Nigeria has procured 12 pre-owned Alpha Jets from the French Air Force, according to Olusegun Dada, special assistant to President Bola Tinubu on social media. The jets were acquired through SOFEMA, a French military and aeronautics company.   “All the 12 aircraft are ready for shipping,” Dada posted on X on Thursday, adding, “As of 2023, the Nigerian Air Force …

Dragons back row Shane Lewis-Hughes has undergone surgery to amputate the ring finger on his right hand. The 27-year-old from Pontypridd first experienced issues with his finger in 2016 after his hand got stuck under a set of studs during training. He returned to training but over time experienced deterioration in his finger from the knuckle upwards, and in 2020 …

A 28-year-old man was electrocuted in Ondo State after he touched a live wire while allegedly under the influence of drugs in Ondo State.   The spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami, who disclosed this on Friday, December 6, 2024, said the young man allegedly took some suspected hard drugs after which he climbed a fence, touched …

Masked assailants set the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne ablaze during an early morning attack on Friday, December 6, leaving the building gutted and prompting widespread condemnation.    The fire began at 4:10 am local time in the Ripponlea suburb, with congregants already inside. Though there were no serious injuries, one individual suffered burns to the hand while escaping.   …

Canal+ partially blamed the withdrawal of its C8 channel for the decision, which came after France’s broadcast regulator pulled its licence. ADVERTISEMENT The French media company Canal+, owned by Vivendi, will take its paid channels off terrestrial TV in France, effective from June 2025. In a press statement published on Thursday evening, the group blamed “an increasingly restrictive tax and …

A terrifying incident unfolded at a fair in Uttar Pradesh, India, when a 13-year-old girl was seen hanging precariously from a high Ferris wheel.  The incident occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Rakehti village, located in the Nighasan area of Lakhimpur Kheri district, approximately 130 kilometres from Lucknow.  As the Ferris wheel began to move, the girl lost her balance …

Police are investigating the d@th of Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama after she was found unresponsive in the bathtub at her home in Tokyo. The 54-year-old, who was widely considered Japan’s most beautiful woman at the height of her career in the 1980s and 1990s, left a troubling post on Instagram just hours before her d@th. The post shows a work by French …

A Nigerian woman, Mrs Zanga, has narrated how her cousin who was allegedly a Jehovah’s Witness church member  d!ed after refusing a blood transfusion.   According to her, the mother of three passed away on Friday morning, December 6.    She further revealed that the woman’s husband impregnated his mistress and currently lives with her.   “My cousin d!ed this …

Northern Ireland continued to experience the strongest gains, mainly due to increasingly competitive mortgage rates. ADVERTISEMENT The year-on-year UK Halifax House Price Index for November was released on Friday, coming in at 4.8%, which was the highest in two years, according to Halifax and Bank of Scotland. This was in contrast with October’s 4%, as well as market expectations of …

    L-R: Chief Marketing Officer, Globacom, Ashok Israni; Toyota Prado winner in Globacom’s Festival of Joy promotion, Ayobami Adejumobi; his wife, Veronica Adejumobi; Deputy Governor of Lagos Sate, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; Divisional Head, West, Globacom, Lawrence Odediran; and Lagos State Commission for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Biodun Ogunleye, at the presentation of prizes to winners of the promo …