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The National Hajji Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that it has begun a strategy that would put an end to the illegal activities of hajj tour operators in the country so as to sanitise their operational works for effective and efficient service delivery to intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Head of…
November 26, 2016
A plane caught fire while attempting to take off from Chicago on Saturday. SkyNews reports that 21 people were injured in the incident as passengers scrambled to leave the plane via emergency exits. The crew of the American Airlines Boeing 767 bound for Miami aborted take off from O’Hare airport following “an engine-related mechanical issue”,…
October 29, 2016
The Obama administration announced Friday, a new round of executive actions designed to increase trade and travel with the communist island. And this is the one many Americans have been waiting for — no more restrictions on the island's famed rum and cigars. The new regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department will make it easier for…
October 14, 2016
German citizens possess the world's most powerful passport, according to an annual study, with Britain and the US falling just short of the top spot. The ranking by Henley & Partners, a citizenship and planning firm, takes into account how many countries can be visited without applying for a visa. German passport holders can travel to 177,…
August 31, 2016
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, will between April 16 and 23 visit three countries to harp on the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the Lake Chad Basin. Adding, US said it is seeking more coordinated military campaign against Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. “Boko Haram…
April 17, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Abuja on Saturday after a Six day official visit to the People’s Republic of China on the Invitation of President XI Jinping. The President arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:00 o’clock this morning. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina described the visit…
April 16, 2016
Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing its most prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister said on Monday. Palmer, a lifelong big-game hunter from Minnesota, stoked a global controversy when he killed Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, with a bow and…
October 12, 2015
An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said. Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m. (11.17 p.m. BST), Indonesian Transport Ministry…
December 28, 2014
At least 129 bodies have been recovered from Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry capsized on Friday. Local transport minister Laurent Sumba Kahozi said the search for survivors was continuing. Rescue workers found passengers in the water on Sunday, clinging on to petrol cans and other objects. Read also: George…
December 15, 2014
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The National Hajji Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that it has begun a strategy that would put an end to the illegal activities of hajj tour operators in the country so as to sanitise their operational works for effective and efficient service delivery to intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Head of…
November 26, 2016
A plane caught fire while attempting to take off from Chicago on Saturday. SkyNews reports that 21 people were injured in the incident as passengers scrambled to leave the plane via emergency exits. The crew of the American Airlines Boeing 767 bound for Miami aborted take off from O’Hare airport following “an engine-related mechanical issue”,…
October 29, 2016
The Obama administration announced Friday, a new round of executive actions designed to increase trade and travel with the communist island. And this is the one many Americans have been waiting for — no more restrictions on the island's famed rum and cigars. The new regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department will make it easier for…
October 14, 2016
German citizens possess the world's most powerful passport, according to an annual study, with Britain and the US falling just short of the top spot. The ranking by Henley & Partners, a citizenship and planning firm, takes into account how many countries can be visited without applying for a visa. German passport holders can travel to 177,…
August 31, 2016
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, will between April 16 and 23 visit three countries to harp on the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the Lake Chad Basin. Adding, US said it is seeking more coordinated military campaign against Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. “Boko Haram…
April 17, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Abuja on Saturday after a Six day official visit to the People’s Republic of China on the Invitation of President XI Jinping. The President arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:00 o’clock this morning. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina described the visit…
April 16, 2016
Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing its most prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister said on Monday. Palmer, a lifelong big-game hunter from Minnesota, stoked a global controversy when he killed Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, with a bow and…
October 12, 2015
An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said. Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m. (11.17 p.m. BST), Indonesian Transport Ministry…
December 28, 2014
At least 129 bodies have been recovered from Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry capsized on Friday. Local transport minister Laurent Sumba Kahozi said the search for survivors was continuing. Rescue workers found passengers in the water on Sunday, clinging on to petrol cans and other objects. Read also: George…
December 15, 2014
