Share Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer guilty of corporate manslaughter over the incident, in which flight AF447 between Rio de Janeiro and Paris crashed into theContinue Reading
Share By Deborah Coker The Basil Ganagana Campaign Organisation says the rejection of Nicholas Mutu by Bomadi/Patani constituents in the recently-concluded APC House of Representatives primaries was not accidental. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via a telephone interview on Thursday, the Chancellor of the organisation, Chris Anthony,Continue Reading
SharePresident Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026. Professor Aina, who will be 40 in July, is a distinguished academic and systems expert with extensive experienceContinue Reading
ShareThe Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled its pre-World Cup training camp in the capital, Kinshasa, because of an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country. Preparations have been moved to Belgium amid the upsurge, which is thought to have killed more than 130 people. The World Health OrganizationContinue Reading
ShareSaudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Wednesday held its 50th Grand Hajj Symposium in Jeddah with the participation of distinguished group of ministers, scholars, thinkers, researchers, and specialists from across the Islamic world. The symposium comes as an extension of the support provided by the Saudi government in servingContinue Reading
Share Senator Victor Umeh has recounted how he first met Peter Obi in the early 2000s when Obi was preparing to contest for the governorship of Anambra State. Speaking during an interview on one of the TV in the country and monitored by our correspondent, Umeh explained that a mutualContinue Reading
ShareSouthampton’s appeal against being thrown out of the Championship play-off final for spying has been rejected. The match will now go ahead on Saturday between Hull City and Middlesbrough (15:30 BST kick-off), with a place in the Premier League on the line. An EFL independent disciplinary commission on Tuesday evening expelledContinue Reading
ShareKatsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has urged all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) contesting elective positions to commence house-to-house campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections. The governor gave the directive while receiving a high-powered delegation led by Barrister Abba Dahiru Mangal, an APC House ofContinue Reading
ShareJustice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, adjourned further hearing in the alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others till June 25, 2026.Continue Reading
ShareThe Dangote Cement Plc has inaugurated three multi-million-Naira empowerment programmes for farmers, women and youths in its six host communities in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue. The company, in a statement on Wednesday, announced the new round of support aimed at helping beneficiaries expand their businesses, improve agricultural productivityContinue Reading