38-year-old Woman Arrested With 2.39kg Heroin At Lagos Airport

A Burundian woman, Aisha Uwimana, was on Thursday arrested with 2.39 kg of heroin by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. She flew into Nigeria from Burundi via Rwanda Air.

According to NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, the drug was concealed in the suspect’s hand luggage.

He said; “A Burundian, Uwimana Aisha, had in her hand luggage two parcels of powdery substance, weighing 2.39 kg., which tested positive for heroin.

[Lagos Plane Crash] Police, Air force, NEMA Officials Arguing At The Crash Site

Sahara Reporters obtained a video of the Police, Air force, AIB and NEMA officials arguing at the Crash Site  over who takes Agagu's Corpse from the site. See the video after the cut...

[Lagos Plane Crash] The Survivor Who "Walked" Out Of The Plane Crash Alive

One of the survivors of the Lagos Plane Crash, Femi Akinsanya, literally walked out of the plane crash alive.  He was seen walking out of the wreckage before the aircraft caught fire. He suffered a minor injury on his head and was assisted by  men of the Nigerian Air Force who took him  to the nearby Air Force clinic for treatment.

Femi, son-in-law of the late Governor Olusegun Agagu was among the seven survivors of the ill-fated plane.
 

Lagos Plane Crash Update: BLACK BOX RECOVERED - Aviation Minister

It was a black Thursday morning in Lagos State, Nigeria, as a small passenger plane, conveying the remains of a former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, 20 passengers and crew members crashed immediately after take-off from the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

In a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, she assured the public that investigation into the cause of the crash will be thorough.

[Lagos Plane Crash]- Names Of Survivors and Flight Manifest

 

The manifest of the plane carrying the remains of former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, 20 passengers  and crew has been released. The 23-year-old aircraft belonging to Associated Aviation Limited crashed  less than a minute after take-off from the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

FAAN and the AIB  said the 20 comprised  13 passengers and seven   crew members, which included two pilots, two cabin crew members and three  engineers. See list below.

Small Passenger Plane Crash Lands At Lagos Airport

A small passenger plane belonging to Associated Airlines is said to have crash landed at Lagos Airport. 

"There's a lot of smoke coming from the runway, but we can't get access to it. There are firefighters rushing to the scene," Rasaki Rhakod, who runs a car service from the airport, told Reuters.

The plane had 27 people onboard with 20 passengers and 7 crew members. Yakubu Dati, coordinating general manager of Nigeria's airports authority, told Reuters on the scene that at least five passengers had been killed.

Several local radio stations and Channels TV reported that the plane was carrying a family and the body of former governor of Ondo state Olusegun Agagu to his funeral.

Exact Number of casualties cannot be  ascertained at the moment. I will keep you posted.