Abeokuta – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was depressed ,Thursday, immediately he received the rumoured news that his son, Gbenga, was  among the victims who died when the Akure-bound Chattered Associated Airline crashed in Lagos. Obasanjo, clad in a white flowing agbada with blue cap, was a guest at a leadership training programme held at Olusegun […]

Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike says there is no cause to panic over next weekend’s 2014 FIFA World Cup playoffs first leg match against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia at the Addis Ababa National Stadium.

Recently, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, claimed to know the source of the plane owned by the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. It is now running into weeks and he is yet to tell how the Pastor got his plane.The annoyed Pastor has threatened to sue.

World football governing body FIFA on Thursday appointed Walter Gagg from Switzerland as observer for the Oct. 13 Brazil 2014 Playoff fixture between Ethiopia and Nigeria.

The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, Thursday, assured the public that investigation into the cause of crash of the Associated Airline plane conveying the remains of former Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu for burial in Akure will be thorough.

Akure, the Ondo State capital, was thrown into confusion, Thursday, as news of the crash of the plane conveying the corpse of a former governor of the state, Olusegun Agagu, filtered into town.

A team of engineers at the University of Ilorin has produced a prototype biometric machine that will adequately recognise physical features of black people, the team leader, Prof. Tunji Ibiyemi said.

The Federal government has postponed the planned Nigeria-Russia Business Forum following an attack on the country’s embassy office in Moscow by some ex-Niger Delta militants.

The Ondo State Government has described the crash of the plane bearing the corpse of former Gov. Olusegun Agagu as it was taking off from Lagos, as shocking.

Death toll from the Lagos plane that crashed on Thursday morning has risen to thirteen  official said.

LAGOS(AFP) – Nine bodies have been recovered  so far from the  charter plane which crashed  shortly after takeoff in Lagos on Thursday, and six survivors confirmed. The plane was said ti have crashed landed shortly after it suffered an engine failure near an airport fuel depot and killing at least nine people, officials said. The Associated […]

The Gambian government announced Wednesday that the former British colony is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, saying it would “never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”.

A plane with 20 people on board suffered engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff in Lagos, crash-landing near an airport fuel depot and killing at least eight people, officials told AFP.

The  National Film and Video Censor’s Board (NFVCB,) has reduced the censorship rate for home videos by 50 per cent as part of ongoing reforms in the sector. 

A plane, belonging to Associated Airline, Thursday morning, crashed at the Lagos Airport.
Vanguard gathered the crashed occurred at the local wing of the airport, near the cargo shed.