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In a rare manifestation of goodluck and perhaps answered prayers, an unidentified passenger on the ill-fated Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 is among the 28 that survived the crash. The air mishap occurred on December 25, Christmas Day when the flight took off and was en route Grozny in Russia. It was making an emergency landing near the Kazakh city of Aktau. The plane was en route to Grozny in Russia but it was diverted due to fog. The passenger’s video recordings showed moments when the flight had already run into trouble with cabin crew making emergency announcements while oxygen masks were…
Communities in Sokoto State have differed over the bombing of communities which have claimed many lives in the state. There were reports of jet bombings in the Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities of Silame Local Government Area of the state leading to death of about 10 villagers with dozens also injured. Also killed and injured were residents’ livestocks while many houses were either burnt or destroyed. It was said that the airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force had targeted the Lakurawa terrorist group. The air raids were said to have been conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji…
BY MICHAEL AKINOLA Over the years, excruciating fuel scarcity across the nation was an integral part of the festive season. No Christmas was complete without Nigerians queuing for long hours at fuelling stations. This year, however, the situation is manifestly different. There are no long queues or black market dealers on the streets selling to desperate buyers at cut-throat prices. Even more heartwarming is the fact that petrol prices are falling nationwide. This week, the NNPCL, in response to the calls for affordable petrol, reduced the pump price of petrol at its retail outlets in Abuja to N965 per litre,…
There is tension in the Olodo area of Ibadan-Iwo Road in Oyo state Monday evening as a petrol tanker has exploded. NPO Reports gathered that the cause of the explosion was not known at press time. Tongues of flames could be seen by residents with thick smoke going into the sky while residents ran for their lives as seen in a video shared by Oyo Affairs, an online medium. As at press time, emergency officials were yet to arrive at the scene. More details later…
Friends and associates have woken up on Friday to the news of the death of a Nigerian journalist who is more known and respected for her courage in handling her altruistic son, Ahmed, Mrs. Rafat Idris Salami. Alhaja Salami reportedly died in the early hours of Friday, succumbing to an ailment that had seen her been on wheelchairs for some weeks. The late Salami was a staff of the Voice of Nigeria and one of the leaders of the International Press Institute in Nigeria. Even on her wheelchair, Salami attended the last event of the IPI which was graced by…
A plane of the United Nigeria Airlines was on Thursday grounded by the authorities for hours after a fight ensued between a passenger and a crew member. NPO Reports that flights of the airline has been disrupted with lamentations by many whose flights were scheduled for morning, noon and afternoon having their flights postposed. A statement by the airline confirmed that disruptions to its operations occurred after a passenger and a crew member had scuffles shortly before take off of its flight from Lagos to Asaba in the early hours of Thursday. The scuffle was said to have started after…
Only one bank robbery has succeeded in Lagos state since 2007. This was declared on Thursday by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun while speaking at the 18th Security Briefing of Lagos state and donation of operational vehicles to the state Police Command and other security operatives at the Alausa secretariat. According to Egbetokun, the state would have been overwhelmed by criminals but for the consistent and persistent interventions of the governments of Lagos state. “Lagos State being the economic hub of Nigeria has suffered and continue to suffer internal migration. “Thousand of people flock into the state everyday…
By Safiu Kehinde and Halimah Olamide More facts are emerging over the circumstances that led to the death sentence handed on to one Segun Olowookere, whose parents Mr and Mrs Olowookere have gone viral alleging injustice. Videos of the couple had gone viral in the last 48 hours with his father and mother alleging that their only son was sentenced to death by hanging over theft of fowl and eggs in a farm. The mention of fowl and eggs as the objects of theft have drawn the anger of many Nigerians with allegations of judicial high handedness being levelled. However,…
By Muizz Olanrewaju Speakers at the grand finale of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) nationwide debate have concluded that those who criticise the governments are not necessarily unpatriotic. The debate saw representatives of selected tertiary institutions who spoke at the 7 for 7 national values campaign aimed at fostering or encouraging unity, patriotism, and ethical behaviour among Nigerians. Organisers of the programme have said the event was initiated to promote some seven core values patriotism, discipline, integrity, social justice, religious tolerance, self reliance and dignity of labour. “These values are meant to be the foundation for building a peaceful prosperous and unified Nigeria,”…
By Muizz Olanrewaju Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said those who take the state’s airport as a low priority project are speaking from a position of poor information on the project. This was just as the Governor officially commenced the construction of the proposed Abia Airport at an elaborate ceremony on Tuesday. At the groundbreaking ceremony held at Community Primary School, Umunna Nsulu, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state, the governor described the project as a significant milestone poised to enhance economic activities and establish Abia as a crucial hub in the…