British Airways, Boots and the BBC have been hit with an ultimatum from the Russian-speaking cybercrime group Clop to begin ransom negotiations after it stole personal details of more than 100,000 staff across the organisations. The demand, posted on Clop’s…
$464m Trapped Funds: British Airways closes Nigerian inventory, may stop operations in December
The inability of British Airways, the United Kingdom carrier to repatriate its trapped funds out of Nigeria has led to the suspension of ticket sales in the country. This is as the airline threatened that it may be compelled to…
*Police arrest house help for killing former employer (Vanguard)*Again, UNILAG postpones 2020/2021 post-UTME screening (Punch)
Police arrest house help for killing former employer (Vanguard) Nasarawa State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested a 27-year-old Cephas Iliya for killing his former employer, late Martin’s Omeri. Late Omeri was a Deputy Chief auditor in the…
*Man who posted wife’s battered face on Facebook arraigned, granted N500,000 bail (Punch) *Market leaders champion containment of coronavirus spread in Trade Fair (Vanguard)
Man who posted wife’s battered face on Facebook arraigned, granted N500,000 bail (Punch) A Lagos-based man, Sulaiman Maiyegun, aka Afobaje, who allegedly battered his wife and bragged about it on Facebook was on Friday arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court…
British Airways pilot strike enters second day after cancelling nearly all flights (Metro)
British Airways pilots will strike for the second day in a row today in a bitter dispute over pay. The strike grounded nearly all of the airline’s flights on Monday, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers and costing BA £40…
French air traffic control ‘outage’ delays UK flights (BBC)
Some flights to and from the UK are facing delays because of problems affecting French air traffic control. British Airways said an “outage” had affected flights travelling through French and Spanish airspace. Easyjet said it was experiencing disruption due to…
British Airways strike: Passengers angry at airline ‘silence’ (BBC)
British Airways passengers have expressed their anger at being unable to get through to the airline following the confusion over cancelled flights. BA pilots are due to strike on 9, 10 and 27 September, but BA also told customers with…
British Airways strike causes five days of flight cancellations (BBC)
The British Airways strike next month is to cause at least five consecutive days of flight cancellations. BA pilots announced three days of strikes – taking place on 9, 10 and 27 September – in a dispute over pay. Despite the first…
British Airways flight evacuated after smoke filled cabin (BBC)
A British Airways flight was evacuated after smoke filled the cabin shortly before landing. The airline confirmed an “incident” on flight BA422 which departed London Heathrow at 15:10 BST on Monday and landed in Valencia. Passengers had to slide down…