•The late twin sisters – Dr. Hadiyah Usman and Dr. Aidah Usman (PharmD) Twin sisters died forty eight hours apart in Yobe State, it was gathered. The deceased sisters — Dr. Hadiyah Usman and Dr. Aidah Usman (PharmD), who were 28-years-old, were children of Dr. Hadiza Usman and Dr. Usman Abdullahi, reports Daily Trust. The […]
•A crashed aircraft The Nigerian Air Force has released the names of five crew members and 20 passengers who lost their lives in the 931 aircraft accident which occurred in Igbokoda, Ondo State, yesterday. In a statement signed by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, the ...
•It is the latest dot in a 10-year pattern of public NAF mishaps Explainer 9:13 a.m. The signal vanished. A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42, 25 passengers and seven crew on board, en route from Benin City to Lagos on a routine support mission. Then, silence, reports Channels TV. Hours later, wreckage near the Naval Base […]
•Tinubu and the crashed military aircraft (Photo credit: Premium Times) President Bola Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning over the military aircraft crash in Ondo and is also calling for a probe into the incident. He also directed that flags should be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect to […]
•A crashed helicopter Many people were feared dead after a helicopter reportedly crashed in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, today. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred in the coastal community, sparked panic among residents, although details of the crash remained sketchy as of press time, repor...
•An AI-enhanced photo of the nursing students in the viral video Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, has expelled a final-year nursing student, simply identified as Mercy, and suspended 14 other 500-level students over a viral TikTok video. The video showed a group of nursing students dancing in a hospital waiting area, staircase, ...
•Tinubu Despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive that transportation fares should begin to fall from October 1 through the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses, commuters across several states have continued to pay the same, and in some cases higher, fares. Findings across the states yesterday showed that the presidential direct...
•Nigerian workers Public sector unions under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, have directed all federal, state and local government employees, including staff of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, nationwide, to begin a three-day warning strike from midnight today over the failure of the gove...
•Nigeria marks 58th Independence Anniversary with a parade of military hardware at the Eagle Square, Abuja on October 1, 2018 For the second consecutive year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has dropped the traditional Independence Day military parade. The development has left unanswered questions over why the ceremony has not ret...
•NLC President, Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have demanded an immediate reduction in the price of petrol, a nationwide wage award for workers and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage, as it decried what it described as a worsening survival crisis in Nigeria. [&he...

