•Scene of the incident The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its helicopters made a precautionary landing on a farmland in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, after returning from an operation against suspected kidnappers. The helicopter landed yesterday at Utur Tse-Igboji community in Bar Council Ward, along the Welfare Quarter...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has called on qualified indigenes to seize the opportunity created by the establishment of new Nigerian Army formations to join the military. Governor Makinde, represented by Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal, gave the commendation at a public sensitisation programme for indige...
•Wreckage from the crash A grieving lady has mourned her partner, one of the victims of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF 931 aircraft crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State, saying he only told her he was travelling to Abuja but didn’t tell he won’t return. The woman, in a viral video, questioned why her partner left […]
•Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State The federal government is set to make a formal reconciliation declaration over the 1967 Asaba Massacre, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori revealed yesterday. The governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, disclosed this at the anniversary memorial of the ma...
•David Umahi The federal government has stated that performing contractors handling the five legacy projects of the Bola Tinubu administration will be arrested and prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Relatively, the Bureau o...
•NLC members Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council Abuja, have declared an indefinite strike, directing workers in the public and private sectors across the FCT, to shut down schools, hospitals, government offices and other establishments. The strike began yesterday, Wedn...
•Late Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has slumped and died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob. The incident happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of […]
For residents of Ondo State’s coastal communities, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is being viewed as more than another road project. It represents a potential lifeline to markets, jobs, tourism and the wider economy. But the reported decision to realign the highway through parts of Edo State, bypassing a substantial stretch of Ondo’s coastl...
•Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has directed Nigerian Army legal practitioners to strengthen their capacity to provide timely and operationally relevant legal advice to commanders as the service expands its formations and operational footprint across the country. Shaibu said the expansion of the Ni...
•Shettima jets out Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to lead a historic government-to-government peer exchange focused on accelerating nutrition delivery. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement today. Nkwocha said S...
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