A British couple who had just gotten married miraculously escaped a plane crashed without an injury while they were on honeymoon. Newlyweds Jason Fox, 30, and Sally, 26, were on a volcano sightseeing trip when their aircraft’s engine failed and they were sent…
Read MoreMonth: October 2018
93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN MARRIES HER 86-YEAR-OLD LOVER IN US
A 93-year-old woman, Dorothy Williams is in love again after she married Richard Rola, an 86-year-old man, two decades after she lost her first husband. Williams, who is from Michigan, U.S., believed she wouldn’t fall in love again after the…
Read MoreGUNMEN KIDNAP 5 CORPS MEMBERS ON WAY TO CAMP
Gunmen have kidnapped five members of the National Youth Service Corps,NYSC who were travelling to their orientation camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Two other passengers on the bus conveying the corps members were also kidnapped. The fresh…
Read More2019: 70 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GUNNING FOR PRESIDENCY, AS INEC PUBLISHES PARTICULARS OF PARTIES’ CANDIDATES
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the forms and particulars of political parties’ candidates submitted for 2019 general elections at its offices across the federation, for the purpose of claims and objections. The lists were displayed outside…
Read MoreKOGI GOVT. DONATES RELIEF ITEMS TO FLOOD VICTIMS
The Kogi Government on Thursday donated foodstuffs and other relief items to victims of flood disaster at Itobe, in Ofu Local Government Area. Mrs. Dorcas Enehe, Director, Climate Change, at the environment ministry, handed over the items to leaders of…
Read MoreAIR PEACE LAGOS-OWERRI FLIGHT RETURNS TO BASE
Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has disclosed that its Lagos-Owerri Flight 7252 returned to base shortly after take off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Thursday due to a change in cabin pressure. Mr Chris Iwarah, Corporate Communications Manager, Air…
Read More2018 WAUG: UNIPORT EXPRESSES WORRY OVER ‘POOR’ FUNDING
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has expressed worry over delay in release of funds for the hosting of the 14th edition of West Africa Universities Games Association (WAUG). Prof. Regina Ogali, Chairman of WAUG 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC),…
Read MoreEKITI ELECTION TRIBUNAL: WITNESS DISOWNS PETITIONER’S EXHIBIT
A witness to the petitioners at the Ekiti Election Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday disowned an exhibit tendered and urged the tribunal not to use it. The petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate in the Ekiti…
Read MoreFBI INVESTIGATES PIPE BOMBS MAILED TO OBAMA, CLINTON, OTHERS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says suspicious packages received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. FBI said the suspicious packages…
Read MoreRANGERS DEFEAT KANO PILLARS TO LIFT AITEO CUP
Some former players of Rangers International football club of Enugu have applauded their victory over Kano Pillars in the finals of 2018 Aiteo Cup in Asaba on Wednesday. The veterans and other supporters of the Flying Antelopes who spoke to…
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