Military stops admission of combatant female cadets
In a major policy reversal, the Nigerian military is set to end the admission of female cadets into the combatant course of the Nigerian Defence Academy, The PUNCH has learnt.
A set of 20 females, nicknamed Jonathan Queens, were first admitted into the course in Nigeria’s premier military officer training institution during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2011.
It was learnt that the recommendation to end the programme was made by the Armed Forces Council which was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week.
Evans Collected N100m To Free My Brother – Witness
Suspected billionaire kidnapper Evans collected N100million as ransom from the family of his victim, Donatus Duru, a witness told an Ikeja high court on Friday. The witness, an elder brother of Donatus, Anslem Duru, made this known at the opening
Three Killed, Four Injured In Attack On Kaduna Village
Three people were killed and four others injured by suspected cattle rustlers in Kurega village in Chikun area of Kaduna state, police in the state said on Tuesday. Chikun shares boundary with Birnin Gawri area in the state. The incident
South Africa Increases Its Minimum Wage To N126,480
As the Federal government continues to debate whether or not to increase the miniumum wage from N18, 000 to N30, 000, the South African government has gone ahead to increase that of it’s civil servants from N97, 495 to N126,480
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