MARISSA BODE WAS 'DENIED BOARDING A FLIGHT BECAUSE I'M DISABLED. (PHOTO).

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 Marissa Bode was 'denied boarding a flight because I'm disabled' Marissa Bode, best known for her role in Wicked, shared on TikTok that she was recently denied boarding a Southern Airways flight because of her wheelchair.  She explained that when she asked gate agents for help locating her boarding pass, they questioned whether she could stand.  After she said no, they told her she could not board since all of the airline’s planes require passengers to climb stairs.  Bode described the experience as “blatant segregation,” criticizing the airline for failing to accommodate disabled travelers. Southern Airways’ contract of carriage states that passengers must be able to ascend and descend steps to board, and because its planes carry fewer than 28 passengers, the airline is exempt from providing lifts under the Air Carrier Access Act.  However, Bode said her manager had confirmed with the airline beforehand that she would be accommodated, making the denial even mo...

AN AKWA IBOM WOMAN,ARRESTED FOR KILLING AND EATING HER NEIGHBOUR'S DOGS.

                  According to sources,a 28 year old woman,Helen Essien,a mother of three and from Akwa Ibom whom owns a popular dog pepper soup joint in Ajao estate,Lagos,was arrested and charged before Oshodi magistrate court for allegedly stealing her neighbours dogs to prepare pepper soup.Helen went to the dog owners house,Andrew Ozo at Aimasiko street,off Afariogun street,Oshodi,Lagos and asked him to sell his three dogs to her but she refused.The following day,he woke up in the morning and did not find the dogs again.He hurriedly went to Essien's bar and found she and her workers busy preparing dog pepper soap.Andrew confronted her and she denied.He reported the matter at Makinde police Division.During interrogations,Helen Essien confessed she went to Andrew's house to check the dogs but denied stealing them.She claimed that she only went to Andrew's house because her dog's were missing but she pretended that she wanted to buy his dogs in order to check if they were her own.She will remain in Kirikiri prison until she meet up with the bail of N200,000 and two surties, set by the Magistrate.                                                 

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