The Nigerian Air Force has said that the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar days ago may have crashed with the cause unknown. The jet which had two pilots on board was declared missing by the Air Force on March 31. A statement by the Air Force on Friday gave the names […]
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the people to link their National Identification Numbers (NINs) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) by one month. This was announced on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head of […]
The Forum of Buhari Support Groups (FBSG) yesterday urged the Federal Government to deal with those agitating for the break -up of the country under the guise of defending ethnic interests. The forum’s interim national chairman, Dr Abido Kabir, at a press conference after the maiden meeting of the forum in Abuja, condemned the resurgence […]
Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island’s worst railway accident in decades. Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said at least 48 people were confirmed dead with 66 others sent to hospital. Officials said the accident could have been caused by a maintenance vehicle […]
Niger’s newly-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, is set to be sworn into office on Friday, a democratic watershed overshadowed by jihadist violence and alleged coup bid two days ago. The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. […]
Police have arrested a man identified as Azeez Agboola for allegedly parading himself as a legal practitioner in Ogun State. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Thursday. The 50-year-old suspect, a resident of Oko Afor area of Badagry in Lagos […]
The latest badge of Nigerian returnees from Saudi Arabia has alleged that the country’s consulate in Saudi Arabia is returning more citizens of the neighboring Niger Republic than Nigerians, who are stuck in deportation camps in the Arabian country. The affected Nigerians who served mostly as house helps in Saudi Arabia also accused their former […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday said it condemns and will investigate the alleged assault of a 22-year security guard by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Yakubu Umar in Abuja. A statement by the publicity secretary of the association, Dr Rapulu Nduka late Thursday said that the CCT chairman, […]
In a surprise move, Pope Francis on Thursday privately celebrated a Holy Week ritual with a cardinal he fired abruptly months ago, in an apparent gesture of reconciliation. The cardinal, Angelo Becciu, was dismissed from a powerful Vatican job in September, after Francis told him he was accused of syphoning off Vatican charity funds to […]
Nigeria records 106 new COVID-19 infections, total now 162,997 The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “On the 1st of April 2021, 106 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.. “Till date, 162,997 cases have been confirmed, 151,708 cases have been discharged and 2,058 deaths have been recorded […]
