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After selling 2 choppers to private people, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology has no training helicopter.

After selling 2 choppers to private people, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology has no training helicopter.

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, Acting Rector Shaka Imalighwe, said the school had no training helicopter. He said this at a House of Representatives hearing on the sale of two College helicopters. He told the House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets that he took over College management in January 2024 as an interim manager. Even though he was the College's Deputy Rector when the helicopters were sold, he denied being on the sales team. The House of Representatives Committee Chairman, Ademorin Kuye, voiced worry over the selling of the two helicopters to private individuals when the…
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Bishop Nwankpa felicitates with Pete Edochie @ 77

Bishop Nwankpa felicitates with Pete Edochie @ 77

Cleric, philanthropist, Nollywood actor and marketer, Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, has sent a message of goodwill to Chief Pete Edochie on his 77 birthday celebration. Describing Pete Edochie as 'a legendary actor whose role has contributed to bringing international fame to Nollywood', Bishop Nwankpa prayed to God to continue to bless the thespian with good health and longer life. The message partly reads:"I salute you, the quintessential veteran, on your 77th birthday. Indeed, you have left an indelible footprint on the Nigerian entertainment industry. Your role has greatly contributed to bringing international fame to Nollywood'. May God continue to bless you…
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Biafra Civil War: Ohanaeze charges Gowon To Apologise To Ndigbo, Ask for Forgiveness.

Biafra Civil War: Ohanaeze charges Gowon To Apologise To Ndigbo, Ask for Forgiveness.

General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), the former head of state of the military, has been urged by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the highest Igbo socio-cultural organisation, to ask for forgiveness and apologise to the Igbo people for his recent remarks regarding the Biafra civil war. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, an Ohanaeze chieftain, called Gowon's comment "inflammatory" and encouraged him to make efforts towards reconciliation. Gowon's most recent statement, made after seeing President Bola Tinubu, according to Isiguzoro, has caused pain to the Igbo people, both at home and abroad. The Igbo people's collective psyche has been severely harmed by Gowon's insensitive and misleading narrative about…
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Biafra Civil War: Gowon, you’re a genocidist – IPOB lashes out

Biafra Civil War: Gowon, you’re a genocidist – IPOB lashes out

The Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, branded retired General Yakubu Gowon, former head of state of the military, a "genocidist" on Sunday. Emma Powerful, a spokesman for IPOB, charged Gowon with spearheading the second-bloodiest genocide against Igbos after the Holocaust in Israel. Strong was responding to Gowon's most recent remarks regarding the Biafra civil war. The former Military Head of State revealed, following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, that he was accused of being too slow to pursue the Biafra civil war. In response, Powerful said that the Igbo people of today would bring about Biafra independence. Part…
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Benue under siege as herdsmen slaughter over  500 in Agatu, Otukpo, Apa

Benue under siege as herdsmen slaughter over 500 in Agatu, Otukpo, Apa

Benue, the nation's food basket, is mired in catastrophe. Daily attacks by heavily armed cattlemen in military camouflage target roughly 200 villages. Over 500 people have died in three local government areas in Benue South Senatorial District, known as Idoma land, in the past three months. Many homes have burned demolished and many residents are missing in villages in Otukpo, Apa, and Agatu LGAs, where marauders killed several locals. No one has claimed responsibility for the horrible attacks, but residents blame ‘Fulani herdsmen.’ Bloodbath returns to Agatu After years of calm, Agatu has been hit by a slaughter that has…
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