Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The Federal Government, through Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has started the payment of N50,000 monthly stipends to 10,000 indigenous youths from the Niger Delta under its Youths Internship Scheme. The Director of Corporate Affairs at the NDDC, Mrs Seledi-Thompson-Wakama, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Thursday. She explained that the beneficiaries would undergo practical, hands-on training across the various organisations for 12 months to develop critical skills. During the inauguration of the scheme on July 31, 2024, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the Federal Government’s approval of a N50,000 monthly stipend for the trainees.…

About 30 bodies have been removed from the wreckage caused by a mid-air crash between a passenger plane and a helicopter in Washington. The American Airlines regional jetliner was carrying 60 passengers and four crew when it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, plunging the aircraft into the Potomac River, Press TV reported. Washington, DC Fire and EMS Chief, John Donnelly said at a press conference on Thursday that a huge rescue operation had been launched, but no survivors are expected from the crash. He said first responders worked throughout the night to…

Popular comic actor and host, Ayo Ajewole, widely known as Woli Agba, has announced the arrival of his newborn child. Sharing the joyful news on Instagram on Wednesday, Woli Agba posted a touching image of the baby’s hand, expressing gratitude to God for the blessing. He described the new addition to his family as “a blessing that is impossible to overlook.” Fans and well-wishers have since flooded his comment section with congratulatory messages. “A Blessing that cannot be hidden. Thank you Jesus for a glorious addition to the family. A bundle of Prophetic Blessing to my family,” he wrote. Here…

A porn star has plunged to her death from a Brazilian hotel balcony after she invited two men to take part in a filmed threesome. Brazilian adult content creator, Anna Beatriz Pereira Alves, known online as Anna Polly, was found lifeless in a courtyard at an aparthotel in Nova Iguacu, roughly 25 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro. The OnlyFans model, whom local media reports was 23, is believed to have fallen as she was filming X-rated scenes with the two men for the adult content site. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances of Alves’ death. Reports…

In a show of appreciation, the Federal Government on Thursday donated N30 million to the family of the designer of Nigeria’s national flag, late Taiwo Akinkunmi. The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, along with the Oyo State Director of the agency, Olukemi Afolayan presented the donation to the family at his residence in Elebu, Ibadan, on Thursday. Issa-Onilu clarified that the N30 million donation was not intended to compensate for the late Akinkunmi’s services but to support his family in recognition of his monumental contributions to Nigeria. “I am aware, even though I wasn’t appointed…

Fresh from being granted a N10 million bail over a case of alleged cybercrimes, former presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) and activist, Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday spotted among protesters at the front of the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the placards they were bearing, the protesters were demanding for the exit of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun. NEW DAILY PRIME reports that Justice Musa Suleiman Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted Sowore bail in the amount of N10 million with one surety of the same amount. The publisher of…

Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Meta, formerly called Facebook and X has agreed to pay $25 million in settlement of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump challenging the suspension of his (Trump) Facebook and X accounts. Meta and X (then called Twitter) both banned Trump from both platforms following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Protesters had turned out in support of Trump at the US Capitol, to overturn former President Joe Biden’s victory in the elections. Meta banned him for at least two years, citing his posts as a catalyst for violence and a threat to public safety.…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed five people in the Ajegunle-powerline community, Akure North LGA of Ondo State. According to an eyewitness and a member of the community, Akin Olowolafe, the suspected herders attacked a farm in the community with guns. Olowolafe identified the victims of the attack as farm labourers hired from Plateau and Kaduna states, saying, “The incident happened around 3pm on Tuesday. They shot sporadically, killing five of our workers. This is how they usually come to disturb and destroy our crops. “On several occasions, we’ve reported them to the state government and even to security…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of at least 18 persons in an air accident in Washington DC, United States.President Tinubu, in a statement on Thursday, said he is deeply saddened by the incident which occurred in Washington D.C. Intel Region that a tragic mid-air collision that occurred near Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines commercial jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, left 67 people unaccounted for. The American Eagle Flight 5342, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, was approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night when it collided with the…

A man has killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded what he considered to be inappropriate videos on the social media app, TikTok in Pakistan. Local police chief, Babar Baloch, said on Thursday that the man, said to be in his 50s, recently brought his family back from the U.S. to settle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, Baloch said the now-detained man confessed to having shot his daughter earlier this week after she refused to dress more modestly and stop uploading what the family considered to be “indecent” videos on TikTok, Police are treating the incident as a…