Flood destroys N70m farmlands in Plateau

Mr Alex Nantuam, Chairman, Shendam Local Government of Plateau State, says farmlands worth about N70 million in Shimankar, Dokan Tofa, Angwan Rina, Angwan Dadi and Kallum communities have been destroyed by flood, recently.

El-Zakzaky has Iran’s support to turn Nigeria to Islamic State —FG

The Federal Government has alleged that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has the sole aim of establishing an Islamic State in Nigeria.
The government also said the cleric had the full support of the Iranian government to achieve this aim.

Rape: Fatoyinbo returns to police for another round of questioning

Founder and  Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has returned to the police for another session of interrogation over the rape allegations levelled against him by Mrs. Busola Dakolo, wife of popular singer, Timi Dakolo.

MTV VMA: Cardi B, Missy Elliot, Taylor Swift win big

Cardi B, Taylor Swift and Missy Elliot were among the biggest winners at the 2019 MTV VMA awards. The awards, which were held on Monday night, celebrated outstanding music videos churned out within the review year.
Taylor Swift picked up two awards, including ‘video of the year’, in a girl-powered start to the Awards show while rapper Cardi B won best hip-hop video.

Why we hiked Nigerian applicants’ visa fees – US

 

Nigerian citizens applying for United States’ visas will be required to pay a visa issuance fee, or reciprocity fee, with effect from August 29.

The reciprocity fee will be charged in addition to the non-immigrant visa application fee, also known as the Machine Readable Visa fee, which all applicants pay at the time of application.

Man nabbed for defiling five-year-old girl in Yola

 

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Abdullahi Adamu, aka Adati, 19, for defiling a five-year-old girl.

The spokesman for the command, DSP Suleiman Ngoroje, confirmed the arrest in Yola on Tuesday.