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Sixteen cadets who concluded their ab initio flight training were presented their certificates at the induction of 5 newly acquired super Mushshak aircrafts for Nigeria's operation in Kaduna state. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Minister for Defence, Mansur Dan Ali and other dignitaries witnessed the event. More photos... The young lady graduated as best flying student from the Nigerian Air Force. Congratulations!

The Nigeria Customs Service has seized 37 assorted Sports Utility Vehicles valued at N1.374bn. Comptroller General of the NCS, Col. Hameed Ali, (Rtd), said this in a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday. He said that 8 units of brand new 2017 model of Lexus LX570, and 12 units of 2017 model of Toyota Land Cruiser were among the seized cars. Others were 17 units of Toyota Hilux ranging from 2010 to 2019 models. The Customs CG said that the seizures were jointly made by the CGC’s Compliance Team and the Roving Team of the Federal Operations Unit in Lagos. He said, "Similarly, a total of 12,081 bags of smuggled parboiled rice with a duty paid value of N149m were seized. "Apart from the seizure of vehicles and rice, the reinvigorated anti smuggling operations yielded another 156 assorted seizures including bales of used clothing, Indian hemp, and used tyres." He pointed out that the Federal Government’s policies banning the importation of rice and vehicles through the ...

By God’s grace, we have seen one of our daughters come to faith in Jesus and will be baptizing her in a few weeks. For the first nine years of her life, the major question in how we raised her has been how we can help her see her need for Jesus. Now, the question is changing into how we can help her grow in her walk with Christ. While she is in a church full of people who love her and who are teaching her faithfully, we recognize that the primary burden for her discipleship in these early years falls on us. Last year I wrote a post to help parents assess whether their child may have come to faith in Christ. In this post, I want to address what we need to do when we are convinced that they have. Remind Your Child of His New Identity One of the greatest mistakes that we make with new Christians is that we stop talking to them about grace and start telling them all of the things that they need to do. The New Testament does not seem to operate this way. The New Testament is filled...

Felicia Dormans, a 29-year-old woman, has shot and killed her 28-year-old lesbian wife, Laura Bluesstein in their home in Mill Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States. According to Daily Mail UK, the police in Burlington County were called by Laura's relatives, saying there had been an assault at the residence. The Police arrived at the house and found Felicia dead from a gunshot wound to the face. Laura Blusstein, who played the husband role in the lesbian marriage was still inside the home and was taken into custody by the police. Police are still trying to ascertain what caused Laura to shoot her wife. She has been charged with murder, weapons possession and tampering with evidence. She was booked into the Burlington County Jail and set to make her first court appearance on Monday. Before the tragic incident, each of their Facebook pages are filled with pictures of them together smiling and kissing in happier times. In fact, photos showed that they had recently tak...

Three men accused of cyber crime and theft of N9.2m, property of Lagos State House Speaker, have been sent to Ikoyi Prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos, after they were docked. The men - Frank Nwokobia, 27, Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25, and Godwin Essien, 28 - were charged by the State CID of the Lagos Police Command. Police said the three men conspired to hack the Facebook account of the Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and also gained access to his account at Guaranty Trust Bank, where they stole his N9, 188,100. The men, arrested in Delta state, were all arraigned before Justice (Professor) Chuka Obiozor, on five count charge of conspiracy, impersonation, and theft. The Police prosecutor Barrister Williams Olu Ologun informed the court that the three accused were arrested in Delta State, after Obasa, petitioned the police that his Facebook account had been hacked into and that the sum of N9.188,100 million had been withdrawn from his account by unidentified i...

A 38yrs old lady, Blessing Igwe, has been arraigned before a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja for allegedly battering her disabled husband and sending him packing from his own house for days. The wife, who was brought to court on Wednesday, was also alleged to have resisted arrest. Igwe, who reside at CBN Estate at Apo in Abuja, is facing a three-count charge of assault, criminal intimidation and resisting lawful arrest. The Prosecutor, Mr. Fidelix Ogbobe, said the complainant, one Robinson Igwe of Choos Estate, Apo reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on Aug. 2. Ogbobe alleged that the wife was always taking advantage of her husband’s physical challenge to assault him all the time. “The defendant always takes advantage of her husband’s disability to assault him. The complainant is a physically challenged person, who uses crutches to walk. “He has been admitted in hospital because of a head injury as a result of assault and battery from his wife. De...

A mother of five, Mrs. Udoaka Sunday, and three others have been arrested by Cross River State Police Command for s*xually abusing her 12-year-old daughter in Calabar. The woman collects money from various men to sleep with her first daughter. A neighbour, who spoke anonymously with Vanguard at their Aka Effa residence by Akai Effa Town Hall, confirmed that Mrs, Udoaka collected money from different men, including a retired soldier, Effiom Okon, and four other persons. Her words: “That woman is really insane; she is the biological mother of the girl. How can any sane mother allow men to abuse her daughter because she is poor? There is no excuse for the act apart from insanity. “She collected N15,000 from old soldier and other petty cash from four other men. Whenever she sends her out to hawk Zobo, Fufu and other items, she also reminds her not to fail to visit old soldier and other clients. “She has been doing this for long and mostly with elderly men, who are ab...