Plane with 62 on board crashes in Sao Paulo, Brazil
A commercial plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew members crashed Friday in a residential area in Brazil’s state of Sao Paulo, according to local reports. The light ATR-72-500 aircraft…
Three years after it was constructed with ₦51.99b, Kano-Maiduguri Highway splits into two
Social media pictures and videos showed road users walking in the pool of flood to get to the other side of the road A section of Nigeria’s Kano-Maiduguri road in…
Swedish ambassador expelled from Mali over ‘hostile’ comment
Sweden had decided in June to close its embassy in Mali’s capital Bamako by the end of the year Reuters Sweden’s ambassador to Bamako, Kristina Kuhnel, has been ordered to…
Dangote purchasing Nigerian crude from international traders at $3-$4Million per cargo
This is according to a Friday statement Bella Ifasola Dangote Petroleum Refinery purchases Nigerian crude from international traders at a premium of $3 to $4 per barrel, translating to an…
One cop killed, another injured as gunmen attack Nigeria police checkpoint with explosives in Anambra
Police say manhunt operation launched Martins Owoseni A police officer has been killed and another injured during a suspected gunmen attack at a checkpoint on Nnewi-Oba Road in the Idemili…
Nigeria police arrest woman in Taraba State for cutting off step-grandson’s lips with hot knife
Matthew Onocheta Police have arrested a woman for allegedly burning her step-grandson’s lip with a hot knife in Taraba State, North-Central Nigeria. The incident occurred in the Wukari Local Government…
Armed herdsmen, terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria storm community in Benue State, kill at least 30
The attack happened late night on Thursday Sodiq Rabiu BENUE, Nigeria ‐ At least 30 persons were reportedly killed in a late night attack by terrorists locally dubbed as bandits,…
Terrorists raid community in Nigeria’s Katsina State, kidnap 11
Olayomi Koiki At least eleven persons were reportedly kidnapped by terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits, who stormed Tsiga town in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina, North-West Nigeria. The…
Accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway claims three lives
No fewer than three passengers were confirmed dead late Thursday following a multi-vehicle crash on the Kara section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. An unidentified truck driver transporting sugar, lost control…
Brazil and Nicaragua expel ambassadors in leftist run-in
Reuters Brazil and Nicaragua expelled each other’s ambassadors on Thursday in a tit-for-tat retaliation as relations deteriorated between two formerly allied leftist governments. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…