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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has sympathised with passengers of the Enugu Air airplane which suffered a runway excursion in Benin City, Edo State. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that an Enugu Air Embraer E170, operating Flight 4264 from Lagos, veered off the runway after landing at Benin Airport on Thursday. Thd airline, owned by the Enugu State Government, confirmed that all 63 passengers and five crew members disembarked safely, and that no injuries or fatalities were recorded. ‘Safety in Enugu Air is non-negotiable’ In his first public statement on the incident on Friday, Mr Mbah expressed joy that none…
The Yobe State Police Command said three suspected vandals in the state have been arrested and it recovered suspected stolen power cables, transformer components and vehicles allegedly used in carrying out the criminal operation. The command said the arrests were part of its ongoing efforts to protect critical national infrastructure and combat the vandalism of public utilities across the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Dungus Abdulkarim, operatives of the Area Command, Gashua, acting on credible intelligence, arrested a 27-year-old aluminium pot maker, Abubakar Idris, of the Sabon Gari area in Bade…
Michelle Hadley spent 88 days in jail for crimes she didn’t commit — and now, nearly a decade later, she’s telling her story on her own terms. Hadley is the subject of Netflix’s July 2026 documentary A Toxic Love Story, which unpacks how her ex-boyfriend Ian Diaz and his new wife, Angela Connell (previously Angela Diaz), orchestrated an elaborate scheme to frame her for stalking and attempted rape in 2016. Following the film’s release, Hadley has opened up about the “red flags” she missed in her whirlwind romance with Ian — and how her reality has changed since the ordeal.…
The Lagos State Government has sealed more than 20 properties in Ikeja Local Government Area over alleged violations of physical planning laws. The enforcement exercise was carried out by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) as part of the government’s efforts to curb illegal developments and enforce compliance with planning regulations. The affected properties included landed properties, uncompleted buildings and structures with unauthorised extensions, according to a statement shared by the state government on Facebook on Friday. According to a statement on its Facebook page on Friday, the exercise was led by Olayinka Wasiu, permanent secretary, Office of…
After the death of Herbert Wigwe, the citadel of learning he founded, Wigwe University, has been plagued by allegations of mass staff dismissals, intimidation and administrative high-handedness. Daniel Ayantoye writes that while former employees paint a troubling picture of life at the institution, the university strongly disputes the allegations and offers a sharply contrasting account of events A dream under scrutiny On August 1, 2025, Dr Nonyelum Okechukwu arrived at Wigwe University in Rivers State expecting the usual ordinary day at the institution, where she had served as university librarian since joining in November 2023. The woman in her late…
Selena Gomez is a total beach babe. Gomez, 34, showed off her curves in a blue two-piece while sailing on a yacht with her husband, Benny Blanco. In one of the new photos she shared via Instagram on Friday, July 24, Gomez sizzled in a textured scoop-neck top featuring thick straps, a ring in the center of her chest and long straps that tied in a bow on her back. The Rare Beauty founder teamed the piece with cheeky high-cut bottoms. Gomez went makeup-free in the pic and gave the camera a pout. Gomez wore her brown hair in a…
The planned meeting between officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and workers of the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital (FUTATH) to resolve the industrial disputes at the hospital failed to hold on Friday following the absence of labour unions. The peace meeting which was at the behest of the ministry was a response to the threat by the unions to down tools due to the failure of the ministry to adhere to the transition agreeement signed during the federal government’s takeover of the hospital from Ondo State. Senior officials from the Federal Ministry of Health led by…
The Nigerian Army said it has recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a precision intelligence-led operation in Rivers State. The Nigerian Army, in a statement posted on its official X page on Friday said the recovery followed sustained offensive against criminal elements in the South-East, with troops of Sector 4, Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA. The statement said, “The operation, conducted in the early hours of 23 July 2026, targeted a suspected criminal hideout at Awara Community Waterside in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area and along the Omoku–Ogbaku–Ndoni axis of Rivers State. “Acting on credible intelligence, the…
The web and Google once had a deal: Google collects data and indexes webpages and in exchange sends oceans of traffic to websites. The deal wasn’t perfect and certainly made Google more money than it made the websites, but it worked for a long time. Now, however, the deal seems to be dead. And the web is being forced to reckon with what happens when the Google traffic dries up.On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about the week’s Google Zero news, including Reddit’s interest in getting out of an AI training deal, and the publishers considering…
Big Brother 28’s Rome Seymour ultimately understands why his showmance, Lyric Medeiros, had to vote him out. “I totally get it because the one thing I stressed to her, I go, ‘Lyric, there will always be a target on my back, always. I want you to do whatever is best for your game at any point in time,’” the pickleball coach, 28, exclusively tells Us Weekly after his eviction from the CBS reality series on Thursday, July 23. “At first, the initial shock of that vote not coming through for me, it stung a little bit.” However, Rome understands that…
