A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 on board, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by RIA Novosti. There were 26 passengers and 6 crew, the ministry said. “The Read more
Philomina Chieshe, the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), who claimed that the board’s N36 million was swallowed by a snake, has made a U-turn. Chieshe, who works as a clerk at the JAMB office in Markurdi, Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to visit some of the states that witnessed violence recently for the purpose of on-the-spot assessment of the situation. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the troubled Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State before leaving for Accra, Ghana, later today. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President will also receive the visiting Liberian President Read more
A Nigerian, Olawunmi Bayode, has set a new Guinness World Record in the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” Category via for via GTBank’s You Read initiative. Bayode, father of three kids, logged 120 hours at 3:30pm on Saturday at the GTBank’s Read more
the Federal Government on Thursday arraigned the senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on two counts of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his Read more
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has been commended for embarking on massive infrastructural projects geared towards delivering dividends of democracy to the people of the State. The National President, Ilorin Emirate Descendant Progressive Union (IEDPU), Ambassador Usman AbdulAziz gave the commendation Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Monday, February 26, 2018, arraigned one Nsa Ayi before Justice Mojisola Dada of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an 11-count charge bordering on fraudulent false Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, arraigned Nanle Miracle Dariye, son of former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye, on a 6-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N1.5billion. He was arraigned before Read more
Gun-wielding herdsmen on Tuesday attacked Gwamba community in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, razing houses and leaving many residents injured and displaced. The Nigerian Army, which confirmed the invasion, said that despite the deployment of troops in Read more