Tag: NDA
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NDA attack: Reps meet with Academy commandant behind closed doors
NDA attack: Reps meet with Academy commandant behind closed doors
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Victims of NDA attack won’t die in vain – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the attack launched on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, will not dampen the morale of the Armed Forces. On the contrary, he said, it will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country, In his reaction to the killing of some military officers,…
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Northern elders call for sack of NSA over NDA attack
Northern Elders have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) over the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). The group attributed Tuesday’s morning attack by bandits, which left two military officers dead and one other kidnapped to failure of…
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Attack on NDA is ‘madness’ – CDS Irabor
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has condemned the attack on the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State. Addressing reporters on Tuesday in Yola, he described the attack carried out by bandits as madness that must be stopped as soon as possible. “The incident in Kaduna, of course,…
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Attack on NDA: Death toll rises to three; Major Datong kidnapped by bandits found dead [Photos of slain officers]
The military officer Major Christopher Datong abducted yesterday at Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka in Kaduna has been murdered. This development brings the number of officers killed by the bandits in the ugly incident to three. Recall TheNewsGuru (TNG) had earlier reported how the murdering bandits shot Lieutenant Commander Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo while Major…
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Four years after: MDAs yet to remit N1.2trn-Fiscal Responsibility Comm Boss
…says comm identified 46 offences but Act has no provision for punitive measures By Emman Ovuakporie Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC, Victor Muruako on Wednesday said Ministries Departments Agencies, MDAs, have failed to remit N1.2trillion for the past four years to the Federal Government. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports many MDAs still persist in…
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Maj.-Gen Yaro takes over as 30th commandant of NDA
Maj.-Gen Sagir Yaro, has officially assumed duty as the 30th Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Wednesday in Kaduna State. The Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Jagira made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Jagira said Yaro took over from Maj.-Gen Jamil Sarham, who is now to proceed…
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NDA 73 regular course entry forms not on sale – Official
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has called on the public to disregard claims that forms for entry into 73 Regular Course are on sale. The Public Relations Officer, NDA, Major Abubakar Abdullahi, made the call in a statement in Kaduna on Monday. According to Abdullahi, any information circulating on social media purporting sale of the…
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NDA screening test to hold Aug. 15 – Registrar
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) says the screening test for all its candidates will hold on Aug. 15 at designated centres across the country, starting from 7:00 am. The NDA Registrar, Brig.-Gen. Ayoola Aboaba, announced this in a statement issued in Kaduna on Monday. “This is to bring to the attention of candidates that the…
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NDA inaugurates first female professor
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), on Thursday, inaugurated its first female professor, Francisca Ugwueleka. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugwueleka is a professor of Computer Science and Dean, Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Academy. Ugwueleka, while presenting her professorial inaugural lecture entitled “Redefining the Future Through Big Data…