Boeing 737 MAX Planes Banned From British Airspace | Nairalaw

Britain’s aviation regulator on Tuesday banned Boeing 737 MAX
aircraft from the country’s airspace following a deadly plane crash
in Ethiopia, mirroring a decision taken by other nations.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement headlined
“Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft” that “as a precautionary measure” it had
decided “to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator
arriving, departing or overflying UK airspace”.

Britain has joined several other countries in banning the US
planemaker’s 737 MAX planes from their airspace. More airlines
around the world grounded the jets following what is the second
deadly accident involving the aircraft in just five months.

On Sunday, a new Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 went down minutes
into a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board. In
October, a Lion Air jet of the same model crashed in Indonesia,
killing 189.

“Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by the tragic incident
in Ethiopia on Sunday,” the UK regulator added in its
statement.

AFP

Kano PDP Candidate Urges Voter to Prepare for Re-Run
Election

Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf of People’s Democratic Party has assured
his teaming supporters of emerging victorious in the forthcoming
Gubernatorial bye election in Kano declared by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The election was declared inconclusive due massive rigging
ochestrated by the ruling All Progressive Congress that resulted in
over voting and eventual cancellation of many polling units.

Kano people has seen glaringly, how the enemies of democracy who
are high ranking officials of the state Government including
serving deputy Governor, Nasiru Gawuna, Commissioner Murtala Garo
and Nassaraw Local Government Chairman Lamin Sani Kawaji vandalized
an election collation centre with a sole aim of truncating the
declaration process to deny PDP’s victory.

We have been reliably gathered that over five hundred ballot
papers were printed by Kano State Printing Press and syndicated to
various polling units across the state, part of which over ten
cartons of them were confiscated by the police.

It is our prayer that all election offenders would be charged to
courts at the earliest best time to serve as a deterrence for all
anti democracy.

We call on all supporters to remain calm, we are known to be
peace lovers and so we shall remain, as we are very sure of victory
during the rerun.

Our supporters should not forget that PDP is already leading in
the last count of the election and interestingly, the bye election
would take place in the strongest areas of our party.

We urge everyone to keep hope alive on our guest to rescue Kano
from the hands of corrupt leaders and agents of distraction.

People in the affected areas should come out en mass to cast
their votes in favour of PDP, We will Insha Allah emerge victorious
after the rerun to restore the lost glory of Kano.

Signed
Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa the Spokesperson to PDP Gubernatorial
Candidate for Kano State 2019 Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf