Homepage Lagos from Monday, August 11th, 2025

Comfort Emmanson, the passenger who attacked airline staff on an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged to court and remanded at Kirikiri Correctional Centre.

Nigerian carrier, Ibom Air, has placed an indefinite travel ban on a passenger, Comfort Emmanson, following a violent altercation with its Uyo–Lagos flight crew at the Murtala Muhammed Airport on Sunday.

Australia will officially recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday.

Five journalists working with Al Jazeera were killed on Sunday in what the network described as a “targeted assassination” by Israeli forces in Gaza.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the founder and general Overseer of the Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria.

The Lagos State Government has directed all e-hailing operators to present their vehicles for inspection as part of efforts to improve safety, service quality, and regulatory compliance.