A 10-seater aircraft with number N364 UZ, owned by Shoreline International company, crashed on a farm at Barakallahu, close to the National Open University Kaduna, about 4km North of Kaduna Metropolis around 12 noon yesterday killing the crew of two.

DESPITE the suit instituted against the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, by the Osun State Government, outgoing Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, in less than four days to the expiration of his tenure, has revoked the law that recognises the joint ownership of the institution.

President Goodluck Jonathan says he will not subscribe to calls to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, established in 1973 to foster national unity.

CONFUSION reigned over casualties in a fire explosion caused by vandals suspected to be scooping petroleum product from a vandalized Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation pipeline at Eko-Ovwore , Amukpe community in Delta state, in the early hours of Tuesday.

Rev Fr. Mathew Kukah, a member of the Judicial Commission for the Investigation of Human Rights Violations, popularly called Oputa panel, on Monday said he was worried about the non-implementation of the final report of the commission.

Kano State Zoological Garden is threatened by gross under funding, an official said.

The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) is taking its campaign to tackle high-level corruption, badly-negotiated contracts and the fight against ‘Vulture Funds’ to Southern Africa.

Vice President Namadi Sambo on Monday arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the second Africa-India Forum Summit.

The Cross River Government plans to plant five million trees to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day, says Mr Edward Gekpe, the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Environment.

Segun Oguntade, Secretary, Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), has commended the turnout of participants in the National Open Championships which began in Lagos on Monday.