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JUST IN: Nepal plane with 22 onboard goes missing
A plane with 22 people on board has gone missing in Nepal’s mountains, according to officials. The small plane operated by a private airline in the South Asian country disappeared on Sunday morning. It had been on a 15-minute scheduled flight from the tourist town of Pokhara to the mountain town of Jomsom, and lost contact
Benue 2023: Suspended Catholic priest emerges APC guber flag bearer
*Floors Gemade, Aondoakaa, Lawani six others Cephas Iorhemen, Makurdi A Catholic Priest in Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia at the weekend emerged gubernatorial flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Rev. Fr. Alia beat former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator
Ukraine Conflict: Russia won’t use nuclear weapons, says ambassador
Russia’s ambassador in Britain has told the BBC he does not believe his country will use tactical nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine. Andrei Kelin said that according to Russian military rules, such weapons are not used in conflicts like this one. Russia has very strict provision for their use, he said, mainly
US School Shooting: Harris calls for assault weapons ban
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has made an impassioned plea for a ban on assault weapons in the wake of two deadly mass shootings in the US. Ms Harris was attending the funeral of Ruth Whitfield, 86, killed in a supermarket in Buffalo on May 14, reports the BBC. That shooting came just 10 days
Wike mourns victims of P’Harcourt Polo Club stampede
Emmanuel Masha, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has mourned the victims of the stampede that occurred at the Polo Club, Port Harcourt, expressing grief over the loss of lives in the unfortunate incident. Wike, who spoke in a statement through his special assistant on media, Kelvin Ebiri, said he was
Liverpool will ‘come again’ after anticlimactic end to stellar season
A season that will live in the memory for Liverpool fans ended on a night that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons as Jurgen Klopp’s men were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid in Paris. The result rubbed salt into the wounds of thousands of supporters who were locked out of the Stade
‘I can’t do much more’ to win Ballon d’Or – Benzema
Karim Benzema admitted he had done all he could with Real Madrid this season to make himself favourite for the Ballon d’Or after helping the Spanish giants beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris. Benzema did not score in the final at the Stade de France as Vinicius Junior netted the
UEFA blames Champions League final delay on ‘fake tickets’
The Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris kicked off over half an hour later than scheduled having been delayed due to “fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles” UEFA said on Saturday. The match was supposed to kick off at 21:00 (1900 GMT) at the Stade de
It’s time to descend heavily on barbaric killing, says Soyinka
Nobel Laurent, Prof Wole Soyinka, has decried the recent level of criminality in the country, stating that the government should move beyond pious denunciations to descend heavily on perpetrators with the full weight of the law. In a press statement issued yesterday, Soyinka deplored the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto and the killing
Aliero to dump APC for PDP
After withdrawing from contesting Kebbi Centeral Senatorial seat under APC, the former Kebbi State Governor Senator Adamu Muhammad Aliero has finally concluded arrangements to defect from APC to PDP. He made this declaration on Saturday while holding a meeting with his political supporters and some PDP stakeholders which was held at Safar Hotel Birnin
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