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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...

Millions of Nigerians were left stranded and frustrated on Friday when Automated Teller Machines in most banks across the country dispensed less cash in some cases and failed to dispense cash in some other instances.

The N Sethia Foundation, with kind sponsorship by Newby Teas of London, has announced that Guinness World Records has named the ‘Egoist’ teapot, designed by Mr Nirmal Sethia, as the world’s most valuable.

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.

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...

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

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.

By NAIJ.COM Over 4,700 people were left homeless, naked and hungry in Otodo Gbame community, Lagos, after their houses were demolished by the Lagos state government.

Australia is surveying the devastation wrought by Cyclone Debbie, which has flooded vast tracts "almost the size of Texas" and left at least three dead.

In Uganda, according to the custom of the Banyankole community tribe, the aunt of the bride must have sex with the groom as a "potency test", and furthermore, has to test the bride's virginity, when the couple wants to get married. Some traditions assert that the husband would first have sex with the aunt before proceeding to have it with the bride. Another says that the duty of the aunt was to prove the potency of the groom by just watching the sexual intercourse between the bridegroom and her niece. credit: Black And Proud Thank you for reading. Kindly share also.