By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Sunday confirmed that one of its aircraft, a Beechcraft KingAir B350i (NAF 201), crashed while returning to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja after reporting engine failure enroute Minna. It was scheduled to conduct surveillance missions over Niger State and its environs in connection with the concerted efforts to secure the release of the students/staff abducted from the Government Science College Kagara, Niger State. A statement by the NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola said the Chief of the...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE, said digital transformation is the next generation for the transportation industry in Nigeria. Abdullahi stated this yesterday when he received the DG/CEO of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Dr. Bayero Salih Farah, and his team on a courtesy visit to NITDA Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. He said it is critical to align transportation with the global digital transformation, adding that the emerging technology creates avenues for digital...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Mrs Amina Mohammed pledged the support of the global body to the country’s digital economy sector while urging the federal government to invest in technology. This was contained in a statement by Uwa Suleiman, Spokesperson to the minister. Mrs Amina Muhammed, was speaking during a courtesy call on the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in his office today Monday, February 22, 2021. She noted that “Technology is the lifeline of all other sectors from education to medical...

...says media is indispensable By Okosun Dennis   The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Command, Olusegun Ogungbemide has said that the establishment of FRSC as an elite corps 33 years ago has significantly imparted on mitigating carnages and crashes on Nigerian roads. While given his scorecard on Friday during a courtesy visit by the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) led by its President, Mr. Samson Oki and other Executive members said "we have grown to become a brand in the last 33 years...

By Okosun Dennis   As Nigerians mourn the death of seven gallant Nigerian Airforce officers that died in Sunday plane crash, names of the victims have been released by the Airforce authorities. The officers include: Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain); Flight Lieutenant Henry Piyo (Co-Pilot); Flying Officer Micheal Okpara (Airborne Tactical Observation System (ATOS) Specialist); Warrant Officer Bassey Etim (ATOS Specialist); Flight Sergeant Olasunkanmi Olawunmi (ATOS Specialist) Sergeant Ugochukwu Oluka (ATOS Specialist) and Aircraftman Adewale Johnson (Onboard Technician). Air Vice Marshal. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI) Air...

By Okosun Dennis   What would have been another black Sunday was avoided as men of the Fire Brigade fought relentlessly to extinguish huge fire that engulfed a filling station at Aguleri in Anambra State as a truck loaded with DPK (kerosene) went up in flames. However, no casualty was recorded. The Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Command, CSP Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the incident on Sunday said on February 21, 2021 about 3pm, there was a fire outbreak at Daymaker Filling Station, Aguleri roundabout in Anambra East Local...

By Okosun Dennis   Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force attached to Satellite and Aguda Divisions of the State Command have arrested two suspected traffic robbers each at different locations within Lagos metropolis. The Satellite Division arrested two suspected traffic armed robbers along Agboju/Alakija on Lagos/Badagry Expressway on February 19, 2021 at 1035pm. The two suspects identified as  Solomon Ayuba, 26, and Manase David, 20, were caught in the act by the police when they were attacking unsuspecting commuters in the area, while other members of the gang took to...

Former Commissioner of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Kenny Okolugbo, has dragged police officers of Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution and Compensation for Victims of SARS-Related Abuses for allegedly orchestrating his arraignment in July 2020. He also accused some online media outlets of conniving with one ASP Sunday Nwauzor and Zebedee Arekhandia of the Legal Department, to publish false information about the case. The complainant in that charge was his former tenant, Emmanuel Okaka, who had...

By Okosun Dennis   The nation was thrown into mourning on Sunday as a Nigerian Air Force plane crashed close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja killing seven on board. The Director of Public Relations and Information  (DOPRI), Air Vice Marshall Ibikunle Daramola who confirmed the crash in his twitter handle on Sunday afternoon said "this is to confirm that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure enroute Minna. "First responders are at the scene....

By Okosun Dennis   A fake soldier arrested by the Lagos State Mobile Court over the weekend has been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by the operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) for assault and impersonation. Magistrate Oyebimbola Israel Adelakun, who presided over the matter, sentenced the accused, Kabiru Mohammed, 25, to six weeks in jail with N40,000 as an option of fine after he had pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of assault, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and...