LAGOS—A two-storey building in Mega Mall Estate, Inikpa area of Ajah, Lagos, collapsed yesterday, leaving two persons dead.

Identities of the deceased, an adult and teenager, could not be immediately ascertained.
South West Coordination of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident at about 9.07pm , yesterday.

He said five persons were rescued from the debris. He could, however, not give further details on the collapse, saying “responders are on search and rescue.”

A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, prompting a major emergency response.

Flight 5342, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operating for American Airlines and traveling from Wichita, Kan., collided with the military chopper while approaching Runway 33 at the Washington airport around 9 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

About 300 first responders and divers are part of an active search of the Potomac, which is a perilous 35 degrees for the 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the American Airlines flight and the three soldiers traveling in the military chopper, with first responders recovering the remains of at least 18 people, according to CBS News.

No survivors have been found, the outlet added.

Officials did not confirm the recovery of any passengers on either aircraft at a press conference early Thursday morning.

“Our concern is for the passengers and crew on board the aircraft,” American Airlines told The Post in a statement.

“We are in contact with authorities and assisting with emergency response efforts.”

The Army UH-60 helicopter involved in the crash was based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, according to the Army and Pentagon, with the flight reportedly a training exercise, Fox News reported.

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, says he will not accept President Bola Tinubu even if he volunteered to be his bail surety.

Ekwutosblog reports that Sowore is currently in police custody after he was arraigned over allegations of cyberstalking, negligent acts, and intimidation.

The police invitation was about a viral video wherein Sowore confronted officers who had stopped his vehicle at a checkpoint in Lagos.

The court adjourned ruling on his bail application to Thursday, January 30.

speaking with journalists in a video, Sowore rejected the bail conditions and vowed not to participate in what he called illegality.

According to him, the conditions were laughable, frivolous, and ridiculous, adding that the police have no right to grant administrative bail.

“I cannot in good conscience continue to participate in illegality because I have made it very clear that the police have no right to grant administrative bail that asks for civil servants to own, first and foremost, N100 million houses, which is a crime; that’s a corruption to stand bail for me, who is an employer of labour.

“I’m a publisher of an internationally renowned news website. I have people who I hired in Nigeria and abroad. I’m not a civil servant. In fact, I’m an uncivil citizen who is against all kinds of corruption.

“I have spent my entire life fighting against corruption. So, to now ask me, to insult me that I should provide a level 17 director, who had not gotten employment when I was fighting for democracy in 1992.

“To now ask the person to come and stand surety for me is a biggest insult. Even if President Bola Tinubu had appeared as my surety, I would have rejected that very laughable, frivolous, ridiculous, and I dare say stupid bail condition,” Sowore said.