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Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru , died in a military plane crash that occurred in Kaduna State, on Friday. The incident occurred on Friday at the Kaduna International Airport according to military sources. It was learnt that the ill-fated aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm and about eight people on board are all feared dead. The Chief of Army Staff was not alone in the plane that crash and the identity of the military officers have been revealed. See the list below LT Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. Brig Gen MI Abdulkadir. Brig Gen Olayinka. Brig Gen Kuliya. Maj LA Hayat. Maj Hamza. SGT Umar. Crew FLT LT TO Asaniyi FLT LT AA Olufade. SGT Adesina. ACM Oyedepo.

  Mixed Reaction As Man Who Looks Like Buhari Was Spotted Driving A Bus In Lagos State (Photos). Apparently, there is a one in 135 chances that there’s a single pair of complete doppelgangers. There’s definitely a mathematical chance for two doppelgangers to exist, but it’s highly unlikely. Mostly, people do not come across doppelgangers of themselves. The human face is said to be extraordinarily unique. A Twitter user identified as “He always” has taken to her Twitter page to share a photo of a man who looks like President Muhammad Buhari, driving a taxi in Lagos state. Sharing on her Twitter page, she wrote: “Buhari’s lookalike spotted driving a bus in Lagos State. One Nigeria Forbes”. See tweet below.. Another Twitter identified as “Ada King” also said: “It is finished, Buhari is now a bus driver in Lagos State. BTW, say No to one Nigeria”. See tweet below.. It is said believed that seeing your doppelganger is an omen of death. According to English and German folklore, seeing yo...

  The Nigerian government has increased the pump price of petrol to N212.61 a litre, less than two weeks after assuring the nation there would be no hike. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) announced late Thursday that the retail price for a litre of petrol for the month will be between N209.61 and N212.61. The ex-depot price, which is the amount sold by fuel depot owners to marketers, will be N206.42, while the landing cost stands at N189.61 per litre, the agency said. The announcement comes amid a partial scarcity of fuel that has lingered for weeks. There had been concerns the government, which says it has deregulated the sector and no longer pays subsidy, would raise rates as crude oil prices have seen a rebound in the global market. The state-owned NNPC, which regulates the sector and is the sole importer of refined petrol, however, assured there was no such plan for February and March. On March 1, the NNPC said in a statement by its Group General Manager...

Scene of the accident on Friday in Lagos State. Photo: Twitter@LASEMA   The Lagos State Government has commenced reconstruction of buildings affected by the helicopter crash in the Opebi area of the state. This comes barely 24 hours after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the scene of the accident on Monday morning, promised to support those affected by the crash. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the reconstruction of the affected fence and buildings at 14 and 16, Salvation Road, Opebi in Ikeja commenced on Monday morning, following the governor’s pledge. Sanwo-Olu in company with the Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, and the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Damilola Oke-Osanyitolu conducted a post-disaster assessment of the crash site. The Governor also promised that the state government will conduct integrity tests on the affected buildings within a hundred metres radi...

About 100 people said to be victims of kidnappers who terrorised communities around Kogi-Nasarawa boundary and travellers who passed through that area for over eight years, have been rescued by troops. The kidnap victims who are mostly women and children were rescued from Darusalam by troops of the 177 battalion and the army records, Lokoja. According to Mohammed Onogwu, the chief press secretary to Governor Yahaya Bello, the camp located at Ittu is home to about 2,000 kidnappers and some Boko Haram members. The statement read; “Between last Saturday and Wednesday, about 100 persons, mostly women and children, were rescued and taken to Lafia, while yesterday at Achara in Tawari Ward of Kogi LGA, about 180 family members of Darusalam were captured. “One of the suspects was shot dead while attempting to escape during the military clearing operations. “The logistics support of the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, to the Nigerian Army helped in no small measure in the success recorded by...

  Ghanaian authorities have responded to several allegations made by the Nigerian government through information minister Lai Mohammed, over the treatment of Nigerian citizens in the country. Mr Mohammed had on Friday accused the Ghanaian government of sabotaging its diplomatic relations with Nigeria. In  the statement published by PREMIUM TIMES , the Nigerian information minister accused the country of supporting incessant arrest and deportation of its citizens. He mentioned the closure of shops belonging to Nigerians and cases of harassment which generated furore recently. “Closure of shops belonging to Nigerians; over 300 Nigerians’ shops were locked for four months in Kumasi in 2018; over 600 Nigerians’ shops were locked in 2019 and, currently, over 250 Nigerians’ shops have been locked.” He decried the residency permit requirements, for which the Ghana Immigration Service has placed huge fees, far higher than the fees charged by the  Nigerian Immigration Service . “T...

The invitation to the wedding fatiha between President Buhari's youngest daughter, Hanan, and Turad Sha’aban has been sent out. The marriage is billed to take place on Friday, September 4, 2020. The venue for the wedding is the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock. This is the first-ever wedding to take place in the Aso Rock Villa. The groom is the son of a former lawmaker, Alhaji Mahmud Sani Sha'aban, who represented Zaria in the House of Representatives from May 2003 to May 2007. Sha'aban is also a former governorship candidate in Kaduna State under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria. See the wedding IVs below.