Three die as light aircrafts collide in Australia
Two light aircraft collided near Australia’s largest city, Sydney, killing three people on Saturday, local police said. Australian police, fire and ambulance crews reached the two wreckage sites, located in a semirural bushland area about 88km southwest of Sydney, on foot, confirming that one plane had burst into flames on impact. Timothy Calman, the new […]
Tinubu hails victory of new Commonwealth secretary-General, Botchwey
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on her election as the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Edum news reports that leaders from 56 Commonwealth nations meeting in Apia, Samoa, on Friday, elected Botchwey, a respected 61-year-old former lawmaker as the 7th Secretary-General of the international body. Botchwey, who […]
AFCON qualifiers: CAF vindicates Super Eagles, fines Libya $50,000
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded three points, and three goals to Nigeria for the abandoned game against Libya. Caf in its ruling on Saturday, signed by the chairman, Ousmane Kane, found the Libya Football Federation to have breached Article 31 of the Africa Cup of Nations Regulations and Articles 82 and 151 […]
Kano disburses N28.4m to fire disaster victims
Governor Abba-Yusuf of Kano state has disclosed the cash distribution of N28.4 million to 62 victims of fire disaster in the state on Friday. The governor, represented by Hajiya Abdullahi, the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said the gesture was part of the state government’s intervention to bring succour to the affected victims. […]
Constant grid collapse affecting DISCOs’ operations – JEDC
The Head of Corporate Communications, at Jos Electricity Distribution Company, Dr Elijah Adakole, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said that the reoccurring national power grid collapse affects Distribution Companies’ revenue generation. Adakole, said this on Saturday in Jos while stating that most of JElDC’s customers were on the company’s pre-paid metering […]