The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) says it has not recovered the black box at the crash site of the ill-fated Quorum Helicopter that occurred on Friday in Lagos. The Bureau’s Commissioner, Mr Akin Olateru, made this known at a media briefing in Lagos on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unfortunate accident, which occurred on Friday, involved a Bell Helicopter 206-B III, Serial Number 3216, Engine Model Allison 250–C20B. The Nationality Registration marks 5N-BQW operated by Quorum Aviation. The flight originated in Port Harcourt with Lagos as its intended destination. Olateru explained that the Helicopter type…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed gratitude to leaders and supporters of the party as well as people of Edo North senatorial district of the state for their support during the ward-to-ward campaign in the area.Mr Patrick Obahiagbon, National Vice Chairman, Media and Publicity, APC Edo Governorship Campaign, and Mr John Mayaki, Chairman, Edo APC Media Campaign Council, expressed their gratitude at a news briefing in Benin on Tuesday.Obahiagbon appreciated the brilliant show of love and priceless efforts put in by party leaders and supporters in Edo North to ensure victory for the party in the Sept. 19, governorship…
The Office of Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGF) has mapped out suspected locations of cannabis plantations across the country. Mr Yusuf Aro-Lambo, Principal Surveyor, OSGF, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, when he made presentation at the 2020 Virtual Survey Coordination Conference and Meeting of the Advisory Board on Survey Training, organised by the OSGF. The conference with the theme; “Geospatial Information: Achievement of SDGs and Good Governance“, is aimed at ensuring effective implementation of the survey coordination Act of 1962 and its subsequent amendments to achieve the statutory roles of the OSGF. Aro-Lambo said the OSGF produced the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the plan by the Federal Government to reopen public universities in the country. Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, who made this known during a news conference on Tuesday in Jos, said that the move could be “perilous’’. Abubakar, who declared that ASUU was not in support of the plan, said that reopening of universities would further pose grave danger to students and it would be inimical to the fight against the spread of coronavirus in the country. He said that most public universities lacked the infrastructure…
The Nigeria Air Force is constructing Nigerian Air Force Maintenance Hangar at the force operations command in Bauchi State. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadeeq Abubakar, in his remarks at the commencement of the construction in Baluchi on Tuesday, commended the Bauchi State Government for its regular and unwavering support to the Air Force. He said the contributions of the state government to the air force had, in no small measure, aided the current fight against insurgency in the Northeast and other security challenges affecting the northern region. The air chief said the aircraft maintenance hangar would add…
Senior diplomats from Iran and five major powers gathered in Vienna on Tuesday to discuss their troubled nuclear agreement that has been facing intense pressure from the U.S. Having left the pact in 2018, the U.S. launched a formal bid in August to revive UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The move is being opposed by Britain, Germany, France, Russia and China, which remain loyal to the agreement reached in Vienna in 2015. The deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was aimed at preventing a nuclear-armed Iran. “Now the whole world is watching what the…
A soldier in the Northern county of Gapyeong tested positive for the new coronavirus after an initial negative test in cases traced to the massive infection cluster at a Seoul Church, the defense ministry said on Tuesday. Earlier, five soldiers tested positive for the virus after contact with a civilian worker at a training regiment in Gapyeong, about 55 kilometers Northeast of Seoul, tested positive following a visit to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul. The infected soldier had received a negative result in the initial coronavirus test conducted on nearly 1,500 service personnel on the base. He tested positive,…
A Freeport, Illinois, man who has spent decades performing as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator was arrested on Friday on charges related to producing a child pornography video, according to officials. Authorities also charged George Buss, 63, with patronising a prostitute following a six-month investigation that began in February, according to a police news release. Buss, who police said was arrested at his home, had been scheduled to be part of an annual re-enactment of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate in Freeport on Saturday, according to an event organiser. Tyler Dotson, 22, was charged in the same investigation with two separate counts…
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has called on staff and students of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) to embrace the scheme to get affordable healthcare. Mr AbdulGaniyu Jimoh Onimajesin, the Head, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Zone A Segment, North Central Region, gave the advice on Tuesday while speaking with newsmen at Unilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Zone A Segment of the North-Central Region of the NHIS comprises Kwara, Niger and Kogi states. Onimajesin urged them to take advantage of the scheme while they were still members of university community, adding that they would…
The Presidential Support Committee, South-South zone, has called for tenure elongation of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The South-South Zonal Coordinator of the committee, Dr Alice Okpokpor, who said this in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of an urgent extraordinary meeting of the Directors of PSC in the zone, observed that the extension of the the management committee’s tenure would enable it to achieve its mandate. Okpokpor expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for giving so much attention to the development of the Niger Delta region. She praised the President Buhari…