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Nigerian Navy divers and marine police units cordoned off the creek banks of Igbokoda in Ondo State on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, to drag the swamp bed for the bodies of twenty-five people and the broken fuselage of an air force transport aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane, marked NAF 931, plunged into the mangrove waters…
Ghana’s cabinet has approved a decision to formally apply to join BRICS, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, placing a second West African state firmly within reach of the bloc that already counts Nigeria among its partners. Ablakwa disclosed the decision at a joint press briefing in…
The Federal Government has opened bidding for 40 oil blocks across land, shallow water and deepwater terrains, with new rules requiring investors to disclose their beneficial owners. The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has commenced the 2026 oil licensing round, offering 40 blocks to investors. The NUPRC Chief Executive Officer,…
The African Democratic Congress has demanded an audit of the money released for maintaining Nigerian Air Force aircraft, pointing to a wide gap between what the fleet got and what the Presidential Air Fleet received in the same year. The call came after an Air Force ATR-42 crashed into a swamp near the Naval…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has created a dedicated Artificial Intelligence Division inside its ICT Department to catch irregularities in election results and push back against disinformation before the 2027 general elections. The commission’s chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, announced the move on Tuesday at a World Press Conference and National Stakeholders’ Meeting in Abuja,…
Recovery teams are still battling swampy terrain to pull out the wreckage of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft that crashed at Igbokoda in Ondo State, killing all 32 people on board, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Felix Ohagwu, said on Tuesday. Ohagwu gave the update after an assessment visit to the coastal community…
A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 transport plane crashed near a naval forward operating base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday morning, killing all thirty-two personnel on board. The twin-engine turboprop had left the ancient city of Benin on a routine operational transit flight to Lagos before it suddenly plummeted into the swampy waters of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission wants voting to begin at the same moment in every polling unit across Nigeria during the 2027 general elections, its chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said. Amupitan set out the target on Monday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at a strategic workshop for editors organised by the…
A helicopter plunged into the waters of Igbokoda in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday morning, 5 October 2026, leaving several passengers feared dead in the submerged wreckage. The aircraft crashed near Larada Street before sinking rapidly into the river, sending nearby coastal residents running toward the banks in utter shock…
The Federal Government’s electricity subsidy bill dropped by more than a third in the first six months of 2026, according to figures released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, offering the clearest sign yet that lower power consumption, rather than higher tariffs, is easing one of the country’s heaviest recurrent costs. In its second quarter…