Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the annulled 12 June 1993 election is dead. He was aged 74. Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major challenger in the controversial presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. Daily Post quotes family sources as saying Tofa died […]Continue Reading

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences following the demise of retired Maj. Baita Bashir, whom he described as “a gallant military man and trainer of fighters.’’ Late Bashi was born in 1926 in Kano City, joined the Army in 1952, when it was the West African Frontier Force, and was first trained in […]Continue Reading

The Nigerian Army, Friday, decorated the 39 newly promoted Major Generals with a charge to work assiduously to end insecurity. They were also mandated to make decisions that will help deliver the constitutional mandates of the Nigerian Army. Those decorated include ; KN Garba, Auwalu Jibril Fagge, Aminu Bande,Chika victor Eze, Garba Audu, Kama I […]Continue Reading
Lagos – An indigenous meter manufacturer, Mr Atilade Bolarinwa, on Monday listed finance, technical partner influence and corruption as major reasons why Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) were not patronising made-in-Nigeria meters. Bolarinwa, who is the Vice-Chairman of Unistar Hi-teck System Ltd., an indigenous meter manufacturing company, made the Continue Reading