AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore

An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has lost contact with air traffic control.

Flight QZ8501 went missing at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), AirAsia tweeted.
The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway into the flight of more than two hours and no distress call was issued.

FilmOne to open 2015 with Heavens Hell, Gone Too Far, The Department

After successful theatrical distri­bution in 2014, leading movie distribution and produc­tion firm, Filmone now has its eyes set on 2015, opening the New Year with three major movies.

We’ll stop Chelsea’s fine run – Koeman

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has vowed that his side will stop Chelsea’s fine run in the EPL by winning today’s home game against the Blues at St Mary’s arena.
Should Southampton win to­day, then they will become only the second team to beat Chelsea this term.

Iorfa flourishing at Wolves

Dominic Iorfa’s rise to the first team at Wolverhampton Wanderers clearly underscores the success of the club’s academy structure, which is a category one status facility.
After debuting against Bour­nemouth, the England youth in­ternational has played consecu­tive matches against Sheffield Wednesday as well as Brighton & Hove Albion, to justify his claim to the right back position and is set for Friday’s match at Watford, which is live on SS 5HD from 6:25pm.

Serena Williams kick starts training for 2015

Serena Williams kick-started her training for next year in familiar style as she took part in the the Ultimate Run South Beach on Sunday morn­ing.

Long wait for 2015 budget

For the second time in two years, President Goodluck Jonathan delegated presentation of the nation’s an­nual budget to the federal legislature to one of his ministers, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Benue guber: Akume in the eye of the storm

As in other political parties, the gover­norship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State is still a subject of controversy. At present, the party is the only major opposition in the state that is capable of giving the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a tough fight in the coming general elections. For one, it was the platform the immediate past governor of the state, Senator George Akume, used to secure a seat for himself in the senate in the 2011 general elections. So also some members of the state legislature. Therefore, in terms of numerical strength and popularity, APC has all it takes to make a better showing in the state in the coming general elections.