The helicopter company responsible for transporting VP Yemi Osinbajo to Kabba, Kogi State has issued a statement on the cause of the crash on Saturday. According to the statement released, the crash was ‘as a result of unusual weather conditions’. Share on:
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Bow Wow, American entertainer, has been arrested for beating up a woman hours after promoting his mother’s Super Bowl pop-up shop during the Super Bowl weekend. His alleged victim is his off and on girlfriend, Leslie Holden also known as Kiyomi Leslie. According to TMZ, he has been charged with Battery Substantial Physical Harm by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. He claims she first assaulted him on Saturday by 4:15 am but she claims otherwise. Both were arrested and sustained injuries. His bond was set at $8,000 (N2,888,000.0) which he…
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According to a tweet by the spokesman to the Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Mr Laolu Akande, a chopper conveying the Vice-President to a campaign rally in Kogi State, crash landed in Kabba. The VP and all the occupants of the chopper are said to be safe. He said the VP continued on his campaign trip after the incident. “VP Osinbajo’s chopper crash lands in Kabba. But the entire crew are safe. He is continuing with his engagements and plans for the day in Kogi State”, he tweeted. Share on: WhatsApp
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Lagos state police command has arrested a band of robbers, led by a woman, who specializes in robbing Uber drivers. Also arrested along with the lady are two members of the gang identified as Zino Tochukwu Ude and Anumelechi Chris Williams. The police however did not disclose the identity of the female member of the gang, saying that she was helping them to get at other fleeing suspects. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal who ordered the operation that led to the arrest of the suspects yesterday said that…
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A homosexual ring has been busted in Lekki area of Lagos state by the state police command. The leader of the gang and his accomplice, 16-year-old boy are undergoing interrogation at the State Command Headquarters, Ikeja. It was gathered that the kingpin, Prince Chinecherem, 32, was alleged to have been using the minor for business transaction as he was sleeping with him and hiring him to other customers. Two prominent pastors and other business executives have been declared wanted by the police for allegedly having canal knowledge of the minor…
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Residents of Igbokoda in Ilaje Ese Odo local government in Ondo South senatorial zone who have resigned their fate to living without electricity for the past five years were enveloped in frenzy of joy on Wednesday as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned the restored power project facilitated by the BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) and Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which jointly completed work on the rehabilitation of the power project in the town. With the commissioning by the Vice-President flanked by Ondo state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Executive Director,…
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Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday said he would consider granting amnesty to corrupt persons willing to surrender their loot. Mr Abubakar said this while appearing with his running mate, Peter Obi, at a live town hall programme hosted by journalist, Kadaria Ahmed. Mr Abubakar said he would consider drawing a line during which corrupt former public officials would be allowed to return their loot without prosecution. After then, strong policies would be put in place to prevent and fight corruption. Mr Abubakar said it would be more prudent to…
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Jerry Okirwoth, a Ugandan Disc Jockey, was reportedly killed by concert-goers for playing ‘boring music’. The DJ who was killed in a disco hall in Nebbi District, Northern Uganda, was a part-time DJ and student at Parombo Secondary School in Uganda. He was reported to have been killed for failing to play their favourite songs. Meanwhile, the Nebbi Resident District Commissioner, William Bob Labeja, who confirmed the incident in a press conference blamed the management of the facility who according to him failed to protect the late disc jockey. “As…
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A 35-year-old man, Adojoh Ojonugwa has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command, for allegedly stealing his sister and brother wife’s pants in Akure. The suspect was arrested along with a pastor, Olajide Ogunleye, who was also alleged to be involved in the crime. Five ladies’ pants were found inside Ojonugwa’s bag, two of which reportedly belonged to his brother’s wife, while his sister owned the others. The Kogi State indigene was alleged to be planning to use the pants for money-making rituals. It was gathered that when the…
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Fraud charges have been filed against the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The anti-graft agency filed 10 counts of fraud against Lawal and five others, including his company, Rholavision Engineering Limited, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Wednesday. It filed four counts of money laundering against Oke and his wife before the Federal High Court in Lagos…
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