BBC presenter suffers heart attack live on air

BBC presenter suffers heart attack live on air

A BBC broadcast was interrupted after the presenter suffered a heart attack live on air.   BBC Radio Devon presenter David Fitzgerald experienced a heart issue while presenting his morning programme on Thursday, April 13, forcing colleague Michael Chequer to take his place.   Michael informed listeners: “It is Thursday morning, Michael Chequer in for David Fitzgerald who…

FBI arrests 21-year-old Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking classified Pentagon documents detailing extensive US spying of several countries

FBI arrests 21-year-old Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking classified Pentagon documents detailing extensive US spying of several countries

FBI agents have arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, in connection with their investigation into classified documents that were leaked on the internet. He was arrested by federal authorities on Thursday afternoon, April 13, “without incident,” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in brief remarks at the Department of Justice….

Police dismiss three officers caught on tape firing shots in the air to hype a Kano-based musician

Police dismiss three officers caught on tape firing shots in the air to hype a Kano-based musician

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed three of its officers caught on tape firing gunshots just to hype a musician, Dauda Kahutu ‘Rarara’ in Kano state recently.   In a video that went viral, the officers serving as escorts to the singer, opened the door to an SUV he rode in and then fired gunshots…

Businessman, 6 others arrested as NDLEA intercepts cocaine, meth concealed in pairs of shoes, black soap and air fresheners at Lagos airport (videos)

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a businessman, Molokwu Nwachukwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos for concealing thirty-six (36) parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage and two pairs of slippers, while heading to…

Joe Biden and Zelensky walk calmly on the streets of Kyiv guarded by hundreds of armed soldiers and secret service amid air raid sirens  (video)

  US President Joe Biden on Monday walked alongside Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelensky on the streets of Kyiv after he became the first sitting American president to visit an active warzone without presence of active US Military personnel.  Biden came under a cloak of secrecy into a war zone to demonstrate what he called America’s…

5 kingpins arrested as NDLEA busts trans-border drug cartel, seizes skunk and meth concealed in air compressors (videos)

5 kingpins arrested as NDLEA busts trans-border drug cartel, seizes skunk and meth concealed in air compressors (videos)

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute…

UK student nurse charged with planning attack on air force base and taking bomb to maternity ward where he worked

UK student nurse charged with planning attack on air force base and taking bomb to maternity ward where he worked

A student nurse appeared in a British court Friday, January 27, charged with planning to attack an air force base and taking a home-made bomb to a hospital maternity unit where he worked. Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St. James’s University Hospital in Leeds, northern England, on January 20 with what prosecutors say was…

Truck suffers brake failure and crushes Air Force officer to death in Kwara, leaves another with a spinal cord injury

Truck suffers brake failure and crushes Air Force officer to death in Kwara, leaves another with a spinal cord injury

Tragedy struck in the Eyenkorin area of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital today January 4 after a truck crushed an officer of the Nigerian Air Force identified as LCPL Goselle Nanpon to death.   According to eyewitnesses, the truck driver suffered a brake failure and rammed into the Air Force security checkpoint stationed at the area, killing…

This asset will crush all others in 2023, says hedge-fund manager who nailed one big call of 2022

This asset will crush all others in 2023, says hedge-fund manager who nailed one big call of 2022

As 2022 winds down and investors reflect on a horrendous year, they can take some comfort in the fact that the big guys had their share of misses. Among them is Harris Kupperman, the president of hedge fund Praetorian Capital, who recently blogged about his 2022 calls he nailed — a selloff of big tech…

Chinese are snapping up flights abroad as Beijing drops more travel restrictions

Chinese are snapping up flights abroad as Beijing drops more travel restrictions

Chinese are rushing to book international trips as Beijing lifts restrictions on re-entering the country from abroad. Minutes after authorities this week announced they would end quarantine and testing requirements for inbound passengers, the country’s top travel sites were flooded with searches and bookings for overseas flights. The scramble for the exits comes as China…

StarTimes To Air The Voice Nigeria Season 4, Premieres This Saturday

StarTimes To Air The Voice Nigeria Season 4, Premieres This Saturday

Affordable pay-TV platform, StarTimes Nigeria has announced that it will air Season 4 of The Voice Nigeria, which premieres this Saturday, 24 December. ST Nollywood Plus will air the show at 5:30pm while ST Nollywood airs at 7pm every Saturday. StarTimes subscribers can watch as low as N1850 on basic bouquet or N2600 on smart…

Scary moment a slingshot ride snapped, leaving passengers dangling in the air in London amusement park (video)

Scary moment a slingshot ride snapped, leaving passengers dangling in the air in London amusement park (video)

A slingshot ride at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park snapped, leaving two riders trapped.   The shocking incident happened on Wednesday night, Dec. 14.   The seating pod on the fairground ride at the popular London Christmas attraction crashed into the support beam and one of the elastic cords snapped, leaving two people dangling in the air.   Another video shows staff…

Air Peace suspends flight to Dubai over visa ban on Nigerians

Air Peace suspends flight to Dubai over visa ban on Nigerians

Air Peace has suspended flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), over the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians.   This comes weeks after UAE authorities placed a visa ban on Nigerians.   Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights to Nigeria, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds and also the reduced passengers…

Watch two Vintage military aircrafts crash into each other mid-air during air parade in US (Video)

Watch two Vintage military aircrafts crash into each other mid-air during air parade in US (Video)

Two US vintage aircrafts collided mid air during an air parade on Saturday, November 12.  In the graphic footage, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra could be seen as they collided over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, November 12. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, authorities responded to the…

U.S. to send outdated HAWK air defense equipment to Ukraine

U.S. to send outdated HAWK air defense equipment to Ukraine

The United States is considering sending its outdated HAWK air defense equipment from storage to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, two U.S. officials have revealed.   The HAWK interceptor missiles are an  upgrade to the Stinger missile systems – a smaller, shorter range air defense system – that…

Singers among over 60 people killed at a celebration in Myanmar military air attack (photos)

Air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed more than 60 people, including singers and soldiers attending an anniversary celebration at a concert in Myanmar.   The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss widening violence in Myanmar.     Ethnic Kachin groups said the strikes by…