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In a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers, the US has tightened its definition of the word “astronaut”.

Construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, has announced a major road diversion on Lagos–Shagamu Expressway to allow for detailed work on sections of the project.

A businessman divided opinion when he recently took a stand against ‘bra money’.

Fl. Lt A. Dairo who ejected and escaped from bandits after his jet was shot while on a mission in the skies of Zamfara state, has given graphic details of the incident, concluding that it was all made possible because of his strong belief in Almighty God.

Investigations have revealed how the Nigerian Airforce pilot whose aircraft was gunned down in Zamfara State on Sunday was aided by some villagers to evade bandits who were determined to annihilate him. 

A Russian passenger plane has gone missing outside the Siberian city of Tomsk, according to the Interfax news agency.

Blue Origin announced Thursday that 18-year-old Oliver Daemen of the Netherlands will be joining founder Jeff Bezos on the company’s first crewed spaceflight after the winner of a $28 million auction postponed.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has dismissed claims that Nigeria has a 17 million housing deficit.

The British entrepreneur Richard Branson has successfully flown to the edge of space and back in his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane, days ahead of a rival launch by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as the billionaires compete to kick off a new era of space tourism.

The FIRS has appointed some commercial banks as agents to recover the sum of N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) And MultiChoice Africa (MCA). This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami.