mate in the 2003 presidential election was Dr Chuba Okadigbo, has condoled with the Okadigbo family over the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. The president's condolence message was contained in a statement issued by…

The race for the replacement of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has started 48 hours after his death. Attahiru and others died in a plane crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Kaduna on Friday and were buried on Saturday. Few hours after the burial, there were insinuations that Maj.-Gen. Danjuma Ali-Keffi, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, had been penned down for the job. However, According to Daily Trust, Ali-Keffi is not among the most senior military officers in the operation of the Nigerian Army. Findings reveal that there are…

A Brazil-based drug kingpin, Ejiofor Felix Enwereaku, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for trafficking 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. According to a statement released by the Spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect who leads a syndicate that specializes in tagging/planting drugs in innocent travellers' luggage was arrested at the airport on Friday, 14th May, 2021. “Based on intelligence, narcotic agents at the MMIA had on Saturday 8th May, 2021 intercepted a…

Pharaoh Okadigbo, the first son of a former serving president of the Senate, late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, is dead. Sources close to the family disclosed to Peoples Gazette that the deceased was involved in a car crash on Saturday night and the body has been deposited at the morgue. At the time of filing this report, there has been no official statement by the family. More details shortly…

At least 70 people sustained injuries and many others feared dead at Al-Ihsan filling station along Sharada road in Kano, following a fire outbreak. It was gathered that the tanker exploded into flames while offloading fuel at the Al-Hisan filing station located at Ali Gusau Street, Sharada area of Kano metropolis. Among the casualties were personnel of the Kano State Fire Service who had responded to the distress call. Our correspondent gathered that many residents were also caught up in the incident. Details later.

The remains of General Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff, and others who died in a plane crash on Friday have been airlifted to Abuja from Kaduna. The deceased lost their lives in a plane crash on Friday evening. Their corpses were taken from the crash site to the 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna to Abuja last night. The army has announced that burial proceedings of the officers who lost their lives in the air mishap will hold later on Saturday. “The Burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 6…

The Cross River State secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party in Calabar is currently being stripped of its flags while armed policemen are overseeing the action. This comes barely 48 hours after Governor Ben Ayade defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress. According to Cross River Watch, the exercise began very early on Saturday morning. The immediate past State Chairman of the party who has also been serving as caretaker committee Chairman, Ntufam Inok Edim is around and discussing with a couple of others about the building which according to him, is supposed to serve a different purpose.…

Plane Crash: Buhari, Osinbajo Advised To Quit Travels By Plane Following the unfortunate demise of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, Deji Adeyanju, Abuja-based rights activist has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to quit all travels by air for sometime. Adeyanju who made this known via his Twitter account on Friday night revealed that he has a strong feeling that something was terribly wrong somewhere. According to him, “I personally feel President Buhari and Osinbajo should not travel by plane to anywhere for now.” “I feel something is terribly wrong somewhere. Some…