The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa and the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo meet to discuss security measures that would guarantee a safer Nigeria. The meeting took.olace on Friday when the Minister of Defence paid a courtesy visit to Tunji-Ojo’s office in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo appreciated Musa for the visit while appreciating […]
By Andrew Oota The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday affirmed that the conduct of close air support and interdiction missions with high success rates, which seriously degraded the terrorists strength and will to fight by Nigeria gallant troops has created gaps in the command and leadership structures of BHTs as well as ISWAP/JAS terrorists. The […]
The Ministries of Defence, Education and Police Affairs are expected to take the largest share of recurrent expenditure in the 2020 budget, The Daily Times findings have shown. A breakdown of the top ten Ministries with highest recurrent spending in the budget reveals that the ministry of defence too the list with a recurrent expenditure […]
…It’s high time Nigeria found ways to address its deficit issues -Economist …Government must stop saying our GDP is within means -Expert …Budget does not capture how the Govt will lift 100m out of poverty -Rotimi Economists and finance experts have reacted to the N10.77trillion 2020 budget presented to the joint session of the National […]
Apparently referring to the recent comment of the former Minister of Defence, Gen Theophilus Danjuma, asking Nigerians to defend themselves on the ground of alleged complicity of the military in the killings of Nigerians, the Presidency has appealed to prominent Nigerians, who have national influence, to use their influence wisely and not continue to engage […]
As the 2019 re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari waxes stronger, his supporters under the aegis of the Buhari Support Organizations (BSO) has officially open an office in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) amidst lamentations of “lopsided appointments”. The gathering, however, brought together some serving governors, Ministers and other appointees who called themselves ‘Buharists’ even […]
The president of Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday sacked three cabinet minister, his defence, external relations and trade ministers in a cabinet reshuffle. It comes amid protests against the president running for a third term in elections due next month. Mr Nkurunziza returned from Tanzania last week after a failed coup. According to […]
The Nigerian military has announced that its troops fighting the Boko Haram insurgents in the nation’s troubled north-east have reclaimed Goniri town in Yobe State, clearing terrorists from the location. The troops reclaimed the town on Monday morning after clearing the terrorists from the town that it had taken over some months back. The Defence […]