Uganda Airlines has once again stranded over one hundred passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The incident comes barely three weeks after the airline abandoned hundreds of passengers at the same airport following an issue involving one of its Airbus A330-800Neo aircraft, reports The Guardian. This time, some ...
•Mars Aviation A Cessna 172 aircraft with registration number 5N-ASR, operated by Skypower Express, has crashed at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State. The aircraft had departed Kaduna International Airport en route to Port Harcourt International Airport before diverting to Owerri after the crew declared an emergency,...
•Bandits Suspected bandits have reportedly hijacked a commercial vehicle along the Ogobia-Adoka road in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, killing the driver and abducting about five passengers on board. The incident has thrown communities in the area into panic, with residents describing the route as “increasingly unsafe.” A l...
•Aviation Minister Keyamo and Murtala Muhammad International Airport Lagos Begging and touting remain persistent challenges at Nigerian airports. Despite the Federal Airports Authority’s efforts to curb this menace, progress has faced strong resistance, particularly from security agencies. This menace is embarrassing the country, reports The P...
•Container falls on car An articulated vehicle laden with a container today fell at Onitsha Owerri Road, killing three passengers on a tricycle on the spot, while three tricycles carrying passengers were trapped under the container. As of the time of filling this report, rescue operation had not started as angry sympathisers trooped to the [&h...
•Two collided passenger trains in Slovakia today Emergency services in Slovakia scrambled to free rail passengers today after two trains crashed into each other, leaving at least 20 people injured and wrecking one of the engines. Firefighters and rescue workers were “pulling people out through the doors”, according to emergency services, and t...
A minor incident occurred on an Ibom Air domestic flight from Murtala Muhammed Airport on the August 11, 2025, after a passenger refused to switch off his mobile phone despite the repeated instructions from cabin crew. Electronic devices can disturb the plane’s navigation systems, which might affect how the flight is operated. Switching off ph...
•Bullet ridden vehicle At least, 14 passengers, including women and children, have been killed in yet another attack in Plateau State. The incident comes a month after wedding travellers from Kaduna were ambushed and killed by a mob in Plateau, reports Daily Trust. The latest victims were reportedly killed along Chirang road in Mangor District...
Domestic airlines in Nigeria refunded more than ₦1 billion to 5,285 passengers in the second quarter of this year. Data released in a post shared on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) official X account yesterday said a total of ₦1.038 billion was made to the passengers between April and June 2025. The Agency did […]
•Gunmen An unspecified number of passengers were today abducted and some of them reportedly shot by criminals operating at Ezinnachi/Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. The incident, according to some passengers, occurred between 9:00 and 10:00 am as the gunmen blocked the highway and operated unchallenged, reports Vanguard. One...
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