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UPDATED: Nigerian Combat Helicopter Pilot Arotile MISTAKENLY KILLED By Her Ex-Schoolmate - NAF Clarifies Arotile's shocking death came only eight months after she was commissioned as Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. According to the Air Force spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola, Arotile "was inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force Secondary School classmate while trying to greet her." An earlier announcement made through the official Twitter account of the Air Force had simply stated that she "died today, 14 July 2020, as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at NAF Base Kaduna.” Scores of Nigerians have continued to mourn her passing including President Muhammadu Buhari who described her as a promising officer, whose short stay on earth impacted greatly on the nation, especially in peace and security. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, saluted ...

Nigeria Police operatives have rescued an American lady confined in a Lagos hotel where she was held against her wish for over a year. Force spokesman, Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The victim, from Washington DC, is a retired civil servant in the United States. She arrived Nigeria on 13th February, 2019 on a visit to a Nigerian, Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku. The 34-year-old is a native of Ikeduru LGA of Imo State. The duo met on Facebook. The victim was freed by agents attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Ogun State annex. The operation followed information received from a Nigerian in the Meiran area of Lagos State. The Police described Obiaku, a graduate of Business Administration and Management, as an internet fraudster who has defrauded many both locally and internationally. He lured the America to Nigeria under the pretext of love and deceitfully married her on 15th May, 2019. The suspect subsequently held her captive in a hotel and extorted a total ...

" Nigeria's image has been dented so bad that multiple institutions abroad, especially in Dubai, have begun rejecting Nigerians who are applying for school or jobs. To prevent Nigerians from applying at all, a number of these companies added a clause in their job adverts stating that candidates of every nationality can apply except Nigerians. A vacancy for merchandisers was advertised by Shirley Recruitment Consultants in Dubai. However, they stated that they do not want Nigerians. "Male or female African candidates except Nigerians," one job advert from Dubai reads. Another reads: "Candidates of every nationality, except Nigerians, should apply." To make matters worse, Nigerian students are also affected. A Nigerian who applied to SANS Technology Institute in the US was denied admission because he stated that he's from Nigeria. A Nigerian applying for a tourist visa to Dubai also shared a screenshot of the rejection mail he got telling him that "N...

A woman has died after suffering severe burns while answering a call close to her cooking gas. Friends took to Facebook to share photos of her burns after the incident as they prayed for her to survive. Unfortunately, her health took a turn for the worse and she died. Her friends are mourning her on Facebook while warning people to desist from answering phone calls near a cooking gas.

Ever since the President of Nigeria, General Mohammadu Buhari approved the gradual easing of lockdown in Nigeria, the deadly coronavirus disease has been spreading widely. The Federal government approved the gradual easing of lockdown in Nigeria to relieve the the pains and hardships faced by the citizens. However, as the Federal government approved the first and second phase of gradual easing of lockdown the rate at which the deadly virus is multiplying has become worst. And this is attracting the government’s attention which might lead to another lockdown. The country now has above 27000 cases of coronavirus and the deadly virus is not showing any signs of slowing down. On the 3rd of July 2020, 454 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 27564 cases have been confirmed, 11069 cases have been discharged and 628 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos (87), Edo (63), FCT (60), Ondo (41), Benue (32), Abia (31), Ogun ...