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New surveillance video shows the moments an Air Canada regional jet and a firetruck collided on the ground at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night, resulting in the death of the two pilots.

The ATC audio reveals seconds runway collision leading to fatal impact. The audio confirms: a systemic failure in runway incursions

Passengers from the flight are speaking out on what happened inside the plane as investigators search for what caused the deadly crash.

Former Appeal Court President Justice Isa Ayo Salami (rtd) has said that former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, shouldn’t have been allowed to contest the 2023 presidential elections under the banner of Labour Party (LP).

Justice Salami, who attributed the error to the inadequacy and incompetence of some of the judges, who he claimed were responsible for some of the wrong verdicts, also said that the same thing happened to the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf.

He also expressed concern about the incompetence of some judges and the promotion to the bench without regard to excellence, saying that some of them lack the background to be judges.

The retired jurist said this in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Tuesday during a courtesy visit and the presentation of an award by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to him.

The award was presented to Justice Salami by founder of WSCIJ, Dapo Olorunyomi, and the Executive Director, Motunrayo Alaka, respectively, at his Ilorin home.

According to him, “There are a few bad eggs amongst some judges. Strictly speaking, I will not say bad eggs. Some of them have a problem with learning. They don’t have a good background to be judges.

“Imagine appointing a higher registrar as a judge. He has no experience. In the past, this would not have happened.

“Maybe due to population explosion, we have everybody rearing law. Every university or college is trying to establish a law faculty. All these may be responsible, not because they are dishonest.

“Personally, they are inadequate. This might be responsible for their wrong judgments. At times, if you see the judgments of some of them, even the Supreme Court judgments, you will be astounded and wonder at what is happening.

“For instance, Peter Obi ought not be allowed to contest the 2023 presidential election. In this sense, by the time he lost the PDP primary, LP had submitted its list of members to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“And the Constitution says there cannot be an independent candidacy,so how did he become a candidate of the LP if he does not belong to the LP?

“The same thing happened to the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, who had now defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“His name is not in the NNPP’s register, but they issued him a membership card and the register is supposed to be the mother of the card. But the Supreme Court Countenanced it, even though the tribunal and Appeal Court frowned at it. That is the problem of competence.

“People get to the Supreme Court not because they are good but because there is a vacancy from their zones. They supersede people who are their seniors, whom they met at the Court of Appeal and who are more experienced than they are.

“I am a practical example. Some of them who came ten years after I had got to the Court of Appeal were recommended to the Supreme Court by me because my zone did not have a vacancy. That is the tragedy we have found ourselves in. We hope that with time, everything will be corrected.”

He hailed the WSCIJ for the honour it did him with that symbolic gesture. “I am very happy to receive the award. I hope and pray that your organisation will flourish. I am very sure that many people will be eager, from time to time, to be honoured by you.

“There is hardly any judge who will not appreciate this type of award coming to him. Even if he is a bad judge, not to talk of others who are very good and dedicated,” he said.

He hinted that Prof Wole Soyinka’s audacity and principles influenced his position on Nigeria’s affairs. He also revealed to the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, that he had influenced his decision to read law.

“In fact, Chief Awolowo was the one who influenced my decision to read law during his treasonable felony trial. And the government prevented his defence counsel from coming into the country from Britain.

“Chief Awolowo decided to take up his own personal defence. So I thought if I go into politics and I find myself in the same hot pot, I should be able to defend myself,” the jurist added.”

Soldiers accompanied MC Oluomo to take over the national secretariat of the NURTW in defiance of a court judgement sacking him?

Is this the country that we want to bestow on our children?

Soldiers accompanied MC Oluomo to take over the national secretariat of the NURTW in defiance of a court judgement sacking him?

Is this the country that we want to bestow on our children?pic.twitter.com/3VdSkhUdeL

— Inibehe Effiong (@InibeheEffiong) March 24, 2026

VIDEO: Soldiers, police on the scene as MC Oluomo resumes at NURTW secretariat after being dislodged by Baruwa faction pic.twitter.com/LQCw1AQOi4

— TheCable (@thecableng) March 24, 2026

givedemwotowoto:
When you’re in an interview and the interviewer has boxed you into a corner, tell the audience a story about a glass half empty

See the moment Daniel Bwala once described Bola Tinubu's reason for foreign travels;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr4PuKI7cBc?si=il3FNrlyBnidb91a

“Tinubu is using foreign trips to get photo ops and create an evidence of legitimacy as well as evidence of prosperity - But there is none” - Daniel Bwala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p8Pqna4t7c?si=CC85-RFiGdbG4-jF

Aircraft takeoff speeds (V1, VR, V2) are three critical, pre-calculated speeds that ensure a safe and controlled takeoff.

✈️V1 (Decision Speed):
The point where the pilot must decide—abort or continue. After this speed, there’s not enough runway left to safely stop, so takeoff must continue.

✈️VR (Rotation Speed):
The speed at which the pilot pulls back the nose to lift off. It ensures the aircraft becomes airborne safely and remains controllable.

✈️V2 (Takeoff Safety Speed):
The minimum speed to climb safely after liftoff, even if an engine fails. It must be reached shortly after takeoff (around 35 ft).

How They Work Together:
They create a step-by-step safety sequence:
Decide (V1) → Lift off (VR) → Climb safely (V2)

These speeds are calculated before every flight based on factors like aircraft weight, runway length, weather, and altitude, turning takeoff into a predictable, safety-driven process.