A Max Air flight from Lagos crash-landed at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 53 passengers onboard. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday around 10:57pm. The aircraft, with the registration number: 5N-MBD, was said to have lost its nose landing gear tyre during landing, thereby leading to the incident. However, sources said passengers and…
Protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday attacked and set fire to the United States embassy building in the country. Armed men were seen on the roof of the building as thick black smoke billowed from the facility. The protesters were heard chanting “death to imperialists”. On Monday, the March 23 Movement (M23),…
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a notice of discontinuance in the alleged defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, against Lagos-based legal practitioner and author, Dele Farotimi. Channels Television sighted the notice of discontinuance dated January 29th which was filed pursuant to Section 108 (1) (2)(a) of the Administration…
A 16-year-old secondary school student in Lagos has allegedly ran mad after confessing that he was sexually molested by a popular Lagos hotelier at Bucknor, Isheri Oshun area of the state. The incident, which rattled his parents reportedly started before last Christmas when the student confided in his mother that he had a confession to…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has exposed the pivotal role played by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, in the emergence of Bala Mohammed as Bauchi State governor in 2023. He spoke, yesterday, against the backdrop of public spat between Wike and Mohammed over the crisis within…
A building collapsed in Lagos yesterday, leaving one person dead, four rescued, while others are trapped beneath the rubbles. The building, located at Ikota, Lekki area of Lagos State, was a two-storey affair still under construction. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA; Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service; Nigeria Security and Civil…
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, says the distance between him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “widening”. El-Rufai, a chieftain of the APC, spoke on Monday at the national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria held in Abuja. The ex-governor criticised the party for allegedly straying from its core values and promoting…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Sokoto State Command, has apprehended three suspects connected to the abduction and gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, Amina Abdullahi, in Gantsare village, the Wammako Local Government Area of the state. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the command’s…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has debunked recent media reports claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherited N21 trillion in public debt which arose to N142 trillion. In a statement issued by the DMO on Monday, the agency said the actual total public debt as of June 30, 2023 after President Tinubu took office stood…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced probe into the alleged sexual harassment case involving the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Abayomi Fasina, a professor. The development followed a petition from a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) to ICPC. The anti-graft agency received the petition on…