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MAY 30, 2019 Aborted landing: Ethiopian Airlines blames bad weather for fiasco at Lagos Airport Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday confirmed that its [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [1st-Quote]( MAY 30, 2019 [***] Aborted landing: Ethiopian Airlines blames bad weather for fiasco at Lagos Airport [Ethiopian-Airlines-Lagos-Airport]( Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday confirmed that its ET901/29 flight made an aborted landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The General Manager of the Nigeria operations of the airline, Mrs Firihiewot Mekonnen, in a statement, blamed the incident on bad weather. Mekonnen said the aircraft, carrying 393 passengers from Addis Ababa to Lagos, encountered bad weather during landing. [Read more]( [***] [Peter-Obi-and-Buhari]( Obi urges Buhari to increase development tempo The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the 29 state governors sworn-in on Wednesday to increase the tempo of development in Nigeria. Obi gave the advice in a press release signed by his Media Officer, Val Obienyem while commemorating 20 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. Obi, in the statement, urged the newly sworn-in chief executives to hit the ground running immediately to accelerate activities that would position the nation on a path of all sector growth. [Read more]( [***] [Buhari]( Buhari heads to Makkah for OIC summit President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Thursday, May 29 to attend the Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The 14th session of the Summit Conference of the OIC, scheduled to hold on May 31, will be hosted by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and attended by Heads of State and Governments of member states. [Read more]( [***] [Saraki-and-Osinbajo-] Osinbajo thanks Saraki for not taking advantage of 'power vacuum' before Inauguration Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday jocularly thanked Senate President Bukola Saraki for not taking advantage of the vacuum in power before the presidential inauguration. Osinbajo stated this at a dinner organised in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari and himself at the State House Banquet Hall. Buhari and Osinbajo had earlier in the day been sworn-in for a second term in office by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad. [Read more]( [***] [President-Muhammadu-Buhari]( Buhari’s inauguration: PDP, others knock President for keeping mum, Obasanjo, Jonathan absent The inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for a second term in office took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Wednesday amidst tight security. Many dignitaries that attended the event called on Nigerians to support the President so that the country could make progress. [Read more]( [***] [Jide-Sanwo-Olu]( Avoid sycophants, do best for Lagosians, PDP tells Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the new Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to stay focused and do his best for the people. The Publicity Secretary of the party, Taofik Gani, gave the advice in a statement on Wednesday, May 29 in Lagos. This advice came shortly after Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, were sworn-in at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. [Read more]( [***] [ITEC]( [***] [Israeli-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu]( Israel to hold fresh election as Netanyahu fails to form coalition Israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government. The vote triggered a fresh election, which will be held on 17 September. Mr Netanyahu was unable to reach a deal for a fresh right-wing coalition following last month's election. [Read more]( [***] [ErdoganxTrump]( Trump, Erdogan set to meet at G-20 in June – Turkish official Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during a phone call on Wednesday to meet on the sidelines of a G20 meeting set for June 28-29 in Japan, the Turkish Presidency’s communications director said in posts on Twitter. The two leaders discussed issues such as boosting mutual trade, Turkey’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system and “the opportunity to continue the discussion” during the G20 summit, Judd Deere, White House spokesman said in an email. [Read more]( [***] [tankers]( Tankers almost certainly damaged by Iranian naval mines - US US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said "naval mines almost certainly from Iran" were to blame for the damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month. Mr Bolton provided no evidence to support the allegation, which Iran said was "laughable". The attacks off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates on 12 May left holes in the hulls of four ships. [Read more]( [***] [NKEM] Sometimes you need friends who stab you in the back I have never been one to keep too many friends. For as long as I can remember, I have only had a maximum of 4-5 friends at a time. And even now, most of my friends I have known for as long as 20 years! Friendship means a lot to me, I am an all-or-nothing kind of person, and so if I decide that you are my friend, I am willing to give my all. I guess the disadvantage of thid is that, most times, I expect that the same friend who I am willing to sacrifice my all for would do the same for me. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [Google]( Google to rank websites by their mobile versions from July 1 Google said it is pleased to see that "mobile-first indexing" has come a long way. Google has announced that starting July 1, all new websites would be analysed and ranked on Search on the basis of "mobile-first indexing". "Mobile-first indexing" means Google would consider the mobile version of any new website for evaluating, indexing and ranking the site, instead of the desktop version which was used primarily. [Read more]( [***] [mediatek]( MediaTek just unveiled its 7nm chipset with 5G support MediaTek has launched a new multi-mode 7nm processor MediaTek Helio M70, which comes with a built-in 5G modem, designed for the high-end 5G smartphones. MediaTek has unveiled a new multi-mode chipset with MediaTek Helio M70 5G modem at the ongoing Computex 2019 in Taipei. It says that the processor is designed to power the first wave of high-end 5G smartphones. [Read more]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Chelsea]( Chelsea annihilates Arsenal to win Europa League Eden Hazard scored twice and created a third to steer Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over London rivals Arsenal in the Europa League final in what looks likely to be the Belgium winger's final game for the Blues. Chelsea destroyed Arsenal with four second-half goals that handed coach Maurizio Sarri his first major trophy at the age of 60, although that might not be enough to silence the speculation that he could also be leaving Stamford Bridge imminently. [Read more]( [***] [advert banner 2]( [***] [Health]( [***] [bowel-control]( Tips for dealing with loss of bowel control Nobody wants to talk about or even imagine it. But loss of bowel control — known as fecal incontinence — is a problem for millions of adults in the United States, especially women. "It becomes more common with age. It's socially isolating and takes away your dignity. You live in fear that you have stool in your pants and people can smell it. Some people won't even tell their doctors about it," says Dr. Kyle Staller, a gastroenterologist at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. [Read more]( [***] [roids]( Men who use steroids are 90% more likely to become sterile, doctor warns If you’re a regular ‘roid user, you’ll (hopefully) be acquainted with the most common health risks and side effects, which range in severity from acne and oily hair to an increased risk of prostate cancer and heart conditions. But did you know you may be sacrificing your ability to have children, too? Steroid use has long been linked to various bedroom issues, but with UK users alone now totalling one million, scientists have coined a term for the phenomenon to highlight the huge number of people impacted: an evolutionary paradox known as the Mossman-Pacey paradox. [Read more]( [***] [Lifestyle / Entertainment]( [***] [paris-hilton]( Billionaire heiress Paris Hilton gives reasons for wearing wig [Read more]( [***] [STARTIMES]( StarTimes launches Africa’s first online film festival [Read more]( [***] [GIFTY]( “I am proud of you” – Gifty tells Regina Daniels as she marries Ned Nwoko [Read more]( [***] [1st News]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter](  ©2019 1st News | Gbagada, Lagos [Web Version](  [Preferences](  [Forward](  [Unsubscribe](   [Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company]()