The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has commenced an investigation into what it has termed a serious incident involving a FlyBird HS 125 aircraft, with registration number 5NKAL.

The Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance at the NSIB, Mrs Bimbo Oladeji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

According to her, the aircraft, operating a flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to Kotoka International Airport, Accra, experienced technical difficulties during its flight on December 6, 2024.

It was reported that the aircraft lost two engines during the flight and decided to return to Abuja.


Preliminary information indicated that the aircraft, with four persons on board, was climbing through flight level 240 en route to flight level 280 when the crew reported an engine number 2 indication issue.

The aircraft was approximately 25 nautical miles southwest of VOR station VONUK at 17:54 UTC when the crew requested a diversion back to Abuja due to the engine indication.

Findings by the NSIB showed that the aircraft lost engine No. 2 at flight level 230

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, speaks during a condolence visit to the family of former Edo NLC Chairman, Anthony Kaduna Ebiogbodin.


Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has offered automatic employment to the daughter of a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Edo State Chapter, late Comrade Anthony Kaduna Ebiogbodin, who died recently.

Ebiogbodin reportedly slumped and died during a scuffle with policemen in Benin City.

The governor stated this on Saturday while on a condolence visit to the widow and family members of the deceased, expressing displeasure over his death.

He was accompanied by the Acting NLC Chairman in Edo State, Comrade Bernard Joman Egwakhide, other leaders of organized labour and civil society organizations in the state.

Okpebholo also promised that his administration would interface with the State’s Police Commissioner, Umoru Ozigi, to ensure that the conduct of officers does not pose any threats to Edo State residents.

The governor noted that the death was avoidable if only the policemen had conducted themselves well at the checkpoint, where he collapsed, following a heated argument.

“It is painful that we have lost a soul in this manner, but I will talk to the police about their conduct so that they will behave well and conduct themselves well in the state,” Okpebholo was quoted in a statement by his spokesman, Fred Itua.

“He is gone. It is painful, but that is life, as we all will die one day. I feel sad over the circumstances surrounding his death, but he is gone. No man knows who is next,” the governor concluded.

Acting Chairman NLC, Comrade Egwakhide and some leaders of the Civil Society Organizations, including Rev. David Ugolor and Barr. Abraham Oviawe, called for a holistic investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the death of Com. Eboigbodin.

Governor Okpebholo, thereafter, signed the condolence register in honour of late Comrade Eboigbodin who died at the age of 64.

At least 16 passengers, including newlywed couple, escaped death in an auto crash on the Third Mainland Bridge of Lagos on Saturday.

The accident involved a commercial bus and a mini truck which had a head-on-collision near the Ilaje end of the 11.8-kilometre-long bridge.

The couple were returning to the mainland from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry when the accident occurred at about 3:00 p.m.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that the commercial bus had a brake failure while on high speed and rammed into the slow moving truck at the spot.

16 passengers – 11 women and five men sustained injuries and were quickly rushed to the Lagos State Trauma and Emergency Centre along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for medical attention.

Two other victims were trapped in the wreckage and suffered fractures to their limbs.

The passengers were extricated by emergency responders, including men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), and thereafter rushed to the Gbagada General Hospital for treatment.

Other agencies involved in the rescue operation were the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASABUS), the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), police, and Lagos State Task Force