Rescuers searched for missing people and aircraft debris in charred buildings in Ahmedabad on Friday , 13 June, 2025 after more than 240 people were killed in an Air India Boeing 787 crash and local media reported that India may ground the airline’s 787 fleet for safety checks. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Gatwick Airport south of London came down over a residential area of Ahmedabad moments after take-off and erupted in a huge fireball as it hit buildings below, CCTV footage showed. Only one passenger survived and local media reported that as many…
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Dr. Rajnish Patel, professor and head of surgery at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital in India has confirmed that the sole survivor of the deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad is in a “not very critical” condition and could be released in the next couple of days. The Hindustan Times named the survivor as a British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. Patel said Ramesh is, “well under management and not very critical. He has some blood in the images, but he’s not very badly injured. He is very comfortable and under strict observation, no issues.” Asked what Ramesh recalled about the crash, Patel…
It was meant to be a community, grassroots football initiative but in the end, the Victor Ikpeba Football Challenge assembled the high and mighty in the Nigerian football and media world as Achievers FC won the 2025 edition of the competition. On the multi-remarkable June 12 date, Achievers defeated LB United in the final game of the annual competition. This competition, set up five years ago by former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba, accomplished more than it was expected to do on Thursday. A wonderful sunny weather after a previous rainy day was all the teams needed to…
In its resolve to sustain the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) round of calendar established in the recently concluded season, the Board on Friday announced that the 2025/26 season will commence on August 22, 2025 and end on May 24, 2026. At a review of the last season statistics and projection for the new season, Chairman of the NPFL, Gbenga Elegbeleye, said the league is determined to establish a traditional period for the competition to enable clubs, players, match officials and scouts plan their own calendar. He recalled that the board kept to its calendar for the last season which…
The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has commissioned the Ultra-Modern NDDC Cross River State Office and a road network totalling 8,137 km in Calabar South and Municipality. He also flagged off the first phase of distributing Handheld Tiller Machines to Farmers. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Engr. Momoh stated that the projects demonstrated the federal government’s commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The Minister commended the NDDC Board and Management for responding appropriately to the directives of President Bola Tinubu’s charge to deliver impactful projects in the Niger Delta region. Momoh implored the Governors of Niger Delta…
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on Nigerians in the diaspora to show more commitment to the wellbeing of their home country by throwing their weight behind ongoing efforts to rebuild Nigeria. She said this while granting audience to the President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine, Dr Phillips Ozuah, renowned pediatric and philanthropist at the State House Abuja. “We are proud that a Nigerian is doing so well in the US. It is a good thing that you have also looked back and helped your alma Mata, University College Hospital, Ibadan. “For you to look back home,…
Aggrieved Chairmanship aspirants in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area have rejected the reconciliation efforts of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reports thegazellenews.com The aggrieved aspirants in a letter to the Lagos East Reconciliation Committee set up by the party, described the reconciliation efforts as not only flawed but also premature and fundamentally unjust. In a letter dated, Friday, 13 June, 2025 addressed to Hon. (Dr.) Lateef Ibirogba, Chairman of the Lagos East Reconciliation Committee set up by the state chapter of the party, the aggrieved aspirants expressed deep concern over attempts by the APC to bypass the…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has declared that President Bola Tinubu’s administration salvaged Nigeria’s public finances from the brink of collapse. In an address delivered on June 12 at The Platform Nigeria, hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade and The Covenant Nation, Governor Soludo praised President Tinubu’s economic reforms. He called for a nationwide ethical and ideological rebirth to drive sustainable national development. Speaking on the theme “Rebuilding Our Nation,” Soludo urged political parties across the country to unite along ideological lines as a first step toward a new, issue-based political culture. “The audacious structural reforms embarked upon by the…
The Executive Director of Access Bank, Princess Iyabo Okusanya has been named as a beneficiary of the 2025 edition of Omo-Atata Award at EACDA Awards-Night scheduled to hold on Thursday, 20 June, 2025 in Ekinrin Adde, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Princess Iyabo Soji-Okusanya is a Nigerian banker and corporate leader, currently serving as the Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking at Access Bank Plc. She began her professional journey with Access Bank in June 1998, and over the course of more than 27 years, she has contributed immensely to the growth of the bank. A consummate professional,…
By Mobolaji Sanusi “It is not titles that honour men but men that honour titles.” – Niccolo Machiavelli June 12, 2025 will be a day to remember for a long time to come. Not for the niceties of officialdom but for the fact that it was on that day that those who sow courage yesterday were accorded honour today by a government whose henchman is a leading light of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) that sprouted in the wake of June 23, 1993 Presidential election annulment by the military administration of evil dictator, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. That day’s…