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A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, October 4, according to reports.  Yvonne Kinane-Wells, 69, called air traffic control to help guide her through landing the propeller aircraft as her husband, Eliot Alper, 78, lay slumped in the …

  Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and mother of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is receiving hospital treatment after suffering a stroke last week, her grandson said Tuesday, October 8.     “I wanted to let you know about my incredible grandmother, Ethel Kennedy. She has had a great summer and transition into fall. Every …

Music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has launched his third bid to get out of jail as his defence claims he is innocent and sexual encounters were ‘all consensual’.    His legal team have filed new documents, arguing the music mogul is ‘not a threat to the community’ as he sits behind bars on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.   Combs …

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, to life imprisonment for def!ling two seven-year-old girls.    The judge held that the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with the ingredients of defilement to the court’s satisfaction.   Sholadoye held that the evidence of the defence …

Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has inaugurated a seven-member panel to investigate the recent killings and destruction of property at local government secretariats in the state.    The panel was inaugurated on Tuesday, October 8, at the executive chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt.   Governor Fubara, addressing the panel, vowed that his administration would not …

  Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have shut down ongoing divorce rumours as they reunited for a shopping spree in Toyoko, Japan.     This comes after sources claimed that Kanye West and Bianca Censori’s marriage was “on the rocks” and that Bianca had already moved out as they had “split up” weeks ago.     However, the married couple shut down the rumours …

Darlington Achakpo, better known as Speed Darlington,  has been released on bail.  The comic singer was arrested in his house in Lagos State and was taken to Abuja where he was detained for days.    His arrest was due to a video he made insinuating Burna had a thing with Sean “Diddy” Combs after the American music mogul was arrested …

Bandits have k!lled the abducted district head of Kanya District, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Isah Daya.   LIB reported that the traditional ruler was abducted alongside nine members of his community on Saturday, October 5, 2024.    Security agents, including troops, on Tuesday rescued the remaining victims from bandits.    The spokesman for the State Police …

Militant group, Hezbollah said Tuesday, October 8, that it is now ready to engage in cease-fire talks with Israel, after suffering serious blows to its leadership and ranks in the last three weeks. The terror group in Lebanon made the announcement after firing more than 100 rockets at the Jewish state hours earlier.   Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, Naim Qassem, …

  Embattled music executive and rapper, Sean “Diddy” Combs doused a woman with lubricant that was mixed with the date r@pe drug Rohypnol before he viciously assaulted her alongside his bodyguard and a third friend, the accuser’s attorney claims. The unnamed victim was allegedly forced to remove her clothes when Combs threatened her with a knife, lawyer Ariel Mitchell-Kidd told …