Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

A small aircraft carrying oil workers crashed in South Sudan’s Unity State, killing 20 people on Wednesday, a state official has confirmed. The plane went down at the Unity oilfield airport while en route to the capital, Juba, according to Unity State’s Information Minister, Gatwech Bipal. Bipal stated that the passengers were employees of the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC), a consortium that includes China National Petroleum Corporation and state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation. Among the casualties were two Chinese nationals and one Indian. Initially, media reports placed the death toll at 18, but Bipal later confirmed that two survivors had…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, neutralised five suspected kidnappers operating on the Lagos-Ibadan highway. Disclosing the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSP Omolola Odutola, said the hoodlums were engaged in their hideout while the Police engaged them. Odutola said the Area Commander, Sagamu, last Saturday, received a distress call from commuters travelling on the Sagamu -Ijebu Ode highway, that there was an armed robbery attack, near Ilishan Remo, area of the State. The PPRO said a crack team of officers was immediately deployed to the scene of the incident,…

At least 30 people in India were trampled to death, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and barrelled into bystanders during a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering on Wednesday. Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj. As pilgrims rushed to participate in a sacred day of ritual bathing, people sleeping and sitting on the ground near the rivers told AFP they were trampled by huge swells…

Former England International, Rio Ferdinand has urged Manchester United to sign Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen to bail the team out of its goalscoring problems. Himself being a Manchester United legend, Ferdinand posited that the on-loan Super Eagles player would be a perfect mentor for struggling forwards, Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee, and help end the goal drought that has plagued the team this term. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ferdinand pinpointed the 2023 CAF African Footballer of The Year as the perfect candidate to not only score goals for United but also guide Hojlund, who has struggled to make an…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended admissions for the Law programme in Kwara State University (KWASU) and seven other universities. JAMB Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin stated this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the decision was taken over the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session at the universities. The affected universities include; He said the suspension of the Law programme at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, will last for two academic sessions: specifically, the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 sessions. “As a…

As Chinese AI application, DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security. DeepSeek’s introduction in the U.S. on Monday saw it quickly become the most downloaded free application in the country on Apple’s app store. The rollout also rocked Wall Street as investors struggled to compute the sudden appearance of a low-cost, open-source generative AI tool able to compete with leading artificial intelligence apps such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Shares of Nvidia, the U.S. manufacturer of advanced chips engineered for AI development,…

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has announced the suspension of operations by Max Air, with effect from midnight, 31st January, 2025. This suspension comes on the heels of the incident involving the airline’s aircraft with registration marks 5N-MBD, which suffered a tyre burst on landing at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Tuesday, 28th, January 2025 at about 2251 hours. Announcing the development, Michael Achimugu, Director, Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, NCAA stated that statutorily, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has initiated investigation into the occurrence. The NCAA director said during this three-month…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a Lagos-based hotelier for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old secondary school student and four others in his hotel. Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2 Command, Lagos, AIG Adegoke Fayoade said police took the man into custody after the boy confessed to his mother that the hotel owner molested him at his hotel located at Bucknor in the Isheri Oshun area of the state. Fayoade said the hotelier has been detained for the alleged sexual assault on male students in his hotel after the parents of the boy reported the case to the…

In an heart-rending circumstances, 11 members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on Saturday, reports have revealed. Eyewitnesses stated that the fire broke out around 11 a.m., when the tanker lost control while descending a hilly section of the road, crashing into vehicles ahead before spilling its contents and igniting a massive explosion. Narrating the tragic incident on Tuesday, the brother of the deceased Ebonyi 11 family victims, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwaji, told…

The three military-led West African nations – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso – have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The regional bloc disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. This brings to an end a year-long attempt by ECOWAS to convince the countries to reconsider leaving the bloc. In the Wednesday statement, ECOWAS said though the withdrawal of the three countries became effective today, its decision to keep its doors open was in the spirit of regional solidarity and in the interest of the people. However, in the spirit of…