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A helicopter was dropped on Martian soil on Saturday from the Perseverance rover as NASA prepares for the Ingenuity to make its first flight on the Red Planet. The first test of the $85million drone, which costs more than the baseline price of $80million for the F-35 fighter jet, will …

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, have asked the federal government to rehabilitate bandits who are willing to surrender. The call was made after Gumi led a delegation to meet with Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Sunday. The meeting follows the recent attacks across the …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has promised that applicants will soon begin to get Nigerian passports within 24 hours. The minister also in a statement on Sunday said passports would be issued in each of the 774 local government areas in the country to reduce the problem of getting …

Biafra, Oduduwa Republic: Nnamdi Kanu is evil, sponsored to destabilize Nigeria – Arewa youths The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has launched an attack against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Yerima Shettima, National President of AYCF, described Kanu as an evil agent pushing to destabilize …

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway rehabilitation/reconstruction project was not forgotten but on the 2021 Sukuk funding priority list. Mr Fashola gave the assurance in Lagos on Saturday during an inspection tour of road projects in the state. He said that …

The vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said Buhari-led administration will continue at solving the challenges for and championing small business owners across the country. “I oversaw in Ebonyi State today, the continued efforts of the President Buhari-led administration at solving the challenges for, and championing small business owners …

New renderings show the cabin interior of the supersonic presidential jet designed by Exosonic that could fly at nearly twice the speed of sound and cut travel time in half. Last year, it was revealed that the Pentagon had commissioned a prototype of a jet that could carry a variety …

Many talented and brilliant Nigerians have had their promising future ruined by their desperation to seek greener pastures abroad. Some of them who quit thriving jobs at home end up doing menial jobs abroad with several others becoming fugitives in the long run, Newsextra reports. Henry was a top insurance …

The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, is causing more division among leaders and chieftains of the party within and outside the zone, The Nation …

Gov. Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State fetes 200 widows at Nkoli Nwa Nsukka’s #Easter Carnival, holding at The Base Event Centre, Enugu. …Urges them to always remember his administration in their supplications, as “God answers your prayers”. Enugu State is in the hands of God! #amokelouis