An airplane belonging to Nigeria Air on Friday, May 26, landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The flight took off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before arriving Nigeria’s capital. The aircraft painted in the colours of Nigeria Air, was parked at an airport in the company of other planes one of which…
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 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….
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…
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…
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…
Popular daytime TV show ?Dr Phil? is coming to an end after more than two decades on air. The CBS program hosted by Dr. Phil McGraw, became a staple on daytime TV when it first aired in 2002. The show will now come to an end after 21 seasons at the end of the…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Hong Kong stocks rose to a four-month high in its first trading day since the Christmas holidays, during which China scrapped its overseas-travel quarantine rule. The benchmark Hang Seng Index HSI, +1.37% rose as much as 2.6%, and was last up 2.3% at 20050.23, paving the way for the index’s best closing since August. The…
The Chief Executive officer of Max Air, Bashir Mangal, is dead. Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. Bashir who is the younger brother of the business mogul and Chairman of Max Air, Alhaji Dahiru Bara’u Mangal, died in the early hours of today after a brief illness. A…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…