A Nigerian Air Force plane carrying 25 military and civilian passengers crashed in southwestern Ondo state on Monday, killing all on board. The accident was one of the worst air disasters in the country in recent years. Here are some major air crashes involving the Air Force in Africa’s most populous nation, which has …

Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu, has raised alarm over the spike in fake food and products in circulation. In a video shared online, Ezeonu said that the number of young people struck with kidney or liver ailment in Nigeria today has risen and that most of such cases did not emanate as a result of their unhealt…

A Nigerian widow has advised married couples to ensure their spouses have access to important banking information, after she spent more than eight months trying to access funds in her late husband's account. Sharing her experience online, the woman said her husband d!£d in January 2025, leaving about ₦395,000 in his ba…

…was announced, one of the suspects clutched his chest, slumped and died,” the source said. NAN learnt that efforts by those around him to revive him were unsuccessful. Correctional centre officers, police personnel and lawyers were stunned by the development, while medical personnel were invited to ascertain his condit…

…also lamented the effect of the pollution on fishing, which he identified as the major source of livelihood for many residents. He said the pollution had resulted in scarcity and increased prices of fish, further affecting the livelihoods of residents in the affected communities. Oborevwori stressed that the crisis was…

Today’s evening news recap begins with a rather sad event that has rocked the nation since yesterday. At the top of the list is the recent NAF ATR-42 aircraft crash in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The aircraft, which was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred, had a total of 25 persons …

The National Pension Commission has moved to expand participation in the Contributory Pension Scheme to Nigerians in the diaspora, self-employed persons and informal sector workers under its Pension 2.0 reforms. The Director-General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this on Tuesday at the commission’s 2026 Custo…

Support Staff Union members of the Port Harcourt Refining Company have protested the delay in the payment of their seven months’ salaries and the non-implementation of a new salary structure recently approved by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulare. The worke…

The Foundation for Digital Justice has sued TikTok Inc. at the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleging that the social media platform is responsible for the widely reported restricted access that millions of users in Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto states continue to experience. The organisation, in the suit filed at Fede…

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The husband of popular Ghanaian fashion icon and actress Nana Akua Addo has reportedly been arrested by the Ghana Police Service in connection with the alleged physical ass@ult on his wife. After video emerged of the actress being treated in hospital following a case of domestic v!olence, another video has emerged, sho…

…God to make happy without me if he wasn't meant to be with me? "The man that I left church every Sunday and drove to Harford county to visit ? "I looked at the dates on the first signatures and then the tabs that signified where a signature was still needed. "It made me realize that not only had he went to a courthouse…

However, ASUU LAUTECH, according to a statement issued on Tuesday, said, “The 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement was signed in December 2025 after years of negotiations between the Federal Government and the union. The provisions of the agreement requiring domestication at LAUTECH had been processed and approved by the university…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said its decision to cut the Monetary Policy Rate from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent was designed to stimulate productive activities while sustaining efforts to bring inflation down to single digits. The Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Institutional Relations Department of the CBN, M…

The Ondo State Government has deployed swamp buggies to assist in the recovery of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft that crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Banji Ajaka, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the crash site. Ajaka said th…

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…exam logistics just to get to this pointPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!Akinsola Divine, a young Nigerian student, has been offered admission to study Data Science at the University of Ibadan after scoring 260 in the JAMB Unified Tertiary Matric…

The Senate has postponed its two-day National Security Summit, earlier scheduled for October 12 and 13, following the death of 25 officers and seven crew members in the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Ondo State. The Leader of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the National Security Summit, …

…reported in Agudama, Obele and the Back of St. Peters areas of the state capital. Sources said the violence had raised concerns over the peace accord previously reached among some cult groups in the state. One of the sources alleged that a youth was killed and beheaded during an attack in Agudama, while another person…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, challenging the refusal of his bail application by the Kaduna State High Court. The three-member panel, led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, reserved judgment after listening to arguments fr…

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…Anambra State High Court, Awka, on Tuesday as persons suspected to be supporters and church members of the General Overseer of Dayspring Assembly, Awada-Obosi, Pastor Harrison Anazodo, allegedly attacked journalists and cameramen while attempting to shield him from the media. The incident occurred as Anazodo arrived at…

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Apostle Sam Adegoke Pamilerin, lead pastor of Elijah Generation Church, has publicly apologised to women he had s£xü@l relationships with before getting married to his wife. The pastor, popularly known as Mobile-Fire, said he stepped back from public ministry and social media in recent weeks to reflect, seek counsel an…