The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA), has given approval to Max Air to resume its domestic flight operations after a successful completion of an economic and safety audit. The Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Monday, 17 March, 2025 and made available to newsmen. On 29 January , 2025, Max Air voluntarily suspended its domestic operations for 90 days after a series of incidents on its flights. This decision was welcomed by the NCAA Achimugu noted that during the suspension period, the NCAA conducted a thorough…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
A plane on the night of Monday, 17 March, 2025 crashed just off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, a few minutes after taking off from Roatan Island, killing seven people, while 10 others were pulled out from the wreckage alive. The country’s Transport Ministry said that the Jetstream aircraft operated by Honduran airline Lanhsa was carrying 14 passengers and three crew members. The Ministry added that the wreckage was found about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) off the island’s coast. According to the flight manifest shown by local media, the passengers included a US national, a French national and two minors.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the objections raised by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, against the N100B suit instituted by Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, over the issuance of import licences to five oil companies. Dangote Petroleum Refinery had approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to void the import licences issued to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and four other companies. The case of the refinery company is that the import licences…
Famous Nigerian cross-dresser, Bobrisky, has revealed the number of celebrities he has dated in the country, just as he or she plans to reveal their identity to the public Bobrisky made this known while speaking about betrayals that drove him into exile. The cross-dresser, in a recent video shared on Snapchat, confessed to having an intimate relationship with seven Nigerian celebrities. While announcing plans to expose and name those celebrities, Bobrisky, in his heated rant, described them as fake individuals in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Reflecting on the condemnation he faced from some Nigerian celebrities and politicians during his EFCC…
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has boasted that he sees no competent opponent as he seeks re-election in the November 8, 2025 governorship poll. Soludo stated that there is a consensus among Ndi Anambra (the people of the state) that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA,) has delivered dividends of democracy and should be given another chance in the next election. He made this statement during a media chat to celebrate his third anniversary, adding that the people of the South-East state can vote for any party during national elections but are loyal to APGA when it comes…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two persons in connection with the explosion that rocked the Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC)-operated Trans Niger Delta Pipeline. Thegazellenews.com gathered that the incident occurred from the night of Monday, 17 March, 2025 through to the morning of Tuesday, 18 March, 2025 at the border of Kpor and Bodo communities. The Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer, (PPRO),SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025. According to Iringe-Koko, a “thorough investigation to determine the cause” of the explosion, which resulted in an inferno, has…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a 30-year-old woman, Hauwa Sani, for allegedly smuggling ammunition concealed in a palm oil container. The police also apprehended a syndicate transporting hard drugs meant for criminals operating in Yobe State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025. Adejobi said the arrests were made by the Force Intelligence Department-Special Tactical Squad during separate operations. According to the statement, Sani was intercepted along the Keffi-Abuja Expressway on December 23, 2024, while carrying 124 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres…
The Chairman, Special Committee on Renovation of Public Schools (SCRPS), Lagos State, Hakeem Smith, on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025, said 4000 new classrooms have been built and renovated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu since the inception of his administration in 2019. Smith spoke at a briefing held in Lagos ahead of the Wednesday opening of another 16 new classrooms by the Governor built by the administration across the state. Smith said since Governor Sanwo-Olu resuscitated the committee in 2019 after he was sworn-in as the governor, the committee has been able to rehabilitate 386 blocks of classrooms in both primary and…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome killing of 39-year-old woman, Emem Effanga by her boyfriend, Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, 32. The tragedy according to the police stemmed from a disagreement over the use of the woman’s phone to take pictures. The police said investigation revealed that the man, now in custody, beat Emem and strangled her to death. The Police statement said: “Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson,32, for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, 39, and stealing her mobile phone after committing the crime. “Sometime…
Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 arrested 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud at Kaure New Government Reservation Area, GRA, Bauchi and Awala, Maiduguri road, Bauchi state. Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include one BMW and Toyota Camry cars, three play station 5, 30 expensive phones, one flat screen television set, six Point of Sale, POS, machines, four ipads, and five laptops. The suspects will be…