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NAF finally confirms crash of Alpha Jet aircraft, says it’s in Zamfara not Kaduna

“On July 18, 2021, around 12.45 pm, a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the...

Nigerian Air Force refutes Alpha jet crash in Kaduna on Sunday

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday denied report another of its Alpha jet crashed in Kaduna. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information...

Presidency attacks Sokoto Catholic Bishop Matthew Kukah over comments on persecution of Christians in Nigeria

  “Kukah’s assertion on only Christian schools being targeted by bandits or terrorists is not supported by the facts on the ground” Miffed...

Two months after, Kaduna records another military aircraft crash

Barely two months after a Nigerian military plane crashed in Kaduna killing Nigeria’s army chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others including top...

U.S. Monkeypox case from Nigeria: NCDC says no cause for alarm, no fresh outbreak of virus

  …says it will continue to detect and respond to these cases in Nigeria as with other epidemic prone diseases The Nigeria Centre...

U.S. alerts of Monkeypox, potentially serious viral illness, ‘imported’ from Nigeria through an airline passenger

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted that a rare case of human Monkeypox that was detected in Texas,...

N1.4bn laundering charge: ex-NBA President Usoro discharged and acquitted

At last, justice appears to have been served in the two-year trial of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul...

Restive bandits’ operation claims Nigerian Army General

Bandits have continued to unleash their reign of terror on the high and low with the latest fatal shooting of Nigeria’s Army General....

July 20, July 21 are Sallah holidays, says FG

In commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, the Federal Government has announced Tuesday and Wednesday next week (July 20 and July 21, 2021) as...

4 warning signs of type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that is dangerous and potentially life-threatening. Many people are shocked when they discover that they have Type...

Straitened economy: Many Nigerian families can’t feed — Delta Governor Okowa

Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday rued the country’s state of the economy with the resultant effects of many families being...

BREAKING: Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, disqualified by Senate as INEC Commissioner

Bowing to public outrage, Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber — the Senate on Tuesday rejected the nomination of Ms. Lauretta Onochie as a National...

Nigerians in South Africa urged to be vigilant as Zuma’s jail protest spreads

As protests over the jailing of former South African President, Jacob Zuma spreads like wild fire, the leadership of the Nigerian community has...

Mass surveillance program: NASS approves N4.87bn for NIA to monitor, track calls and WhatsApp messages

The National Assembly has reportedly approved N4.87bn for the National Intelligence Agency to track, intercept, monitor calls and messages on mobile devices like...

Italy extends England’s misery, wins Euro 2020

Italy was crowned European champions on Sunday, extending the pain for England, which scored early but is still seeking its first major trophy...

Jumbo pay of Buhari, lawmakers, others: SERAP sues Revenue Mobilization Allocation Commission, Wages Commission

  “An order of mandamus to direct and compel the RMAFC to perform its mandatory constitutional duty to urgently review upward the remuneration,...