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The Oriade Local Council Development Area (OLCDA) task force on illegal truck parking on roads today policed the roads to ensure a no-win situation against law breaking trucks.

Ethiopian Airlines A350 get water salute as the first aircraft to land on the newly rehabilitated Abuja International Airport  The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is now open for operations and has been certified to accommodate international and local flights. This is according to the Minister of State for aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, who told journalists at the airport in the nation’s capital that the rehabilitation of the runway is 100 percent complete. The minister landed at the airport at about 11.15am on board a Caverton helicopter from Kaduna, coming a day to the date scheduled for the reopening. Minister of state for Aviation,  Mr Hadi Sirika (dark brown caftan)  speaking to other officials and reporters. was the first to land on the runway to test it.  The Federal Government had on Monday said the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja, is 100 per cent complete and set for reopening to airlines on Wednesday, April 19...

A 41-year-old man, Oladapo Ajiniran, was on Wednesday docked at an Ikeja Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping his neighbor.

A fatal accident occurred Saturday morning in Makurdi, the Benue State capital and claimed two lives, while one person was critically injured.

Nigerian Islamic extremist, Michael Adebowale, who is currently in jail for mudering British soldier, Lee Rigley in 2013 is reportedly making a bid to serve out the rest of his sentence in a Nigerian jail. Michael Adebowale and his accomplice Michael Adebolajo ran down the solider, a father-of-one, with a car before launching a brutal machete attack on him near his barracks in Woolwich, South East London. The former was given 45 years in jail for his part in the bloody attack. The 37-year-old is currently holed in HMP Wakefield, otherwise known as Monster Mansion, but he wants to return to his parent’s native land. According to The Sun, Adebowale has even written to immigration experts asking for their advice. A source told the paper: ‘Michael hates Wakefield. It’s stuffed full of lags who see him as a top target. ‘He thinks he can spend the rest of his sentence in Africa.’ It was also reported that Adebowale plans to seek a prisoner-swap deal to Lagos’ Kirikiri jail.Thank you for re...

By Afeez Hanafi Residents of New London, in the Baruwa area of Ipaja-Ayobo, Lagos State, say Ikeja Electric has frustrated their efforts to improve power supply to the community.  They lamented that the company refused to connect and energize a 500KVA transformer bought by the community since November 2015, causing persistent blackout in the neighborhood.

                   Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records. When he was a teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid. Mr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity . "There's only one thing - it's the man above [God]. He's got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me," he said. Mr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.   Fredie Blom's identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904 Al...

By Gyang Bere, Jos A former member of the House of Representatives in the Eighth National Assembly, Dr. Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, recently constructed and furnished a 14-bed clinic for residents of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that the clinic, located in the centre of Jos, would serve the health needs of the less privileged in society. The Yahaya Kwande Community Clinic has female and male wards, children and delivery units and a consulting room for doctors and nurses where emergency cases would be attended to. Dr. Suleiman commenced the construction of the clinic as part of his constituency projects during the Eighth Assembly but couldn’t finish it before he left the House of Representatives in 2019. He completed, furnished and handed over the facility to the community on Monday, August 24. The former lawmaker, who lost the APC primary in 2019 to return to the House of Representatives for the third time, insisted on completing the project in fulfilment...

"The man just stopped his vehicle, opened the door and stated urination. He kept everyone on a standstill until he finished" the commuter expressed.

By Austin Oyibode Mungo Park House in Asaba is an example of buildings constructed with solid materials. It was built in 1886 by the Europeans who colonized Nigeria.