PAKISTAN SCHOOL ROOF COLLAPSE KILLS TEACHER, 27 CHILDREN (PHOTOS)
Agency report Twenty-seven pupils and a teacher were killed on Thursday after a roof collapsed at a school in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, a hospital official...
MARADONA’S FAMILY DIVIDED OVER JAIL TERMS FOR MEDICAL TEAM
Agency report Diego Maradona’s family on Wednesday called for prison sentences for members of his medical team over what two of his daughters described as...
NSIB, NAVY DIVERS CONTINUE UNDERWATER SEARCH FOR CRASHED NAF AIRCRAFT IN ONDO (PHOTOS)
By 'Sefiu Ajape The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau and the Nigerian Navy have continued round-the-clock underwater search and recovery operations at the site of the...
POPE LEO XIV’S BROTHER REPORTEDLY RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR BLOOD CANCER
Agency Report A brother of Pope Leo XIV is reportedly receiving treatment for blood cancer, according to a report, amid separate reports concerning the pontiff’s...
STAKEHOLDERS URGE FG TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES AS NIGERIA MARKS 10 YEARS WITHOUT EXECUTION
By Aishat Momoh. O. Stakeholders in Nigeria’s justice sector and representatives of foreign missions have called for a moratorium on executions and the commutation of...
NAF RECOVERS MORE COMPONENTS FROM CRASHED AIRCRAFT AS EDO GOVERNOR MOURNS PILOT
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Air Force has recovered additional components from its ATR 42-500 aircraft that crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, as...
COURT JAILS WOMAN TWO YEARS FOR PROCURING 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced a 37-year-old woman, Fatima Sanda, to two years’ imprisonment for procuring...
KWARA POLICE ARREST FOUR OVER ALLEGED GRAVE EXHUMATION, POSSESSION OF HUMAN PARTS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate cases involving the alleged exhumation of graves...
FG APPROVES NEW EASTERN-WESTERN POWER GRID TO TACKLE RECURRING NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Government has approved plans to develop new eastern and western electricity grids as part of efforts to address Nigeria’s...
KEBBI POLICE SECURE CONVICTION OF 19 FOR TERRORISM, ILLEGAL ARMS, CABLE VANDALISM
The Kebbi State Police Command has secured the conviction of 19 persons for terrorism, illegal possession of firearms and vandalism of critical national infrastructure following...