Jonathan Declares 3 Days National Mourning for Mandela

Dr Nelson Mandela

  President Goodluck Jonathan  has declared three  days mourning for the late freedom fighter and former President of South Africa, Dr Nelson Mandela who died Thursday.

Jonathan made the declaration while in   Paris, France,   attending a  summit on peace and security in Africa. During the three days  mourning,  flags   are to be flown at half mast in all the states of the country. He  also called for special prayers  in churches and mosques throughout Nigeria.

World leaders have since  Thursday   paid tribute to the former South African leader for his selfless service for the liberation of his people and indeed  Africa.

NDLEA Destroys N222m Drugs in Kano

Ahmadu Giade, Chairman, NDLEA

Over N222 million worth of assorted illicit drugs, seized  by  the Kano state Command of the  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have  been destroyed by the State  Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and the Chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade.

The consignment, totaling 10, 488. 61 kg, was destroyed publicly after obtaining an order to that effect from the Federal High Court.

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Reassesses Security at Base After Boko Haram Attack

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said it had reassessed the situation of Monday's blast at a NAF base in Maiduguri by a troop of insurgents who tried to infiltrate the base. 

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Alex Badeh, made this disclosure yesterday at the commissioning of the additional blocks of classroom and shops at the Vocational and ICT Centre built by the Nigerian Air Force Officers Wives Association (NAFOWA), under the leadership of the National President, Mrs. Mary Badeh.

Farewell Mandela

Nelson Madela

After months of battling old-age-related disease, South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela, passed on Thursday. Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.

He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital. In a statement on South African national television, South African President Jacob Zuma said Mandela had "departed" and was at peace. "Our nation has lost its greatest son," Zuma said.