Pastor Commits Suicide - Read Full Details

This gist we got on our desk has it that A US pastor committed suicide six days after his name was exposed by hackers of the Ashley Madison adultery website, his wife told CNN Wednesday.

Canadian police have said that at least two suicides were linked to the leak of 32 million customer profiles from the Canada-based site last month. It’s not clear if John Gibson‘s death was one of them as

Nigerians don’t need dollar account for visa - UK

The British High Commission has said it is not compulsory for Nigerians to own a dollar account in order to pay for a UK visa.

They said this in a statement by their Communications Manager, Mr. Wale Adebajo, on Tuesday.
The high commission said, “The British High Commission would like to clarify the issue of on-line visa payments, which has recently been the subject of news reports.

“Earlier this month, the UK introduced compulsory on-line payments for visas and announced that the cost of those visas would be denominated in US dollars. This is purely an accounting measure.

“As before, Nigerians with a Naira credit or debit card can pay for visas using their Naira account.

Although the visa fee will be denominated in dollars, the payment will be deducted from their account in Naira. There is no

Why we shut Abuja airport - Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah

The Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has explained why the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was shut down on Thursday.

In a statement by her Special Assistant of Media, Joe Obi, the minister confirmed that all flights into Abuja have been temporarily suspended till further notice.


The minister’s spokesperson said, “A Saudi Arabian B747 cargo aircraft landed in Abuja last night and veered off at the manoeuvring area of the runway, ran into a maintenance area of the runway and stopped.”

Mr. Obi said flights into Abuja airport were put on hold so as to facilitate evacuation effort on the runway. He said normal operations will resume immediately the aircraft is