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An aircraft operated by Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, made an emergency landing on Tuesday when the pilot detected smoke in the cabin. The aircraft, travelling from Lagos to Accra, Ghana, had smoke coming from its cabin many miles away from its destination in Ghana. A passenger had taken to the social media Thursday complaining about alleged ill-treatment meted out to the affected passengers on the flight when the plane eventually landed in Ghana after the experience. But the airline said in a statement on Thursday that there was no incident and that passengers disembarked without hitches. Adebanji Ola, the…

Parents are their children’s first heroes. Yet, this is a title we take far too lightly. Even as we wish for our little ones to be the best, we send them mixed signals with our own personal behaviors. Whether we recognise it or not, our kids constantly strive to please us, often by emulating us. As that old adage goes, imitation is indeed the most glorious form of flattery! Here are 10 parenting behaviors that need to stop immediately, to bring the best out of your child. Casual Lying  A casual lie, a.k.a the white lie, is the first causality…

Serena Williams has spoken of the need for improved maternal health care and the need for medical doctors to always listen to complaints of black women in the world. Speaking to the BBC after a tennis exhibition in New York City Monday, she noted that black women are three times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or childbirth. “Doctors aren’t listening, just to be quite frank,” the tennis superstar advised“It may be time for women to be comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations.” Williams, who returned to professional tennis on Thursday, six months after, had suffering terrifying complications and…

The Falconets will face three time winners and their 2014 nemesis, Germany in group D of the competition. Haiti and the Peoples Republic of China complete the teams in group D. The draw ceremony, which took place at Rennes Opera House,  pitched host France against another African representative, Ghana, New Zealand and Netherlands in group A. 2016 champions, South Korea will face England, Mexico and Brazil in group B while group C has the United States of America, Japan Paraguay and Spain. The draw was conducted by FIFA’s Chief Women Football Officer, Sarai Bareman, who was in the company of…

Arsenal have defeated an in-form AC Milan side 2 – 0 at the San Siro in their Europa League round of 16 clash. The Gunners came into the clash from a very poor run of form that saw them lose four games on the bounce, which include a back to back 3 – 0 defeat to Premier League leaders Manchester City. The Europa League from all indications seem the only hope of making the Champions League for Arsene Wenger and his side showed that zeal in the 15th minute as Mesut Ozil played a pass to Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whose deflected…

The All Progressives Party (APC)-led federal government has come under attack for borrowing more in three years than the previous Peoples Democratic Party government did in 16 years. Senator Dino Melaye, (APC Kogi) made the statement during plenary on Wednesday, March 7, as he called a Point-of-Order on the Peace Corps bill currently before the president for assent. Melaye stated: “Without fear or favour, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 16 years, borrowed N6 trillion and this government in three years, has borrowed N11 trillion but there is no specific programme that will empower the youth. ”Also, N500 billion was…

The federal government said Thursday that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory (PPPRA) will soon be scrapped. Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum resources, spoke this at a round table on understanding the new petroleum industry regulator to be set up by the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), organised by the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) and the Media Initiative on Transparency in the Extractive Industry (MITEI). Kachikwu, however, dismissed the fears that workers of the DPR and the PPPRA would be sacked. He said the workers will be assimilated into the…

A Nigerian Senator in the eighth Senate is collecting N13.5 million as running cost every month, a fiery Senator has revealed. Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, said: “I think what we can say is that the running cost of a Senator is N13.5 million every month.” Sani, who made the revelation in an interview with The News magazine, said receipts must be produced to back up expenses for retirement of the amount monthly. “But what I am saying is that that money (N13.5 million per month) must be receipted for what you do with it. But…

Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, are battling to save the life of a civil servant in the state after she was allegedly attacked by her maid in the Ejigbo area. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, one Mistura had been in a coma since Monday, March 5, 2018, when she was attacked with blended pepper and a wine bottle by the maid identified as Susan Samson. This reporter was told that despite a three-hour surgery on Wednesday, the victim had yet to come round and was in the intensive care unit of LASUTH. It was learnt that…

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has confirmed that Nigeria is out of recession, applauding Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the country’s strong recovery in foreign exchange reserves. This, according to Leadership, was contained in a report released on Wednesday, March 7, in Washington DC by its executive board after the conclusion of Article IV Consultation with Nigeria. The executive director of IMF applauded Nigeria’s implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, according to the report. It, however, warned that it was still susceptible to shock in spite of the economy being out of recession due to its fragility.…