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The Airlander 10, also referred to as the flying bum, has crashed. A combination of a plane and an airship, it’s the world’s largest aircraft and hit the ground “less than 24 hours after a successful test flight,” reports BBC. But it wasn’t necessarily flying. According to witnesses, it fractured in two at the airfield in Bedfordshire,UK, after it “broke free from its mooring mast, triggering a safety system which deflates the aircraft”, explained its owner, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd. This might give you an indication as to why it’s known as the flying bum: Two people on the ground suffered minor injuries: No one was on board, but a female member of staff suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital as a precaution. A colleague also sustained minor injuries while dealing with the incident. “The safety feature is to ensure our aircraft minimises any potential damage to its surroundings in these circumstances,” Hybrid Air Vehicles added. “The aircraft ...

The United Arab Emirate has opened new visa centers in Abuja to fastract good services for Nigerians who wishes to travel to united Arab Emirate. The Assistant Undersecretary for Consular Affairs,Amb. Ahmed Alham Al Dhaheri said during the ceremony that the opening of the visa centre in Abuja will contribute to the development of bilateral relations between the UAE and the Republic of Nigeria. According to him, the new visa centers has already accredited three medical examination centres to ascertain the medical conditions of intended travellers. He however said that the new procedures to be performed by the visa issuing centre will be in line with the leading global visa issuing practices, aiming at improving the quality of customer service. Adding that the Nigerians wishing to work. study, tourism visits and businesses in the UAE will provide the required documents and medical examination from the accredited medical centre in Nigrria. It is expected that this will keep up with...

The RoadPal app was created to serve as a pal (friend) to all road travellers. The founder, Tairu Emmanuel says the app will provide users with traffic alerts, robbery alerts, accidents and nearby places that matter to the user while on the road. Launched in October, RoadPal is designed to be multi-purpose. As such, the mobile app will also direct users to some strategic places such as fuel stations, automobile workshop, hospitals for emergency cases, etc. With the app’s explore option, users will be able to locate other places of interest. It could be eateries, hotels, shopping malls, ATM stands, etc. We believe road users want more than just traffic update or info. They also want to know things happening on the road — robbery, accidents, or rituals (especially in the night) — and easily access services like car fixing without having to wait on a mecahnic for long. These are the some of the things RoadPal wants to provide to users across Nigeria starting with Lagos State. R...