Author: News Room

Fresh security concerns have emerged in Nigeria’s aviation sector after a privately operated aircraft that reportedly landed on a roadway near Asaba, Delta State, subsequently departed the location and returned to Lagos without obtaining regulatory approval. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, confirmed that it had suspended the operator’s permit for non-commercial flights and grounded the aircraft pending a full investigation into the incident. According to the regulator, the aircraft encountered difficulties while attempting to land at Asaba Airport on Tuesday morning and was…

Nigeria’s Female Yellow Greens recorded their first victory of the 2026 Kwibuka T20 Tournament with an emphatic 52-run win over Malawi at the Gahanga 2 Cricket Oval in Kigali on Wednesday. After being put in to bat by Malawi, Nigeria posted a competitive 98/8 in 20 overs, thanks to a composed unbeaten knock of 25 runs from Jessica Bieni. Contributions from Sarah Etim (14), Favour Eseigbe (11) and Christabel Chukwuonye (11) helped the Female Yellow Greens recover from early setbacks and build a defendable total. Malawi’s bowling attack was led by Lucky Malino, who claimed four wickets, but Nigeria’s lower-order…

Summer is almost here, and that means getting outside, having fun in the sun, and touching grass. But if you need to cool down for a bit, allow me to sing the praises of the library. If your local library system is anything like mine, it probably offers a lot of great things for you to do, both tech-related and not, at no extra cost.I’m part of the Multnomah County Library system, and I’m frankly spoiled by all of the things available with just a free library card. The perk I use most is the ability to fill up my…

Jimmy Kimmel used his latest late-night monologue to poke holes in President Donald Trump’s theory that Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral race was rigged. “Somehow, the Dumb-ocrats rigged the ballots, but only parts that voted for mayor,” Kimmel, 58, joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, June 10. Kimmel openly mocked a conspiracy theory that Trump, 79, shared during an Oval Office press conference to explain why Pratt, 42, failed to advance past the June 2 primary. On Monday, June 8, it was determined that L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman will move forward to challenge Mayor Karen Bass in November’s…

The House of Representatives will vote today on the proposed creation of state police. The bill on state police is one of the constitutional amendment bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly. It is titled,” A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to provide for the establishment of state police, and for related matters (Sixth Alteration) 2026.” It is part of ongoing constitutional amendment proposals, seeking to formally introduce state and community policing structures, following growing concerns that the current centralised policing system has been unable to curb insurgency, banditry…

The Federal Government has unveiled a new National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2026–2030 aimed at shifting Nigeria’s HIV response from heavy reliance on donor funding to a sustainable, locally driven model. Speaking at the launch in Abuja on Thursday, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, said Nigeria had reached a critical stage in its fight against HIV/AIDS and must adopt a new approach to financing and implementing programmes. Ilori noted that although the country had recorded significant progress in reducing new infections and expanding access to treatment over the last…

The Lagos State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into the deaths of two persons allegedly killed by suspected cultists in separate incidents across the state. The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday while reacting to the recent killings. The victims were reportedly killed in separate cult-related attacks in Sangotedo, Ajah, and Ikotun areas of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro had earlier reported, based on accounts from sources, that the victims were identified as Ola and another man known simply as Chief Priest. Videos obtained by PUNCH Metro on…

The Nigeria Customs Service said it recorded about 65 seizures of vegetable oil products in 2025 and another 23 in 2026, with a combined duty-paid value of approximately N1.314bn. This is even as the service announced that it has intensified efforts to combat the smuggling of vegetable oil into the country, with plans to launch intelligence-driven special operations aimed at protecting local investments, preserving jobs and supporting the growth of the agricultural value chain. According to a statement on Wednesday, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Friday during a meeting with stakeholders in the vegetable oil industry…

Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi made his 100th appearance for Nigeria on Wednesday during the friendly match against Portugal in Leiria, receiving a commemorative plaque bearing the number 100 to mark the milestone, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, was in Portugal to make the presentation before kick-off. Iwobi became only the fourth player to reach 100 appearances for the Super Eagles, joining Joseph Yobo, Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa in the exclusive club. The Fulham midfielder made his debut for Nigeria in a friendly against DR Congo in Visé, Belgium, on October 8,…

After getting its hands on a Trump phone and tearing it apart, iFixit has confirmed what I first reported back in February: the T1 Phone is an almost exact duplicate of the HTC U24 Pro.iFixit partnered with NBC to get hold of the network’s media sample of the Trump phone, along with a U24 Pro. They ran the phones through a CT scanner, tore them down to parts, and even put them back together into a functional Frankenstein phone with the U24 Pro’s board inside the T1 Phone’s chassis, confirming along the way that the two phones are functionally identical.There…