Minister orders probe of Aero Airline’s use of ladder in evacuating passengers

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has ordered an immediate probe into the use of a ladder by Aero Contractors Airlines in evacuating passengers from its aircraft at the conclusion of a chartered flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, to Bauchi,on Saturday.

Petrol may sell for less than N87 per litre – NNPC

Following the new template that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is working out with the the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, may sell for less thant N87 per litre next year.

Army donates food items, gifts to widows, wives of officers on battlefield

The 81 Division, Nigerian Army, says it has donated various food items and gifts to wives of the officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

Jonathan: The Making of an African Legend

When Vince Lombardi (June11, 1013 – September 3, 1970) said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand,” he probably had in minds the likes of former Nigeria’s president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Gunmen abduct Dickson’s younger sister

Gunmen have abducted a 26-year-old younger sister of Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Nancy Dickson, and her sales girl in Bayelsa State.

Teen died shielding three girls from gunfire in US shooting

A US high school footballer has been hailed a hero after he died shielding three girls from gunfire during a shooting spree in Tennessee

John Terry rejects "rumours of player power" at Chelsea

Chelsea captain John Terry has used today's programme notes to deny rumours that dressing-room unrest led to the departure of manager Jose Mourinho. 

66 soldiers on death row saved

For the 66 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, the good news is that they will no longer face the firing squad.

Diezani plots to relocate from UK

Embattled ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke,  is on the verge of leaving her present abode in the United Kingdom for the Commonwealth of Dominica  where she has reportedly  acquired the citizenship.

Obama names Nigerian into human trafficking council

United States President Barack Obama has named a Nigerian-American journalist and Anti-human Trafficking advocate, Bukola Love Oriola, as a member of the US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.