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All early flights to Nnamdi Aziiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, have been cancelled over overshooting of the runway by a chartered aircraft. A Gulfstream aircraft belonging to Skybird Airline with the registration number…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the Air Transport Data for the first and second quarters of 2018. The report shows that a total of 7,503,408 passengers passed through Nigerian airports in the first half of 2018…

MTN Communications Limited, could as a last resort reach out to the South African government to explore diplomatic ties, in a bid to resolve its issues with the Nigerian government. South Africa’s Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga …

AlphaBeta Consulting LLP has reacted to an allegation of money laundering levelled against the company and its Managing Director, Mr. Akin Doherty by Mr. Dapo Apara, an ex-staff of the company. In a swift response to the allegation,…

A novelist who wrote a book titled How To Murder Your Husband has been charged with murder of her husband. Nancy Crampton-Brophy allegedly shot her husband of 27 years, Daniel, 63, dead in June. She was arrested on suspicion of…

A new mother who can’t get over the excitement of welcoming her baby girl, took to Facebook to recount how she lost 19 babies before her baby’s arrival. Sandra Harrison who even tried herbalists after she felt doctors failed her, was…

American rapper, Bow Wow, has an advice for youths still doing drugs as he recounted how he almost died of codeine addiction. According to Bow Wow, his sad story with codeine began after he worked on the ‘Face Off’ album with…

And just after Big Brother Naija star, Nina, was trolled on by social media influencer, Tunde Ednut,she has been further dragged by cross dresser, Bobrisky. Tunde Ednut had written;  2018… Who still dey snap picture holding car key?…

The Portuguese hotel group, Pestana, announced on Wednesday that they will open a new hotel in Paris with Cristiano Ronaldo’s name, Pestana CR7 Hotel, in which they have invested €60 million. The hotel is set to potentially open in 2021.…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi; and Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, have embarked on a last-minute move to save Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, from an impending loss of the state All Progressives…

International oil benchmark, Brent crude, extended its gains on Wednesday, trading near a two-month high as shrinking oil inventories pointed to an increasingly tight global market. The upturn in oil prices come as the United States’…

Apple has just become the first company to be valued at $1 trillion, which is triumphant or depressing depending on how you look at it. The company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976, and went…

The trial of alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, took a new twist yesterday after the suspect denied ever making any statement to the police confessing to be a serial kidnapper. At the resumed…

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) yesterday reacted on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) opposition to its activities, saying the association has no legal backing to protect the interests of…

Liberian President George Weah has rewarded the Super Eagles with a cash gift of $2,000-a-man for honouring his invitation for a friendly game to retire his No 14 jersey. It was gathered that 1995 World Footballer of the Year Weah…

No aspirant has been adopted for Lagos State governor, All Progressives Congress (APC) elders said yesterday. The Chairman of the  Elders’ Forum, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,…

MTN Nigeria is steadily, but unconsciously, erecting for itself a notorious reputation for romancing with controversy. It might be a leader in the telecoms sector today (in terms of subscriber base), but since berthing in Nigeria’s…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Rivers, Tonye Cole, said he would unseat the present government in the state in 2019.Mr Cole, who is aspiring to succeed Governor Nyesom Wike, if given the ticket of his party, said that…

US President Donald Trump reportedly mocked Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and referred to him as a “f***ing killer”, according to investigative journalist Bob Woodward. In an excerpt from Woodward’s recently released book,…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu yesterday said whistleblowing has led to the recovery of N527, 463, 500, $53, 222, 747, £122, 890 and €547,730. He said the EFCC will continue to…

A group, Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard has urged for calm over the impasse on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s quest for second term. In a statement yesterday, the Co-ordinator of the group, Mr Seyi Bamigbade, said the political issues in…

Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) Imohimi Edgal has ordered the arrest of Inspector Emmanuel Egba, who was seen with a bottle of beer. The police boss also ordered that the incident be investigated to ascertain its veracity.…

As the submission of completed expression of interest and nomination forms for aspirants seeking the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) closed wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari was the only presidential aspirant who…

Against the background that there is no fresh recruitment in the already over-bloated civil service—at both federal and states—where salaries are no longer guaranteed and at a period most of the private companies are downsizing as a…