Minister of State for  Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Sunday ordered an immediate investigation into the incident, Vanguard reports. James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry revealed this via the following statement: Several reports received by the Minister have indicated the airline used a ladder to disembark passengers from a Boeing 737 aircraft at the Bauchi airport on Saturday December …

By Bankole Ganiyat A two-storey Islamic School collapsed in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, on Sunday. This led to the sudden death of four people, while several others sustained injury The  injured people were taken to the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, immediately after the incident says by Alhaji Alhassan Barde, the Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Emergency Management Agency …

Nigerians had been thrown into serious panic following the return of Lassa Fever to major cities of the country. The federal government has confirmed 14 recent infections of Lassa Fever virus, as a patient was also said to have escaped from a hospital in Edo state while being treated for the virus, a situation which sent panic around the hospital …

By OKECHUKWU PEACE   Several hundreds of Nigerian Shiites on Tuesday took to the streets of three Northern Nigerian states of Kano, Kebbi and Bauchi to protest the continued detention of their leader EL-Zakzaky as well as the killing of their members. The aggrieved protesters marched on major roads in the city to press their grievances over what some are …

By OKECHUKWU PEACE  The trio of Nigerian sensation, Wizkid, South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest, AKA and Kenya’s Sauti Sol sit comfortable on the top of the log of most nominated acts for the forthcoming MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016 (MAMA). The second round of nominations, comprising seven additional award categories, including Artist of the Year, Best Female, Listener’s Choice, Best …

By ADENIYI THOMAS   Sambo Dasuki, Aminu Baba Kusa  and  Salisu Shuaibu arraigned in court this morning for misappropriating N32bn. Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, former Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Aminu Baba Kusa and Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Salisu Shuaibu are currently being arraigned before Justice H.Y. Baba on a …

BY TEMILADE ENIOLA     Arsenal has been drawn up in a daunting Champions League last-16 clash against Barcelona in a remake of the two sides 2001 clash.   The Gunners won their final two group games with Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos to squeeze out of Group F but now play Luis Enrique’s Barca on week commencing February 14 for …

Miss Tourism Nigeria Queen, Collete Nwadike has made Nigeria and Africans proud after she emerged the winner of the Exquiste Face Of The Universe 2015/2016. She made history to become first black woman to record the feat and was crowned last night as the new universal queen after edging out over 50 other contestants at the event which held in Sao …

By TEMILADE ENIOLA   The city of Warri in Delta State is witnessing a breath of fresh air as a new radio station berths in the Warri neighborhood beaming signals of genuine transformation of the good old oil city, Delta State and indeed the Niger Delta region. Rize 106.7 FM, the positively different radio station hit the airwaves late October testing …

By DOYIN  YUSUF   Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Yemi Osinbanjo,Rauf Aregbesola, Akinwunmi Ambode among other top dignitaries were present at the coronation of new ooni  Ceremony in Ile Ife. The coronation of new Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, held at the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Monday, December 7, 2015. The 40-year-old reportedly defeated 20 others, including his elder brother, …