Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has announced the suspension of operations by Max Air, with effect from midnight, 31st January, 2025. This suspension comes on the heels of the incident involving the airline’s aircraft with registration marks 5N-MBD, which suffered a tyre burst on landing at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Tuesday, 28th, January 2025 at about 2251 hours. Announcing the development, Michael Achimugu, Director, Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, NCAA stated that statutorily, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has initiated investigation into the occurrence. The NCAA director said during this three-month…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a Lagos-based hotelier for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old secondary school student and four others in his hotel. Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2 Command, Lagos, AIG Adegoke Fayoade said police took the man into custody after the boy confessed to his mother that the hotel owner molested him at his hotel located at Bucknor in the Isheri Oshun area of the state. Fayoade said the hotelier has been detained for the alleged sexual assault on male students in his hotel after the parents of the boy reported the case to the…

In an heart-rending circumstances, 11 members of the same family from the Abofia-Agbaja community in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were among the victims of a tanker fire that occurred at Ugwu Onyeama along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, on Saturday, reports have revealed. Eyewitnesses stated that the fire broke out around 11 a.m., when the tanker lost control while descending a hilly section of the road, crashing into vehicles ahead before spilling its contents and igniting a massive explosion. Narrating the tragic incident on Tuesday, the brother of the deceased Ebonyi 11 family victims, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwaji, told…

The three military-led West African nations – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso – have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The regional bloc disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. This brings to an end a year-long attempt by ECOWAS to convince the countries to reconsider leaving the bloc. In the Wednesday statement, ECOWAS said though the withdrawal of the three countries became effective today, its decision to keep its doors open was in the spirit of regional solidarity and in the interest of the people. However, in the spirit of…

After cutting off his wife’s wrist over suspicion of infidelity, an Enugu State-based man, Sunday Echege has landed in police net. Disclosing the development in a statement, Enugu Police Command Public Relations Officer Daniel Ndukwe said that suspect was arrested by police with the assistance of members of his community. Ndukwe noted that the incident occurred in Ibagwa-Ani community, Nsukka Local Govermeant Area of the state on Tuesday. The police spokesman stated, ”Echege was arrested through the intervention of community members and the machete allegedly used to commit the crime was retrieved.” Ndukwe quoted the suspect as confessing that he…

Michael Jackson’s complex legacy was always going to be the subject of an ambitious biopic. A recent story from Puck claims that the film, which stars Jaafar Jackson as his late uncle, has been rescheduled from its April release date to October due to screenplay issues. Here is what we currently know about the project With a book by three-time Oscar nominee, John Logan and a director by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equaliser”), “Michael” depicts the story of the late superstar, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50 from severe propofol intoxication. The film’s producer, Graham…

President Donald Trump issued an executive order late on Tuesday night to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military. The move was no surprise. Trump spoke frequently on the campaign trail about his plans. “If you want to have a sex change or a social justice seminar, then you can do it somewhere else, but you’re not going to do it in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, or the United States Marines — sorry,” Trump said at an August rally in North Carolina. The order speaks of transgender identity in sweeping and dismissive terms,…

The mystery of the unexplained drone sightings over New Jersey and along the East Coast late last year has been solved, according to White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who said she was relaying the update directly from President Trump in the Oval Office. In her first White House press briefing Tuesday, Leavitt said, “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.” “Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones,” she added.…

At least 56 bodies have been discovered in unmarked mass graves in northern Mexico, not far from the border with the United States, local prosecutors said Tuesday in a statement. The remains included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as clothing and bullet casings. They were exhumed earlier this week in Chihuahua state — which lies along a drug and migrant trafficking route to the U.S. — in a military-aided operation that lasted several days, the statement said. Prosecutors gave no details about the possible identities of the victims. The remains have been sent to…

A Nigerian man was extradited to the U.S. after he was indicted in connection with the sextortion of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide, the Justice Department said Monday. Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, allegedly posed as a young woman on social media and got 17-year-old Gavin Guffey to send him “compromising photos,” the Justice Department said. Lawal then allegedly threatened to ruin Guffey’s reputation by leaking the photos unless he sent Lawal money, the Justice Department said. Guffey, the son of South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey, died by suicide in 2022. Lawal was indicted in October 2023…