One person has di£d and five were left injured when a small business jet carrying six people crashed onto a highway in Texas. The NetsJet-operated Cessna Citation Latitude jet had left San José del Cabo, Mexico, heading towards Austin, Texas, when it diverted towards Laredo on Tuesday, June 16. The plane appeared to have lost contact with…
Abiodun Ajiboye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, has said Nigeria has been without a clear developmental direction since independence in 1960. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday, June 16, Ajiboye described the country’s infrastructure development as largely uncoordinated, arguing that…
I don’t like my husband’s parents. His father talks too much, and his mother doesn’t like me, from the way I see it. So I try to avoid them. I don’t call them, but somehow, they would call, and my husband would give me the phone to speak to them even when they hadn’t asked…
Lionel Messi made history Tuesday night, June 17, by tying Germany’s Miroslav Klose’s record for most men’s World Cup goals at 16 after scoring a hat trick to lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over Algeria. The hat trick was the 11th of Messi’s international career but the first at the World Cup. …
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has indicated his willingness to negotiate with bandits and other violent groups, provided they demonstrate a genuine commitment to peace. Obi disclosed this during a media interview with journalist Rufai Oseni, who questioned his stance on negotiating with criminal elements if elected president….
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued four kidnap victims during ongoing operations targeting a notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Muhammadu Fulani, and members of his criminal gang in Katsina State. The Katsina State Government disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,…
A Federal High Court in Canada has upheld the decision to deny Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey entry into the country ahead of the Black Stars’ 2026 FIFA World Cup opening game against Panama on Wednesday, June 17. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday following an appeal hearing in which Partey’s legal team sought to…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), said he is open to holding talks with bandits and other armed groups if they are ready to give up violence and embrace peace. Peter Obi made the remarks during an appearance on BlackBox with Rufai Oseni when he was asked how he would…
The 10-year-old boy who was recently rescued from his abusive guardian in Odume layout in Isiowulu part of Anambra state, has been reunited with his mother. A video shared online showed the mother of the abused child breaking down in tears as she saw her child with a varying degree of injury allegedly inflicted…
A High Court in Kogi State has sentenced a man to d3ath for kidnapping and m8rdering his neighbour, who ran a hotel in Obajana. The Kogi court, presided over by Justice Abdul Nicodemus Awulu, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 found Jibrin Halilu guilty on the charges of conspiracy and kidnapping, in contravention of Sections…
