The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said the co-pilot involved in the dramatic cockpit incident aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 attempted to carry out a terrorist act, according to the country's Federal Attorney-General.

Veteran Nollywood actor and theatre icon, Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, is being given his final farewell in Lagos, with his widow, actress Joke Silva, their sons and prominent figures from politics, entertainment and public life gathered for his funeral Mass.