Five people on board a coast guard aircraft died after a runway collision with a Japan Airlines plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, the Japanese transport minister said. “Regarding the coast guard plane, we have been informed that the captain escaped and five people were confirmed dead,” Tetsuo Saito told reporters. READ ALSO: […]
The woman who was assaulted by her lawyer husband in Akwa Ibom State says she does not want him prosecuted over the incident. She had asked the police to release the husband from detention. Ekere Ebong, the lawyer, was filmed assaulting his wife, Ekemini, at night in their residence in Uyo on 14 December. […]
A group identified as the Concerned Northern Forum has cautioned President Bola Tinubu over the use of the report before him submitted by Jim Obazee, the special investigator hired to check the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under its suspended governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele. The Forum added that the President must […]
Japanese rescuers battled the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a New Year’s Day earthquake that killed at least 48 people and caused widespread destruction. The 7.5 magnitude quake that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, toppled houses, caused a […]
Russia said it had accidentally bombed a village in its southern Voronezh region near Ukraine on Tuesday but stressed there were no casualties. The accident occurred the same day as Russia hit Ukraine with a large-scale missile attack. It is not the first such incident during Moscow’s almost two-year-long Ukraine offensive. “On January […]
Abductors of a local government chairman and one other last night in Nasarawa State have placed a demand of N50 million for the release of their victims. It would be recalled that the Chairman of Akwanga Local Government Council, Alhaji Safiyanu Isah Andaha, and Adamu Umar Tanko were kidnapped yesterday at about 8.30 […]
Pope Francis has warned that the uncontrolled or untrammelled use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could destroy humanity. AI is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines. It is a field of study in computer science that develops and studies intelligent machines. The technology is increasingly gaining mainstream traction and is now being deployed […]
The Federal Government has announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, January 2, signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education. According to the Duru, the decision followed an […]
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that the decisions taken by his administration in the political crisis in the state were not born out of fear, but for peace to reign in the state. Governor Fubara made this known while addressing Rivers people at the maiden state banquet held by his administration […]
A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft. The airline said all 379 passengers and crew had been safely evacuated, Reuters reports. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupt in flames as it skidded down the […]
