NAF jet crashes in Kaduna, two feared killed
No fewer than two persons have reportedly died when a training aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in Kaduna on Tuesday evening. It was gathered that a student pilot and an instructor who were on board died in the crash. A source told correspondents that the pilot and the instructor were having a […]
CAN demands Sterling Bank CEO’s sacking over Easter advert
The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded the sacking of the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, over a controversial Easter advert. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Publicity Secretary, Joseph Daramola, CAN stated that the advert was “wicked and insensisitve” towards Christians. Sterling Bank faced backlash after the company […]
Drop your presidential bids, Afenifere leader tells Tinubu, Osinbajo
Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said that presidential aspirants from the South-West geopolitical zone including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, should forget their presidential ambitions. He said it was the turn of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next President after the regime of the […]
Power generation crashes by 903MW, national grid crisis persists
The latest figures on Nigeria’s power grid performance released on Tuesday showed that the quantum of electricity generated on the grid had continued to fluctuate, as it fell by 903 megawatts on Monday, April 18, 2022. Nigeria’s electricity grid has been characterised by some sort of instability lately, witnessing about four different grid collapses in […]
A CALL FROM ODIGUETUE, OFINTEBE ,IGOLO , AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.
A Current and Ongoing Development. Some unknown Herdsmen insist that their cows must feed. The Farmers wonder why the cows must feed on their crops and yam bans. With their AK47 Riffles, the Herdsmen dare the Farmers to confront them. In the process, many farmers have had their right to life summarily taken away. For […]
Abuse: Why we suspended female student —Chrisland
A female student has been suspended by Chrisland School, Lagos for allegedly engaging in an “immoral act”. However, the student’s mother claimed her daughter was raped by some male students of the school in a room. The female student, whose identity was hidden by journalist because she is a minor, was videotaped while the “immoral […]
Akeredolu debunks death rumour with viral video, wife excited
Following the rumoured death of the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor and his handlers have released a video in which the governor was seen singing and dancing inside a room. Recent media reports had claimed that the governor was hospitalised abroad. But his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde, in a statement, […]
Nigeria records continuous decrease in COVID-19 cases, deaths -NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country recorded a continuous downward trend in the spread of COVID-19 infections. The agency reported that there was also a decrease in the number of samples tested across the country in the past week. This was contained in the COVID-19 situation report that was made available on […]
Key stakeholders insist on LG Fiscal and Administrative Autonomy
In a bid to enhance participatory democratic governance and quality service delivery at the local government level in the country, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a United Kingdom-funded governance programme, during the week, engaged media executives in Kaduna, to mobilise support for the ratification of Constitutional Amendment Bills before the State Assembly. Mr […]
Kaduna: man defecates in mosque to claim N20,000
A Shari’a Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday, ordered that two men, Nura Usman and Adamu Dauda, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly defecating in a mosque. According to report the police charged Usman and Dauda with public nuisance andacinciting violence. The judge, Malam Rilwanu Kyaudai, adjourned the case until April […]