Death Toll In Nepal’s Plane Crash At Newly Commissioned Airport Rises To At Least 67
At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s worst aviation disaster in three decades. Those on board the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft that plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames in the central city of Pokhara included six...
Spain Pledges To Help Nigeria Fight Insecurity
The government of Spain has pledged its commitment to help Nigeria tackle the rising state of insecurity across the country. This was made known when the Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, led a delegation to the Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Thursday. Albares noted that his first visit evolves around bilateral and economic cooperation,...
Five Dead After Man Drives Into Crowd In China
Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians in Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring 13 others. The incident has sparked widespread public outrage, with many accusing the man of deliberately targeting people. Videos posted online show the driver getting out of the car and throwing banknotes into the air, shortly after the crash. Police have detained the...
Flights Grounded In US Over System Failure
All flights across the United States of America have been grounded due to a system failure at the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, according to a Notice to Airmen According to the NOTAMs, the impact on flights is likely to be global. Also, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that an outage related to NOTAMs, which are essential notices & directives for flight...
NATO, EU Look To Protect Critical Infrastructure
NATO and the EU on Wednesday announced a “joint task force” aimed at bolstering the protection of critical infrastructure in the face of threats from Russia. The move comes after a sabotage attack on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines last year and as the two organisations seek to bolster cooperation in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. European Commission...
Peter Obi’s Company, Next International Dissolved By UK Authorities
For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. PREMIUM TIMES (not ABN TV) checks, revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021 following a first and second gazette...
Senegal Bans Night Buses After Crash Killed 40
The Senegalese government decided Tuesday to ban night buses between towns and villages after the death toll in a weekend head-on crash left 40 dead. The import of used tyres from abroad was also outlawed in a list of measures announced after one of the worst road disasters for years, caused by a burst tyre. More than 100 people were also...
Four NSWL Football Coaches Banned From Work
Four football coaches named in a National Women’s Soccer League investigation into abuse and malpractice in women’s football have been banned for life, the NWSL said in a statement on Monday. The punishments were part of a wide-ranging package of suspensions and fines against multiple individuals and organisations which followed publication of the NWSL’s findings last month in its Joint...
US House Of Representatives Member Seeks Biden’s Intervention Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention
A US House Of Representatives for Texas, district 139, Rep Jarvis Johnson, has called on US government led by president Joe Biden to intervene over the continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying the IPOB Leader is being illegally held contrary to UN Opinion and several Nigeria court judgements ordering...
AIT Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, Arrested By UK Police
Chairman of DAAR Communications Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the UK Scotland Yard. He was picked up on Sunday at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport in London. A reliable source who was on the same flight confirmed the arrest to Whistler. The source said: "We were on a flight from Frankfurt to London, and as we were about to arrive...
