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By Felix Durumbah Reprieve has come for all those slammed with one sanction or the other for allegedly breaching aviation protocols in two separate aviation incidents in the country within a fortnight. Affected are Ms Comfort Emmanson, Fuji maestro KWAM 1, and ValueJet airline captain Oluranti Ogoyi and co-pilot Ivan Oloba. Emmanson, who was arrested, charged to court and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, over an incident on Ibom Air this week, is to breathe the fresh air of freedom sometime within the week. In the case of KWAM 1, who was involved in a controversial incident involving alleged refusal…

The City Sanitation Operation of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished illegal structures and shanties, popularly called “Cashew Garden”, in Apo Cadastral Zone E27, Abuja. Director of Development Control, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, who led the operation today, August 12, told journalists during the exercise that the move was to rid the city of criminal elements and miscreants. “You recall that we were at Zone 3, Wuse and UTC for similar exercises since the commencement of the operation as directed by the FCT Security Committee. "Today we are in Apo, dislodging shanties and miscreants posing security threats to residents of…

*'Okuama Saga'll Not Repeat' By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, in Ughelli Irked by the high rate of insecurity in some parts of the Niger Delta, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Major General Ejim Emekah, has been doing the rounds rallying influential persons in the region, in a bid to restore normalcy. Some of the personalities he visited were royal fathers. Accompanied by the Commander, 63 Brigade, Delta State, Brig. Gen. M. A. Shonibare, the GOC parleyed with traditional rulers in Ughelli North Local Government Area (LGA). Speaking to newsmen at the ancient palace of the traditional rulers of Ughelli…

The Koseleri Team, a distinguished group of former Local Government Councils Chairmen in former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi's administration, has saluted Hon. Abass Aleshinloye on his recent appointment as Oyo State Commissioner to the Federal Character Commission (FCC). In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Hon. Yekeen Popoola, the group praised Hon. Aleshinloye’s integrity, leadership, and commitment to fairness as consistent qualities that have made him outstanding. They expressed confidence that his tenure will enhance equitable representation and resource distribution for the State. The august body --of which Hon. Aleshinloye is a strong member --is renowned for its unwavering…

*They Plead Not Guilty *Remanded In DSS Custody Finally, justice may be knocking on the door for relations and victims of June 5, 2022 bombing of Owo Catholic Church as Federal Government (FG) today, August 11, arraigned five men before a Federal High Court in Abuja for their alleged involvement in the attack. The five are alleged to be members of Al Shabab terrorist group, a violent religious extremist group dominant in Somalia and hated in all of East Africa. The attack took place on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, in a development that shook and outraged the…

The Abuja city sanitation operation of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), today, August 11, cleared illegal occupants and traders around UTC, in Area 10, Abuja, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) . Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, who headed the operation, explained that the exercise was directed by the FCT Security Committee. Galadima said that the goal was to enforce sanity and rid the city of criminal elements. He explained that the UTC was one of the areas identified as dark spots harbouring criminal elements. He explained that the team equally evacuated a…

By our reporter Ms Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger who reportedly assaulted airline officials on a flight from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to Lagos, has reportedly been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre following her arraignment in court today. This was disclosed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser (Media and Communications) to Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, today. Emmanson, a young lady, had earlier been slammed with a lifetime ban by Ibom Air which announced that she has been prohibited from ever traveling in any of the airline's planes. The Ministerial aide broke news of the…

By our reporter A female passenger, Ms Comfort Emmanson, involved in an unruly incident on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to Lagos, has been handed a lifetime ban from traveling on any plane owned by the airline. Ibom Air said today that the passenger, who arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in an Ibom Air flight, proceeded to allegedly assault a flight attendant and clashed with security operatives at the airport. Several videos of the clash, which occurred on Sunday, are still trending on the internet,as of press time. In one of the videos,…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Mbakor Community Development Association (MCDA), Makurdi branch, of Benue State, has honoured the former Auditor-General of the Federation, Dr. Samuel Ukura; Hon. Simon Shango, elder statesman; and the former Minority Leader in the Benue State House of Assembly, Dr. Benjamin Bem Mngutyo. The community also honoured Professor Terfa Ahon Adaka; former Permanent Secretary, Mr Terna Ahua; DCM Edward Aondowase Zamber, who retired from Federal Road Safety Corps; university don and Director, Research and Publication, at Benue Public Service Institute Makurdi, Dr Mark Nyitse; and late Col. John Nenger, who was honoured posthumously. Speaking during the ceremony,…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan There is fresh political heat in Osun State over the vexed issue of Local Government (LG) funds allegedly seized by the Federal Government (FG). The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West State has countered the fresh claim by the Peoples Democratic Republic Party (PDP)-controlled state government that the FG is withholding the much-needed funds. The State chapter of APC said contrary to "the misinformation contained in the press statement of the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, on Sunday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is withholding the allocations of the Local Government councils,"…