By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least, one person died and dozens others were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that experienced “severe turbulence” while heading from London to Singapore before it was diverted to Bangkok on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024, the company said. “We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board,” the airline said on Facebook. It was gathered that the airline also on its X account, #SingaporeAir, confirmed the incident. It posted, “Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino, on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 left the club by mutual consent after just one season at Stamford Bridge. Pochettino, 52, took charge of Chelsea on 1 July, signing a two-year contract with the option of a further year. The Argentine was under pressure after an underwhelming first half of the season but a run of five successive wins to end the season ensured they finished sixth in the Premier League. Chelsea were also runners-up in the Carabao Cup and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. “Thank you to the Chelsea ownership group…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Kano State House of Assembly has commenced the process of amending the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law amidst call for the return of the deposed 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi. The House resolved to amend the law after the Majority Leader and member representing Dala constituency, Hussien Dala, moved the motion during plenary on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024. It was gathered that the law was first amended in 2019 during the rift between then-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the deposed Emir. The first amendment had broken the Kano Emirate into five different Emirates…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A physically-challenged Nigerian man, who has resided in the UK for 38 years, is facing the prospect of being forcibly deported from the country by the Home Office, the Guardian UK reports. Anthony Olubunmi George, now 61 years old, arrived in the UK at the age of 24 back in 1986, from Nigeria. Since then, he has remained in the UK and, according to the Guardian, has a clean record with no criminal convictions. In 2019, he experienced two strokes that had a significant impact on his ability to speak and move. According to George, he no…
By Abimbola Ogunaike Banex Plaza, a shopping complex located in the Wuse 2 area of the Abuja, has been shut down by Officers of the Nigeria Army following attacks on some soldiers over the weekend, the Punch online reports. A trader at the nearby Emab Plaza, Mr Somto, confirmed this to the medium via a phone call on Monday, 20 May, 2024. “Yes, Banex is locked down. We are not affected by it though. Some men of the Army are here”, he said. Another shop owner, who runs an Apple Products store, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border on Sunday, 19 May, 2024, officials and state media reported. In a statement on Monday,20 May, 2024 the Iranian government assured that operations will continue “without the slightest disruption” despite the loss of the President. Aviation accidents have claimed the lives of several presidents over the years. Below is a list of some presidents who lost their lives in aviation crashes. President José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguay (1940) José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguay’s 34th president, died in a plane crash on September…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled Monday, 20 May, 2024 that former President, Jacob Zuma is ineligible to be elected a member of the National Assembly in next week’s general election. The top court threw out Zuma’s complaint against an electoral commission decision that a previous conviction for contempt prevented him from becoming an MP. This decision by the court may deepen political turmoil in the country just over a week before a crucial national election. The latest development could draw the curtain on the political career of the 82-year-old Zuma, a former anti-apartheid hero…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who died in a helicopter crash. Raisi and nine others on Sunday, 19 May, 2024 lost their lives after a helicopter conveying them crashed due to poor weather in the mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media confirmed Monday, 20 May, 2024. On the afternoon of Sunday, 19 May, 2024, rescue teams had begun searching for Raisi when the aircraft went missing.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Monday, 20 ,May, 2024 five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi who died alongside 7 others in a helicopter crash on Sunday, 19 May, 2024. “I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” said Khamenei in an official statement a day after the death of Raisi and other officials in the crash in East Azerbaijan province. Meanwhile, Iran’s powerful allies on Monday, 20 May, 2024 mourned the death of its President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, while regional…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former Minister of Labour and Productivity under the Interim National Government of Chief Enerst Sonekan, Prince Ajibola Afonja, is dead. It was gathered that the former Chairman of First Bank and native of Oyo town, Oyo State, died on Sunday night, 19 May, 2024 at the University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, at 82. He was said to have sustained injuries from a lone accident he was involved in at Ilora, a few kilometres from his country home. He was thereafter rushed to UCH in Ibadan where he eventually died. The deceased was at a time…