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National Areonautics and Space Administration, NASA, has marked a major milestone in its extraterrestrial exploration programme, with the first-powered flight of an aircraft on Mars. NASA, a U.S. government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. The Space Age started in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. NASA is the first-ever flight of a powered vehicle on Mars by any organization. The flight occurred Tuesday morning, and NASA received telemetry confirming that the “Ingenuity” helicopter it sent to Mars with its Perseverance rover took flight. The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne…

Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country. The country’s army spokesperson, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna made the announcement hours after electoral officials declared 68-year-old Deby as winner of the April 11 presidential election, paving the way for him to stay in power for six more years after a 30-year rule. Deby had postponed his victory speech to supporters and instead went to visit Chadian soldiers battling rebels, according to his campaign manager. The rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), which is based…

The Senate, Monday, urged governors in the 36 states of Nigeria to save the nation’s democracy from collapsing by granting full independence to the judicial arm of government. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, made the appeal while reacting to the protest staged at the National Assembly by the Nigerian Bar Association on the issue. President Muhammadu Buhari had last year, signed into law, the Executive Order No 10 of 2020 cited as “the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary Order, 2020.” The Order granted powers to the Accountant-General…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB has kicked against plans by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria to deploy 5,000 vigilantes to the South-East region. The Miyetti Allah group had recently announced it would deploy the vigilantes to protect herders and their cattle in the South East. A statement released by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, said it was ready to resist the plan by Miyetti Allah, adding that the position of the cattle breeders association was an insult to Igbo land. This is as Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, said the threat by…

Jose Mourinho, a popular football manager and technician, has been shown the door by the Spurs  after 17 months on the saddle of the team, bringing his contract due to end in the summer of 2023 to a premature conclusion. Confirming this Monday, Tottenham Hotspurs in its Twitter penned ‘’The Club can today announce that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been relieved of their duties. Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino as Tottenham manager in November 2019; Portuguese head coach led Spurs to sixth-place finish in the Premier League during first…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, called for the head of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami over his alleged link to Taliban and Al-Qaeda, terrorist groups. The party wants President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Pantami, though the Minister has denied the allegation. Already, US Secret Service has placed the minister in its watch-list. PDP, however, wanted the President to wield the big stick against Pantami due to the matter’s sensitive nature. In a series of tweets, the former ruling party also called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite Pantami for questioning. According…

Popular Nigerian preacher, Bishop David Oyedepo, has queried if humans are now turned to guinea pigs against the background of Federal government asking people to get COVID-19 vaccine. So far, 1,081,548 Nigerians have been given AstraZeneca vaccine jab to fortify against the pandemic. Oyedepo who is the presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel warned that no one should be forced to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Oyedepo has, therefore, declared that he would not take the COVID-19 vaccine, stating that the church has the answer to some of the challenges facing the world. Speaking on…

Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanemere Odumejeje has finally forgiven Ada Jesus for the accusations she levelled against him. Comedienne Ada had accused Prophet Odumeje of conniving with actress Rita Edochie and others to stage miracles. Apart from the forgiveness, the Prophet who is linked to be performing miracles and has links with some top politicians in the country has donated N1 million for her treatment. At the moment, she is suffering from kidney disease and partial stroke and is confined to a wheelchair. When her health declined, her family took her to Odumejeje’s church to beg for forgiveness. Odumeje vowed not to…

A 39-year-old nurse in the US state of Florida has been arrested for alleged threat to assassinate US Vice President Kamala Harris. Niviane Petit Phelps was arrested following an investigation by the US Secret Service. A criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Special Agent David Ballenger on March 3,  notifying of a threat to kill Harris. The threats were seen by Phelps to her incarcerated spouse in Wakulla Correctional Institution via JPay, a computer application that allows sharing of media between non-incarcerated and incarcerated people. A Secret Service special agent…

William and Harry, Saturday, appeared in public together for the first time in more than a year at their grandfather Philip’s funeral at Windsor Castle. The princes spoke to each other while walking out of St George’s Chapel following the funeral service for Prince Philip this afternoon. They were earlier seen taking part in the funeral procession but walked beside their cousin Peter Phillips. Harry was first spotted speaking to his sister-in-law Kate Middleton as they left the chapel before he spoke his brother William. It was the first time William and his estranged brother, Harry were seen together since March…