1 dead, 2 injured after police helicopter, small plane collide
A midair collision involving a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small airplane k!lled the pilot of the plane and injured two state troopers on Wednesday night, August 19. A Bell 407 helicopter and a Cessna 150 airplane collided near Carlisle Airport at around 7:50 p.m. in central Pennsylvania, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Pennsylvania State Police Acting...
Gold Mine Collapses on Artisanal Miners in Central African Republic leaving 100 de@d
More than 100 people have been kIlled after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Central African Republic (CAR) near the border with Cameroon. The collapse occurred on Tuesday, August 18, in the village of Zamboye, about 50km (31 miles) from the Central African town of Baboua and a few kilometers from Garoua-Boulai, in eastern Cameroon. Video shows miners running for...
FEC Approves National Mental Health Act Amendment To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide
It said attempted suicide remains criminalised under colonial-era laws, which treat people in psychological distress as offenders rather than individuals needing care and support. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the amendment of the National Mental Health Act to allow for the decriminalisation of attempted suicide in Nigeria. The Minister of Health and Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,...
2027: Tinubu Will Lose, Maybe Before 4pm, In Free, Fair Election — Baba-Ahmed
Baba-Ahmed said he hoped the election would be free, fair and credible, warning that failure to ensure this could pose a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election before 4 p.m. if the exercise is free, fair and credible. Baba-Ahmed spoke...
Criminality Has No Ethnicity, Terrorism Has No Religion, IGP Disu Cautions Against Profiling
He urged citizens to focus on identifying, isolating, and bringing criminal networks, their sponsors, arms suppliers, informants, and facilitators to justice, irrespective of background or affiliation. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has cautioned against ethnic or religious profiling, noting that criminality has no ethnicity and terrorism has no religion. Disu spoke while delivering the opening address at the North-West...
Trump Threatens Economic Punishment On ‘Any Country’ Helping Iran
The president's comments come nearly a week after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US would impose economic isolation on the country "like the world has never seen before." US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was launching a major new campaign to target Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous” punishment on any country that helps or does business with the Islamic...
‘Failed Policies’, Iran Slams Trump’s Economic Pressure Plan
In a post on his Truth Social, Trump said he was announcing "the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale." Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s economic punishment plan for Tehran as a continuation of “failed policies”, which he said would...
Prince Harry, Meghan Moving Back To UK
The couple have lived in California since stepping down as working royals in 2020, and the children had not seen their grandfather since 2022. Six years after stepping down as working royals, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom within weeks, British press reported late Wednesday. In a surprise move, Harry, the youngest son of...
Subsidy Savings: NECA Urges States, Local Govt To Account For ₦10.4tn Received
The Federal Government had disclosed that the removal of the petrol subsidy generated N15.8 trillion in resources for the Federation between June 2023 and December 2025. The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has urged state and local governments to account for the ₦10.4 trillion distributed to them from resources generated following the removal of the petrol subsidy. The Director-General of NECA,...
Over 20 People Feared Killed In Attack On Plateau Community
The attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, making it the third attack recorded in Mangu in the past week. Over twenty people, including women and children, are feared killed, with others still missing, in an attack on Amper, in the BWI district of the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday,...
