Woman gives birth on board Saudi airline forcing the New York bound flight to land in London

A Boeing 777 plane was forced to make an emergency landing en route from Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, to New York's JFK airport when it was forced to divert to London, yesterday, June 15, when a woman went into labour.


The pilots of the Saudi Arabian Airlines plane declared an emergency while flying over Northern Ireland, the Mail Online reported.

Flight tracking radar shows that an emergency was declared while the plane was flying over Northern Ireland. The flight tracking website Air Live reported at 10:47 BST that "a woman is giving birth" on board flight SV21.
It had traveled over northern England before flying over Northern Ireland. However, it turned around over Ireland and started travelling towards Wales.

Pictures of the cabin crew holding the baby have gone viral on social media and have been widely shared. The mother and baby were taken to hospital following the birth.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines officer confirmed the mid-flight birth, saying that "a happy event forced the Jeddah-New York plane to land in London".

Abdul Rahman Al Fahad said that the passenger was in her seventh month and had a report that allowed her to board the plane.

"Both the mother and the baby girl are doing fine," Al Fahad said, quoted by Saudi daily Okaz on Thursday, June 16.

Source: Air Live, Mail Online/Lyca Dilse

WAEC certificate: President Buhari's case adjourned indefinitely

The federal high court sitting in Abuja has adjourned indefinitely a suit filed by an Abuja based legal practitioner, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, challenging the authenticity of President Buhari's Cambridge West African School Certificate WASC.  Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe in the suit alleged that President Buhari did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate WASC) in 1961 as he claimed.


At the hearing of the suit today June 16th, Justice Adeniyi Ademola ruled that the case was being adjourned indefinitely following a notice of appeal filed by president Buhari's team. Among President Buhari's legal team are Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Mr. Lateef O. Fagbemi (SAN), Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN), Prof. Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), Charles Edosomwan (SAN), Emeka Ngige (SAN), Femi Atoyebi (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), Funke Aboyade (SAN), H.O. Afolabi (SAN), Muiz Banire (SAN), and 10 others.

Late Stephen Keshi's son signs NFF condolence register in honor of his late father

Late Sport Icon/Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi's children, Stephen Jnr and Jennifer have arrived Nigeria in preparation of their father's burial. Earlier today, Stephen Jnr went to the Nigeria Football Federation Glass House to sign the condolence register in honor of his late father and Amodu Shuaibu

Imo State pensioners protest over salary arrears

A group of Imo State pensioners are currently protesting at Douglas-Okigwe road, over salary  arrears. The aged who are being owed 14-17 months in pension by the Imo State Government, have blocked strategic roads and prevented workers from going to work. More photos after the cut.

Acting President Osinbajo Presides Over FEC Meeting

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting as the acting president on Tuesday, June 14. 




The vice president was handed power by President Muhammadu Buhari following the latter’s travel to London to treat an ear infection. 



Osinbajo will serve in acting capacity for the 10 days during the president’s absence. This is the first time President Buhari is transferring power to Osinbajo since they both came into power in May 2015. This will be the second meeting Osinbajo will chair in the absence of the president, as he presided over his FEC meeting last week. In the last meeting the council prayed for the president and three other ministers who were ill. See more photos of the meeting presided by the vice president in the absence of the president: 

Lil Wayne suffers seizure, forces his private jet to make emergency landing

Read the exclusive report from TMZ below...

Lil Wayne suffered a seizure during a cross-country flight, forcing his private jet to make an emergency landing in Nebraska ... TMZ has learned. Wayne was flying from Milwaukee to California when the seizure struck -- and we're told he'd blacked out when the pilot put the jet down Monday afternoon in Omaha. Paramedics are at the airstrip right now, and Wayne is alert again. As of 1:30 PM PT ... we're told he's refusing medical treatment.

The same thing happened to Weezy in 2012 ... when his private jet made emergency landings two days in a row. He also suffered seizures in 2013 -- one of which was nearly fatal.

Wayne has said he's epileptic and has suffered seizures since childhood.

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