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A Russian-operated plane has been seized in Sri Lanka shortly before it was due to return to Moscow with nearly 200 people on board, airport bosses said. The Aeroflot Airbus A330 – which had arrived from Moscow on Thursday – was prevented from returning following an order from Colombo Commercial Court, an official for Bandaranaike International Airport, which is just north of the capital, told the AFP news agency. Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship carrier, halted all international flights in March following Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, but re-started operations to Colombo in April. It was not immediately clear if…
For raw symbolism this Jubilee weekend, it will be hard to beat the gold State Coach. This notoriously uncomfortable vehicle will be the ceremonial centrepiece of the climax of the Jubilee weekend – the pageant that will travel the coronation route from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace on Sunday. Weighing in at four tons, ornately carved and luxuriously gilded, the 250-year-old coach is a reminder of long-passed riches and glory, of Britain’s one-time dominance of oceans and continents. The Queen rode in it to her wedding and to her coronation, to dozens of state openings of Parliament, and in her…
It’s an emotional moment in Lagos as family and friends of a sound engineer David Imoh, have organized commenced a burial rite for him. Imoh was the victim who was attacked by commercial motorcycles operators and later burnt at the Admiralty Way Lekki area of Lagos. His killing has triggered the latest ban on Okada in five local government areas of the state which took effect on Wednesday June 1. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had placed the ban on Okada after outrage following the killing of the sound engineer. He and his colleagues who were also attacked but escaped being lynched…
The Lagos State command of the Nigerian Police on Thursday said at no time did its Area command threw a Magistrate into detention. The command in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the Magistrate in question was on her cell’s inspection and at no time was she prevented from doing her job. The police accused a newspaper (not the NPO Reports) of attempting to set the police against the judiciary in the state. “The Command wishes to state clearly that the story is nothing but fiction. At no time did the Area Commander detain or attempt to…
The Queen has appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony as part of official celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee. The 96-year-old monarch was seen watching troops returning from the official Trooping of the Colour ceremony. She was joined by her cousin, the Duke of Kent, to inspect parading troops. BBC
The All Progressives Congress has named chairmen for its Sub-Committee for the Special Convention for presidential primary. This was contained in a statement issued by Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC) early Thursday morning. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is the sub-committee chairman for Finance and Logistics while Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun will chair Accreditation and Decoration sub-committee. Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya and the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed will co-chair the Budget sub-committee for the convention. Below is the full list: 1. Budget – H.E. Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, Governor…
South Africa’s president says he’s “deeply disturbed” at the abuse of foreign nationals working in the country. It is a particular problem in the township of Alexandra, which was at the centre of xenophobic riots in 2008. Our correspondent Lebo Diseko has been talking to immigrants there, who say they live in fear. “When they came here for the first time there were seven of them. They made us lie all down. They took the machines, hairdryers and sprays. We had no choice but to let them take them because they had guns”. David – not his real name -…
The former head of Colombia’s once-powerful Cali drugs cartel has died in prison in the United States. At one point, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela controlled the vast majority of the world’s cocaine trade and was an arch-nemesis of Pablo Escobar. The 83-year-old was even nicknamed the Chess Player for his skill at staying one step ahead of rivals and the law. But in 1995 his luck ran out – he was arrested in Colombia and eventually extradited to the US in 2004. The former cartel leader was serving a 30-year federal prison sentence in North Carolina where his family says he…
Four people have been killed in a shooting spree at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police say. Officers confirmed that the suspected shooter, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun, was also dead. Police arrived at the scene on Wednesday afternoon at St Francis Hospital in three minutes – which they say ensured the death toll wasn’t higher. Multiple injuries had also been confirmed, officials added. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Police Chief Eric Dalgleish said: “Right now we have four civilians that are dead, and one shooter that is dead.” He said the shooter,…
The Nigerian Army says that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) has exploded, inflicting injuries to its members. The exploded IED caused severe injuries to two members of the outlawed group. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday in Enugu. Nwachukwu said that the incident occurred along Eke Ututu – Orsu Road in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo on June 1. “The dissidents inadvertently stepped on the IED which they had earlier…