Passenger aircraft with 248 passengers and 12 crew members has made a safe emergency landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, after suffering technical fault while airborne. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, saw the pilot execute a safe landing with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, response team and other emergency responders standing-by on extreme…
Cross River State recorded a major peace breakthrough on Friday as dozens of militants operating in Akpabuyo Local Government Area voluntarily laid down their arms under the state government’s amnesty programme. The Nigerian Army said the surrender took place in the early hours of 16 January 2026, when a large number of militants emerged from…
The African Democratic Congress has declared that removing President Bola Tinubu from office is essential to rescuing Nigeria from what it described as an unprecedented governance crisis. The party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that the country cannot be saved while the current administration…
The Students Union Government of Federal School Of Statistics, Ibadan Campus has mourned the passing away of the institution former Dean of students, Mr Kehinde Dore. According to sources, the news of Mr Dore demised was announced on Friday, 17 January. Our correspondent couldn’t verify the cause of his death as at the time of…
Bishop Francis Wale Oke, President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), is also the President of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries. In this interview with select journalists, during a media luncheon, which he hosted in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, spoke extensively on the insecurity in the country. He stated that the ultimate goal of…
Comrade Ojetola Babatunde Yussuf popularly known as Toyyem has declared his intention to run for the position of General Secretary in forthcoming National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone (NANS Zone D). In a publication sighted by our correspondent, the former Oyo NANS JCC general secretary declared his intention to serve southwest students today. Toyyem,…
A Harare woman, Melocia Gwata, has sought legal protection from her husband, George Kusotera, citing his excessive demands for intimacy and abusive behaviour as her reasons. Melocia revealed her ordeal to the Harare Civil Court, Zimbabwe, describing how her husband coerced her into having intercourse up to eight times per night, resorting to violence whenever…
You can get drunk even without taking a single drop of alcohol, scientists have established. They say that food ingested can produce alcohol right inside the body. The scientists who made this discovery say some people can get drunk without drinking because their gut bacteria produce alcohol from food. They have now identified the microbes…
The special adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on security, Fatai Owoseni, has said that three key suspects involved in the killing of the five forest guards at the Old Oyo National Park in Oloka Village on January 5, have been arrested. Mr Owoseni disclosed this on Friday while briefing Mr Makinde who…
In an attempt to nourish their families, many women remain stuck in the age-old tradition of cooking over open-fire stoves, as they believe that it cooks food faster and properly, and makes it tastier, undoubtedly exposing them to smoke and toxins. The National Bureau of Statistics, in its 2024 Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey, indicated…
