Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11
Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Thursday, June 3, 2021, paid a courtesy call on the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, at the Army Headquarters Abuja.
* Foil Attempts To Kidnap Catholic Bishop In Zaria
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
Following the ongoing implementation of a robust security action plan to protect citizens and critical national infrastructure across the country, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, have arrested a total of eighty-four (84) notorious criminal suspects within the past month.
A 23-year-old Europe-based Nigerian has been arrested with various illicit drugs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
Nigeria's former Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim (GCON), has expressed great shock over the unfortunate assassination of Barr. Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Political Adviser, described him as his bosom friend and colleague while in government.
By Gloria Acholonu (Imo State Correspondent)
A yet to be identified gunmen, on Saturday night, shot dead Barrister Ahmed GULak, a former political adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent)
The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, will officially assume command as the 22nd COAS today, Friday, May 28, 2021.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army. He ranks as Nigeria's 22nd COAS.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi in the company of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, representatives of INTERPOL, European Union (EU) and ECOWAS Wednesday 26th May 2021, inaugurated the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) Centre in Abuja.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (Sokoto)
No fewer than 12 persons were said to have lost their lives on Sunday as bandits and local vigilantes clash in Gandi village in Rabah local government area of Sokoto State, locals confirmed.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to lead the investigation into the crash of a military aircraft that occurred on Friday in Kaduna, in which the Chief of Army Staff and other military officers died.
By Yusuf Lawan (Yobe State Correspondent)
National Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has consoled the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire Nigerian Army over the sudden tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru and the other senior military officers in a plane crash on Friday evening in Kaduna.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent) @CeleOkaf11
Tragedy struck this Friday evening, May 21, 2021, as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, and about ten other military officers and crew members, died in a plane crash that occurred in Kaduna state.
