There was reported failed robbery incident in Port Harcourt today.
See link for details.

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lifestyle1:
Lets assume rabbit, cat and dog’s weight are R,C and D correspondingly.

then we can say

Equation 1: R + C = 10

Equation 2: D + R = 20

Equation 3: C + D= 24

Then we need to find value of C + R + D

On adding Equation 1,2 and 3

2R + 2 C + 2D = 54 => R+C+D = 27

Na expo i use o

The most brilliant of all the solutions!!!!

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Forbes, a leading source for reliable business news and financial information has released a list of the top 10 most bankable/richest artistes in Africa with Nigeria’s Don Jazzy at number two in Africa and number one in Nigeria.

This list compiled in conjunction with Channel O used factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, Influence and so many other factors.

The list shows the African artistes making the most money in Africa.

Forbes and Channel O however put Akonm, the Senegalese American R&B recording artist at number one ahead of Don Jazzy.

Don Jazzy born Michael Collins Ajereh, November 26, 1982, better known as Don Jazzy, is a Multi award-winning record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, former CEO of Nigerian record label Mo' Hits Records founded in 2004 and current CEO of the Mavin Records label which he founded in May 2012 after his split up with childhood friend and Mo'Hits partner, D'banj.

Born in Umuahia in Abia state, his first signing was D'banj who was at that time also the Vice-President of the label and now President after split.

Don Jazzy's first full credit production work was in 2004 on Tongolo for Nigerian singer D'banj. He went on to produce D'banj's first studio album titled No Long Thing released in 2005.

He has produced tracks for Dr SID, Wande Coal, D'Prince, Darey, Naeto C, Olakunle Excel et Zanga (O.A.U), Sauce Kid, Ikechukwu & Tiwa Savage. He also collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West on the production of Lift Off, featuring Beyoncé on the album Watch The Throne, released on August 8, 2011.

Below is the full list of Forbes and Channel O list:
1. AKON – CEO of Konvict Music, opened doors with other African artiste

2. DON JAZZY – Producer. CEO Mavin Records, MTN, Samsung and Loyal Milk endorsement. D’Banj, Kanye West, Beyonce and Jay Z on production credits.

3. P SQUARE – Music Duo. Featured on Forbes Africa twice, sold out concerts, presidential guest in at least 5 African countries, they fly private jets…
psquare-whiz-kid

*Peter Okoye, Wizkid, Paul Okoye

4. D’BANJ – Music Artiste. G.O.O.D Music deal, Sony Entertainment deal

5. WIZKID – Music Artiste. EME artiste, Starboy CEO, affiliation with Disturbing London, several international collaborations, highest paid Pepsi ambassador in Africa, ambassador of MTN

6. 2FACE IDIBIA – Music Artiste. 10million CDs and at least 7million digital sales, one campaign… associated with Guinness, Haven Homes, Airtel Worldwide and philantropist – 2face foundation

7. ANSELMO RALPH – Musically Artiste Samsung and Coca Cola ambassador, Perfume line, clothing label, multimillion dollar tour bus, Sony artiste.

8. SARKODIE – Rapper. Youth ambassador Ghana, Sark clothing, Samsung ambassador, fan milk Ghana ambassador.

9. ICE PRINCE – Artiste. Six million downloads, 2 studio owner, one foundation member, Plug N Play ambassador, Zamani foundation.

10. BANKY W – Artiste. Co owner EME, Samsung Ambassador, Philanthropist, multiple award winner.

Source: http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/broadcasting/forbes-10-richest-musicians-in-africa

A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 77 of its 218 passengers and injuring more than 100, officials in the Galicia region say.
All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela.

Media reports say the train may have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit around a curve.

Officials have not commented on the cause. Analysts say it is the worst train accident in Spain in 40 years.

Spain generally has a relatively good record in terms of rail safety, says the BBC's Tom Burridge in Madrid.

This is a country which has invested huge amounts of money in its rail network, he says.

Spain's last major rail disaster was in 1972 when 77 people were killed in a derailment in Andalusia in the south.

Source: http://news.naij.com/41306.html

There was anxiety in Port Harcourt on Monday as news of the death of Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, spread in the Rivers State capital.

The mother of Mrs. Jonathan was said to have been involved in a ghastly motor accident along Elele Road in Rivers State.

It was gathered that the woman, who is from Okrika Local Government Area, was on her way to Bayelsa State when the accident happened.

Unconfirmed report indicated that her corpse was taken to Kpaiyama Mortuary by a team of policemen and a member representing Ogu Bolo State Constituency, Mr. Evans Bipi, who is a relative to the deceased.

Though, the police and the Federal Road Safety Commission in the state could not confirm the incident, an aide to Bipi said the First Lady’s mother died in a road accident, which occurred at about 4pm.

Bipi’s aide, Mr. Fred Itobo, said that the President’s wife’s mother was involved in the accident while she was on her way to Bayelsa State.

“Yes! She was involved in an accident and she died. Her body has been taken to a mortuary. Bipi was among those who took her body to the mortuary,” Itobo said.

When contacted, the State Director of FRSC, Dr. Kayode Olagunju, declined comment on the matter, saying, “I cannot say anything on this matter now until I get full details.”

Though effort to get reactions from the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Angela Agabe, proved futile, she had already told a journalist on the telephone that she had not been briefed on such crash.


Source: http://news.naij.com/40971.html

freecocoa: ^^I know my dear but the love dey tire me sometimes cos those calls don spoil my groove many times .

Lol. Those calls were meant to actually spoil ur groove.

Abdulrasheed Maina, the embattled chairman of the pension reform task force, has finally been removed from his position at the pension office.

The Federal Government has also appointed Olabisi Jaji as Maina’s replacement.

Maina was director at the Customs, Immigrations, and Prisons Pension Office.

The National Assembly had ordered Maina’s sack by the government, and his arrest by the police. The police have since declared him wanted.

Maina accused of embezzling pension funds only recently prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to award him N1.5 billion in compensation for embarrassment caused members of his family and himself.

He said he has suffered “trauma and psychological pain” because of the warrant of arrest declared on him.

Maina, is reportedly on the run for N195 billion pension scam. The Nigeria Police Force has since declared him wanted from his failure to appear before a Senate committee after repeated summons.
http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/news/fg-sacks-maina-pension-thief-suspect-appoints-jaji

Organisers of the annual Big Brother Africa reality TV show have announced that auditions for shortlisted candidates in Nigeria will take place at Protea Hotel Leadway, Lagos from Monday, March 11 through Thursday 14. For applicants who were unable to enter online or submit the entry at the nearest office, the good news is that there is still an opportunity for them to enter through the open auditions on the same dates, venue and time. Biola Alabi, Managing Director of M-net said last week that the open auditions allow individuals who were unable to enter before entries closed one last chance to impress the selection team. “All you are required to do is fill in the entry form which is currently available at your nearest MultiChoice office, then make your way to the audition venue where a production team member will assist you,” said Alabi. Entries are only open to persons over the age of 21, who are citizens of one of the participating countries and who either have a valid passport or will be able to obtain one by the end of March. Producers are looking for persons who are fluent in English, entertaining, open-minded, adventurous, bold and passionate about the Big Brother experience. Importantly the selection team is looking for qualities of tolerance, determination and enthusiasm. Already, organisers disclosed that they have received entries from over 14 participating countries.
http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/broadcasting/bba-season-8-auditions-holds

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the highly controversial, but influential governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said he will stand down a governor of the bank when his current five-year tenure expires in 2014.

Mallam Sanusi, who has seen the rebirth of the troubled banking sector following forced capitalization, mergers and acquisition with a resultant resurgence in the financial industry said the job was too tasking.

Speaking in a interview with the London based Banker magazine, Mallam Sanusi stated that the CBN job he believes he has completed his assignment at the apex bank and would not been seeking a further tenure.

“I will not be offering my services for a second term. The job is extremely demanding. I don’t think it’s something that I would like to do for 10 years. I also think I have certain skills and a temperament that are suitable for a certain phase. I’m a crisis central banker. I came at a time of crisis.

“I consider my job to have been to fix the crisis and restore stability, and to make sure we did that in such a way that no bank failed, no depositor or creditor lost money and fiscal costs (were minimized), which is why we tried to get the banks themselves to bear the costs.”

To reduce the cost to the government of its intervention, all banks are being charged an annual levy by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amcon), a state-owned bad bank created in 2010 to buy up toxic assets. Law-makers are working on an amendment to the Amcon Act, which will make such payments legally binding.

Mallam Sanusi, a former Risk-manager at First Bank plc, also has commendable words for Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance minister, who he credits with prudent fiscal management of the Nigerian economy.

“From the time Ms Okonjo-Iweala came on board, there has been significant improvement. We (the central bank and finance ministry) have been speaking the same language. And you can see the results.

“With our monetary and fiscal policies, we have provided macroeconomic stability. But stability is not an end in itself. We need to take advantage of it and push forward with structural reforms. If we can do that, then we could easily reach double-digit growth and make it sustainable.”

http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/e-financial/sanusi-bows-out-from-cbn-next-year

Nigerians should learn to accept change as part of life. Until we do so we will continue to be in the pockets of these corporate thiefs. 3 years ago MTN was deducting money whenever I load in the name of strange charges. I contacted the customer care a couple of times but no meaningful reason was given. What did I do? I moved to another network. And I have not regretted the move. A few months ago I discovered UBA was doing same to my account. I also querried the customer care. No good explanation was forth coming. Action taken? I closed the account. Let them keep changing, I will also keep changing. As long as there are options out there I will explore them. Change is the only assured CONSTANT. Let us embrace it. Thats why this Mobile Number Portability (MNP) coming up soon is a great way forward. Kudos to NCC on that.

Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) this evening slammed a total of N22 million fine on four GSM operators for contravening the ban on promotions and lotteries on their respective networks.

Ms. Josephine Amuwa, NCC director, Legal and Regulatory Services said that the affected operators are; MTN Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria, Airtel and Globacom.

MTN Nigeria is to pay N10 million; Etisalat Nigeria N6 million while Airtel and Globacom are to pay N4 million and N2 million respectively.

MTN was fine for five promotions at N2 million each while N2million was imposed on Etisalat for three promotions.

NCC said Airtel ran two promotions while Globacom ran one.

Amuwa said that all the operators have seven days to pay their respective sanction amounts from date of receipt of the sanction notice on February 22, and are liable to payment of the sum of N1million for any day that the contravention persists.

According to NCC “sanctions on MTN were as a result of five promotions viz:; Free Airtime for MTN to MTN calls (8AM – 5PM), MTN to MTN SMS and free MB for Data. Dial *559#; Free N100.00 airtime for MTN to MTN calls, Airtime Bonus valid for life. Dial *559#; MTN Super Saver, get 500%, bonus valid till midnight. Dial *507# and Recharge with N100.00 today and get N500 FREE credit instantly. Hurry and recharge before January 22nd.

“In the case of Etisalat, three promotions that attracted it sanctions include:buy a MIFI device and get 1GB free for six months; buy a Router device and get 50 MB free data spread over four months and Get 30% instant bonus on every plan subscription/renewal over 200MB.

“On the other hand, Airtel is being sanctioned for two promotions: Dongle and MIFI Offering and Reverse Auction Service and Globacom’s contravention is for one promotion: buy Samsung Galaxy SIII, or Galaxy Note II and get free 500 MB on activation, and free 100MB X 6 Months” NCC said.

Amuwa, said “in the event of further non-compliance with the ban, and or refusal to pay the sanction amount within the stipulated time, the Commission shall have no other option than to impose stiffer penalties in accordance with the powers of the Commission, including but not limited to payment of N1 million for each day that the contravention persists”.

The notice stated that the failure of the service providers to discontinue the promotions in accordance with the commission’s directives is a direct contravention of Guidelines on Adverts and Promotions, as well as the Nigerian Communications (Enforcement Processes, etc) Regulations 2005.

The Commission had in a letter dated November 8, 2012, directed all the licensees to discontinue all promotions and lotteries running on their networks with immediate effect.

The ban covered proposed and approved promotions and lotteries after the Commission was inundated with several complaints from consumers and stakeholders against various promotions in the various networks.

http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/telecom/ncc-slams-mobile-majors-with-n22m-fine

yamunla: LMAO...u sef for tell her say u dey study banking and finance for FUTminna..!make the equation just balance..

Always check ur facts. RSUST has a Faculty of Law. With people like these who think from their rear ends, no wonder Naija is not moving forward.

Nwoka: a girl once told me she studied law at rivers state university of science and tech.

And what was the lie about that? You obviously are the one not well informed about RSUST having a law faculty. Duh.

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By Rotimi Akinwumi, Correspondent, Abuja (Daily Independent 06/08/09)

Turai, wife of President Umaru Yar'Adua, is among those to lose their police aides, in the first act of Ogbonnaya Onovo as substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP), who on Wednesday ordered the immediate withdrawal of such personnel from those not entitled to them.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a list of those entitled in March.

All such aides - 100,000 out of a total police workforce of 377,000 - have seven days to return to commands where more officers are required to meet urgent operational needs, such as tackling crime.

They are also being withdrawn to 'restore the dignity of policemen' now turned into domestic servants, Onovo said.

Other personalities affected by the withdrawal include all former Heads of State or Presidents, including Olusegun Obasanjo; wife of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience; former Governors and their Deputies; the wives of current Governors and those of their Deputies; and the wives of council Chairmen.

Also affected are the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman; national Chairmen of political parties - including that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vincent Ogbulafor - and a host of other federal and state officials.

Onovo recounted at a press conference in Abuja that the FEC, headed by Yar'Adua, had in March released the list of political and public office holders entitled to police aides - a directive which will now be strictly enforced, he pledged.

According to the list, those entitled to police aides are the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF), Ministers, Supreme Court Justices, and Appeal Court Justices.

Others include Chief Judge and Grand Khadi of a state, Customary Court of Appeal President, council Chairmen, council Vice Chairmen, and Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

Federal and state Assembly members entitled are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, House of Representatives Speaker and his Deputy, state Assembly Speakers and their Deputies.

Onovo said that anyone not covered on the list should make private arrangements for his or her own security as the police will henceforth carry out their Constitutional duty of providing security for all Nigerians rather than for a chosen few.

He gave them an ultimatum of seven days to release their illegal police aides, who should return to their commands and formations.

Officers who refuse to comply with the directive will be fired, he warned.

Heads of commands and formations are to compile and forward to Force Headquarters the list of their returning personnel by August 13.

"By this date," he stressed, "Any policeman or woman who continues in such duty will be dismissed forthwith and delisted."

Onovo insisted that the police are fully aware of their "Constitutional and statutory mandate to provide security to all citizens (and) this has to be done with every sense of equity and judicious use of manpower."

He lamented that the job of a policeman has been brought into disrepute by roles assigned them by some people, including having to carry women's hand bags or men's brief cases, like domestic servants.

Onovo also kicked against the idea of people sending their police aides to the market to buy condiments for the family, like house helps, warning that any policeman or woman caught performing such duty will be dealt with.

He promised a special squad to monitor aides attached to persons who deserve them, to ensure they are not made to carry out demeaning jobs.

He also warned that any policeman or woman caught carrying out illegal duties for those to whom they are not officially attached will be sacked.

All withdrawn aides will undergo a special training on August 18 for re-orientation on duties of a policeman.

Onovo said the police can no longer put up with having about 100,000 of personnel work as domestic staff for a few privileged people, while the rest of the 140 million Nigerians are hardly provided security.

Honestly, I would rather buy one or more cards in a month (ie pay for what I use) rather than have NEPA or PHCoN or whatever disturb me with unread meter bills and threat of disconnection when I refuse to pay.
And another good side is that people will learn how to unplug electrical items when not needed. The new meter is the way to go!

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Why our airspace is dangerous - Capt. Tito
By Omoh Gabriel


Vanguard News: Tuesday, December 13, 2005

The crash of Bellview airplane on the 22nd of October and that of Sosoliso in Port Harcourt on Saturday with several other  near crashes by local airlines in the last two months have brought to the fore the inherent danger in air travels in Nigeria. One man who should know happenings in Nigeria Aviation industry is Retired Captain Omaghon Tito who worked with Nigeria Airways as a pilot for 35 years.

Captain Tito  was  the guest of Vanguard Board of Editors late October. In a no holds barred discussion, he provided a frightening insight into the inherent dangers in flying local airlines, describing the operations in the industry as that of a “molue’ in the air. Tito avowed that operators rather than pilots now decide when and how to use an airplane contrary to international convention in the aviation industry. This interview was first published on Monday 3rd December.
Excerpts:

I am here not to discuss  the Bellview crash as such, but by the time I finish my presentation to you, you then add one and one together and deduct what probably happened in the said crash.
In the Aviation industry we have what is called MEL - minimum equipment lease. In Nigeria, we have a situation where regulations are not complied with by local airline operators.
The minimum equipment lease by regulation say if there is a malfunctioning part of an airplane, provided some basic parts are functioning in the airplane, you can take it to where repairs could be effected. In Nigeria, Lagos is the hub, the base where all other flights and airplane  are brought to be repaired. We know that the local airlines operators as of today, have cautioned their pilots not to record snags on their check log because, when you start recording one snag, two snags, three snags and it gets to the requirement of minimum equipment lease, MEL,  the airplane is  grounded, you cannot go.

The local airline operators  have turned this whole thing into a molue kind of operation. I flew Nigerian Airways planes for 35 years and those of who have been flying that long will recall being told very often at the Nigeria Airways counter: "ladies and gentlemen, we are sorry we are delayed for technical reasons.” Seventy five per cent of Nigerians Airways delays at that time were caused by technical reasons because the pilot will not accept an airplane that is not airworthy.

Today, only 25 per cent of these local airlines attribute their delays to technical reasons, the rest are either as a result of weather or something else such as  operational. So we have found ourselves in a situation where the operators now determine what happen in flights and the law says the captain is the final authority in the operation of the airplane. That is what the law says. Today local airline operators have shifted that law, the operators are now the final authority as to the operation of their airplane for their own selfish interest. To worsen the already bad situation, most Nigerian pilots are hungry people. I wouldn’t mince words, they are paid according to the number of flights they do and the number of hours they log. So if any particular pilot refuses to fly a plane for safety reasons by saying I will not accept this airplane because it is not airworthy, somebody is standing by to go.

That brings me to a publication in your paper, the publication of the 2nd or 3rd of this month, the Minister of Aviation indicted herself by trying to spell out the qualification of the late Bellview captain and the number of hours he has flown. You will see that he did 1,200 hours in 10 months. That is an indictment, if any of my relative was on that flight, based on that publication alone I will sue that airline, I will sue NCAA, they cannot recover because their own publication has said that the man was doing an average of 120 hours every month.

The maximum is 100 hours a month, 1,000 hours in a year, but the publication I read in your paper, said 1,200 in 10 months, can you imagine? That is an indictment. In short pilots are being used, misused and abused by local air line operators and the irony is they cannot say they will not fly.

Now let's talk about Aviation:

The radar, you gentlemen know that the radar used in Nigeria today does not operate on weekends. Secondly, it is the oldest radar anywhere in the world. It  was manufactured in Italy several decades ago, and it has been phased out due to advancement in technology. The last time it had problems, they have to search and search before they saw the needed parts in one store in USA in one village airport. That was where they got the spare part for that radar which they brought and put, before it started working. If it breaks down today,  forget it, because the manufacture would say this particular model has long been phased out.

Let me tell you about the frightening aspect of your flight, when Nigeria Airways used to fly, you know it was the only airline in the world where you were made a captain only when you have flown 6,000 hours under supervision, you have logged 6,000 hours under supervision as a co-pilot. The airline management then will send you to Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, to train and compete with your colleagues in those choice airlines and if you make their grade as a captain, it is only then the Nigerian Airways will give you your first bar. That training practice is no more.

When  I go to the airport these days to board a flight I take my time to find out who the pilot is. If  I am not sure of the competence of the pilot,  I take my bag and go back to my house. This is the terrible  situation in the Nigerian aviation industry, because people become commanders in our aircraft now under 1,000 hours. What will he do under emergency. In actual fact emergency does not kill. That is the truth. Emergencies do not kill. It is your action during an emergency that will make or break you.  I recall 14th of April 1991, I flew the Airbus that overran the Murtala Mohammed Airport with 245 people on board on a Sunday morning. The runway was water logged, 12 hours after the accident the manufacturers came and took the black box away, they investigated and I was given a citation for a job well done in an emergency situation.

This is why I tell you emergency don’t kill. But when you have people who are half baked flying people all over the world,  then there is a big problem. I decided to come here today because Mr. President has hit the nail on the head that the entire aviation sector in Nigeria is corrupt. My only exception to that statement is the new minister, who has just taken over. He has not been long enough in office for him to commit any  fraud, but all the directors, I challenge them to an open national debate. NCAA as far as I am concerned is a crying shame.

The inspection of airplane

We have a very sad thing happening in respect of airplane inspection. You have an airline and you want to acquire an airplane.  Quote me.  Where the man who is inviting you to inspect his airplane  is responsible for  your estacode, for your air ticket, for your hotel accommodation and money for shopping, what moral justification have you got to inspect his airplane and say, the plane is not in good condition. This is what is happening at NCAA, and these examiners or inspectors travel abroad with airline operators to inspect their planes. Rather than do actual inspection, they look at the airplane from a distance, and move to town on shopping spree. They come back, load that airplane with their goods and curiously they do not have the courage to fly that particular airplane back to Lagos. They will say, old boy, we meet in Lagos. They take a different flight back home. That is the kind of inspectors we have.

Talking of licensing

In practice, every pilot must do a medical, once a year. He needs a first class medical report. Co-pilots do the same thing.  Every six months, pilots do their simulator checks. The essence of a simulator check, gentlemen is the fact that there are certain things you don’t do with the airplane because it is too expensive to start troubles shooting in the air. So the simulator, which is made in such a manner that once you enter, psychologically you feel you are in an airplane life performance. It takes you up to 26,000 feet and at that attitude they simulate loss of cabin pressure which me and you should know that if your airplane is not pressurized over 8,000 feet you cannot sustain any life. That is why they take you to 25,000 feet, to simulate that you have lost pressurization. Under such a situation the captain is expected (he has 15 seconds for TUC, time of useful consciousness) to put on his oxygen mask and get the airplane down in 15 seconds to 10,000 feet, otherwise everybody will black out in that airplane, these are checks.

Engines

You may lose an engine during take off or develop engine fire, loss of hydraulic. Simulator is the place you practice all these emergencies before  you can go on and be flying.  And when any of these situations arises, there is no problem, you handle it with confidence. That is why the white man tells you that you will lose your cabin pressure one day, have an engine fire, lose your hydraulic. Inside the simulator you go from normal operations to abnormal, then go to emergency. This is the only time we go once every six months to simulate all these problems. But you will be shocked that pilots nowadays do not go for this any more, they just take  simulation forms and sit down in their houses, in Kaduan, Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu or wherever they are based and tick, tick, tick and sign the forms as if they have undertaken the exercise. They put small money in an envelope and go to NCAA and have their licences renewed. Those who have opportunity of going to where these facilities are in use abroad know that there are standard procedures and the numbers of hours you need to do it. Some go today,  tomorrow they are back. It is so scary now that I have told them I will not be caught dead in an airplane any more. That is one aspect of it.
This is where we have found ourselves in this country, people have been shouting about the Bellview that crashed. I was shocked when I heard that they went 500 miles in the Atlantic looking for it, they went to some other side, looking for it, the basic student will tell you, every flight that leaves Lagos or anywhere in the world flies a flight plan.
What is the use of the flight plan? To know your routing. So when something happens to you in the air, they come looking for you on your route that you have filed, there is no deviation. Nothing. For them to have gone for 14 hours looking for a crashed plane that long, I do not want to comment on it, to say the least, it was a criminal negligence.

Limagol

what they call limagol, it is a facility in Iju, it is a radio facility, that is where everybody first call. No matter how you take off from Lagos, you will come back to that radio facility which beams signals 360o, your route falls on one of those degrees. You are going to Kano you fly 046 degree. You are going to Port Harcourt, you fly 163 degree. From that facility, pilots take direction so that Bellview airplane took off one minute after that, it disappeared, the airplane was in our backyard burning away.

Nigeria is the only country in the world where a pilot who goes to prison and return to fly a plane. If you go to jail in America, it is automatic revocation of your license.
Yes. People who were junkies, who were around the Ikeja airport, begging us money in the petrol station because they are on drugs. Today, they are employed. They are working. That is Nigeria for you.
People who fly airplane with both eyes open and are saying, by the way do you know that the late Captain Imasuen was attacked by hired assassin. He had attempted to defend his face from his attackers by using his hand to cover his face, they took his hands away and their bullets  went into him through. This was a guy that had no place for 10 years when he was attacked, he was flown to the US for plastic surgery. He came to look for job and they employed him. The trauma he has gone through in life to be cut in an airplane in the night inside a thunder storm? That man flipped?

That was the situation. But nobody is now talking about that. What was his medical condition? Who examined him after he had been shot in the face before he started working? Now, you are making him to fly hours every month. This is what we should be looking at. The airplane has crashed, it has crashed. I am  convinced that they will not see the black box, because where the airplane crashed into, they started seeing human flesh on top of trees. That showed that those human flesh did not fly from the ground to top of the trees.

The black box is always at the tail end of the airplane. You can add one and one and see what happened, that is that.
Now Mr. President said if he did not have reliable Nigerians to run the country’s aviation industry, he would hire expatriates. It is very welcomed. I was not surprised when I read in the papers yesterday or today that the MD of Virgin Nigeria has been relieved of his duty and that he would be staying in Nigeria for some time.
It may not be unconnected with this expatriate thing the President said he was going to hire if he does not have the people to do the job. But the irony of it is that there are  competent Nigerians to do this job. Well because these Nigerians are not going to boot leak, lobby but they know them.

I  hate to say this, we know the pioneers of aviation. If you go to FAA in USA, people in FAA all are retired pilots, Air Traffic controllers, Engineer. These are the people manning aviation up to their space centre.
What are you bringing a civil servant to run in Aviation in this country? We should go back and look, people like Captain Hayes who retired in this country. When you call aviation you call captain Hayes, Captain Obimaleye. Those are the old ones. They know what it takes to formulate all our policies because they have used first class facilities all over the world. They know what these facilities are on ground, they have used the facilities all over the world. You used them. They have benefitted from them. So if you appoint them, they know what to ask for. Aviation is very expensive you say? Try accident and see.
This is what we have just found ourselves. What happened to Bellview airplane crash, you cannot put a price on it. But these are the people who will tell you this airport needs this, you put it. This airport needs this, you put it. Government has enough resources to fight and give us a safe aviation industry. If you go into Saudi-Arabia, as a pilot you will close your eyes and fly around Saudi-Arabia. They have radar to tell you turn to this end, reduce your speed,  turn to this direction and reduce your speed to 120. If you fly 125, they will call you, your speed is 5 knots in excess, reduce speed. These are facilities in Saudi Arabia. We come here to land, we can’t land. We go to Cotonou and we land, the same weather that is affecting Lagos is affecting Cotonou.

Because everybody they have put in the aviation industry in Nigeria is there for  self interests. That is what is happening to our aviation industry. So, let Mr President, if he says he cannot find the people here, for your safety and my safety let him bring expatriates. It is a shame though.
Let them bring expatriates to come and run the aviation industry here. That is when you can go to sleep in this country. Air disaster will still happen, it will continue, that is the truth, our airlines are not safe because the controlling agency are cutting corners with them.

Let me share my experience with you. I met the late General Abacha in Graham Douglas’s house when he was Minister of Aviation. I was with him with one of your former Editor, Frank Aigbogun and Abacha came in. And we started discussing about Air Force Plane 001, the Air Force One that carries Mr. President all over the federation. I told him  sir, if all the pilots, all your crew in 001 are from Ogoni village and they are the best in this business, please sir, let it be because no pilot wants to die in an aircraft. I told him the reason.

The following week, we were going to Sokoto for the turbaning of Alhaji Abubarkar Alhaji, General Abacha came to the airport, himself and the Minister of Aviation Graham Douglas, he entered Julius Berger airplane and asked me and my board members. Then I was a member of the board of NAA, to enter into the Air Force One airplane and we went. We got to Sokoto we could not land. We were in the plane overhead Sokoto, we saw seven approaches. The late Adisa was in that flight, about three state governors were there, Secretary to Federal Government was there. We saw this approach, another, seven times. It was one of my board member, Dr. Don Pedro who called me and said Oga Tito go and see what your people are doing there. So I removed my babariga, I went there and I knocked, opened the door.

The co-pilot, the an Air Force personnel had goose pimples all over his body. I tapped the man on the seat, he came down and I sat down. I said, ol’ boy what is happening here? He told me that whenever they see the run way, it's either on the left or on the right. They’ve done eight approaches. I said I knew. What is the visibility? They said 600 metre, it was getting low. I looked at the instrument that measures your height from sea level. We have a traffic patterned attitude to fly if we want to land, 1,500 feet, he was flying 1,500ft  above ground level, 1,250ft which is Sokoto elevation.

So that guy was at 2,700 and something feet, how would he see the runway? So, I drew his attention, I say with this calls for a low settling approach. Go down to 500ft above the airport, keep the run way in sight, all your turns, use the captain on the left hand side, all your turns must be to the left, always keeping that runway in sight so that you don’t miss it. I became an instructor. We went over the runway, we turned, he had the runway and I said tell me where you are and he said Captain I can see the run-way. I sad gear-down, co-pilot take time, 25 second, that was how he turned that plane and by the time we finished we touched down. Everybody at the airport had their hands on their heads because they had been watching that approach. So Adisa came down, once they opened the door for him, he said, ah! (Awon Air Force won gi o mon nkan nkam) meaning: these Air Force men don’t know anything. He said but for Captain Tito, we were all gone. On our return journey, nobody agreed to enter that Air Force plane.
But gentlemen, the unfortunate aspect of this story I’m telling you is that three days after, that same crew took Abacha’s son to Kano and they perished in the night. People who could not land the plane in the day time, they went to Kano in the night and that was it.

When that accident happened, Graham Douglas called me that the Commander-in-Chief said I should send him a memo on that accident. I said I would not send because he had set up a panel. The airport was the judge, the jury and the accused. That was how that matter ended.
That is the risk which people have been taking and I have told them, if they invite me to a national debate on TV tomorrow, nobody will go and enter airplane. I’m not running anybody down. I’m not looking for a job. I’m not looking for any position, but for Nigerians who will take their hard earned money to go and fly, we should do things right. This is one industry we must get right or we scrap it and we start all over again.

When Nigeria Airways used to park all their airplane on ground every 6 o’clock in the evening. All our flight terminates maximum 7.0’clock. You see all our airplane parked. It's not because we could not fly in the night, because we knew if we fell in the bush in the night, nobody will see us. That was the thinking, nobody will see us. That was the thinking, nobody will search and rescue in the night in this country, that’s why Nigeria Airways parked.
The liquidation of Nigeria Airways is what has opened the floodgate of hell in aviation in this country because there was where the well trained people around were. Airlines now  want to employ you, you are a pilot, they don’t want to put money to train you. They ask you to go and get your rating on that airplane, come back and they will employ you. However you want to go and get your rating is not their business.

They want to see it stamped on your licence, they give you job. They are not prepared to put their neck out to train you. So, in this country we all just have to stand up to fight this corruption that has eaten into the aviation industry, if you and me will be safe to fly from point A to point B.

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It is not about sentiments.
Monopoly is not good for any economy.
Problem of monopoly: You are left with no other choice, prices rise all the time, customer service is near zero and on and on.
I had ealier decided before this breaking news that come october when my subscrition expires I was not going to renew it because these guys were begining to see us as people they can milk as much as possible.
Believe it or not breaking this monopoly is a very positive thing for Nigerian.
Just watch in the next few years how the common man will begin to be able to afford satelite TV.
Remember the days when MTN (same SA) was telling us that billing per second was not possible. Overnight they changed when they saw Glo taking over the market after introdiucing per second billing.
If they dont like the new deal let them ship out. I dont see them doing that anyway cos the Nigeria market is too lucrative to abandone.
I see good things happening in this country.
Just keep faith.

Militant youths affirm role in barracks car bombing
By Onajomo Orere (Lagos) and Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt)

IN an open declaration of defiance against the Nigerian state, a militant youth group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's bomb explosion at a military barracks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in two e-mails to both local and international media houses, also threatened more attacks against the government's interests and those of oil companies operating in the region.

A Mercedes Benz 200 mysteriously exploded at the 2 Amphibious Brigade, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday night, killing persons and seriously wounding six others.

The explosion came a few hours after the Federal Government announced a "Marshall Plan" for the oil producing areas, the details of which the group, however, dismissed as a token.

But the head of the Brigade Command, Brigadier General Samuel Salihu, yesterday urged Nigerians to await Police report on the incident. He also berated the foreign media for attributing the explosion to Niger Delta militants.

MEND, in one of the emails, expressed regrets for the loss of lives at military camp, but added that such a development was not unexpected in a "conflict."

In one of the e-mail messages MEND claimed responsibility for the explosion and in the other, gave details of how it did it.

The group had on Wednesday vowed to renew hostilities in the region because its "demands" for resource control and justice and equity were not met in Wednesday's plan of the government.

In one of the statements yesterday, the group said:

"At 1955hrs today, April 19, 2005 (sic), our operatives in Rivers State planted and detonated by remote control, one car bomb in the Bori Camp Military Barracks in Port Harcourt. This act was symbolic rather than strategic and serves as a further warning to the Nigerian military, oil companies and those who are attempting to sell the birthright of the Niger Delta peoples for a bowl of porridge."

It then threatened: "In the coming weeks, we will carry out similar attacks against relevant oil industry targets and individuals".

The group said in the second statement that the bomb was planted in a Mercedes Benz 200, 1980 model and detonated by cell phone "by our operatives who were well clear of the explosion".

MEND said its "aim was not to cause death amongst the civilian population but to serve as a warning to the Nigerian government and oil companies who are negotiating with frauds. We are deeply grieved by the loss of civilian life. Unfortunately, this is the nature of conflict".

Meanwhile, the bomb unit of the Rivers State Police Command has begun investigation into the explosion.

Briefing journalists at the Brigade Headquarters yesterday, Brig. Gen. Salihu, confirmed that one person died on the spot, while the other died later at the military hospital along Aba Road.

He explained that shortly after, the area was cordoned and the police bomb squad unit was contacted to assess the scene. The Brigade Commander, however, refuted allegation in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Cable News Network (CNN) that the explosion was caused by militants.

He said: "You are here now, have you seen any militant pursuing us in the barracks as alleged by the CNN and the BBC?"

The Army Chief added: "What baffles me about the BBC and CNN is that they did not confirm their report. British soldiers are dying daily in Iraq. How many times have they reported that to Nigerians?"

The Brigade Commander explained that the two deceased were male while two females and four males remained in critical condition.

Conducting journalists round the scene, the Public Relations Officer of the Brigade, Major Saqir Musa, confirmed that the bombed car was a Mercedes Benz 200. He also said the car was not stationary when the incident occurred and that all the victims were civilians.

"There was nothing like militant attack in the barracks. It was a car explosion. Whether it was bomb or dynamite, we are yet to confirm because

professional police officers were here yesterday (Wednesday) and they have taken some debris they require to make professional investigation,"

Musa added.

Security has now been beefed up at the area. The two major entrances to the military barracks, along Aba and Ikwerre roads, have been closed. Private vehicles have also been barred from the route, which had earlier been open to the public to decongest traffic along Aba and Ikwerre roads.

The explosion, which was described as massive, shattered the louvres and windows of some houses close to the scene. The barracks was immediately plunged into darkness.

Wires of electricity poles destroyed by the explosion yesterday littered the street.

Two cars, a Peugeot 504 and a Hilux 2.8d, as well as motorbikes were badly damaged by the explosion. Bloodstains of the victims were splashed on the ground.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Adetuyi, told The Guardian that his men had begun investigation incident.

He disclosed that the analysis would take some days before the final report would be ready.

Adetuyi urged persons with relevant information to assist the police team in the investigation. He also urged residents of the state to be more security conscious and report all suspected movements to relevant security agencies.
     

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ARE WE BACK TO THE DAYS OF PANIC?

[b]Militant youths affirm role in barracks car bombing
By Onajomo Orere (Lagos) and Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt)

IN an open declaration of defiance against the Nigerian state, a militant youth group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's bomb explosion at a military barracks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in two e-mails to both local and international media houses, also threatened more attacks against the government's interests and those of oil companies operating in the region.

A Mercedes Benz 200 mysteriously exploded at the 2 Amphibious Brigade, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday night, killing persons and seriously wounding six others.

The explosion came a few hours after the Federal Government announced a "Marshall Plan" for the oil producing areas, the details of which the group, however, dismissed as a token.

But the head of the Brigade Command, Brigadier General Samuel Salihu, yesterday urged Nigerians to await Police report on the incident. He also berated the foreign media for attributing the explosion to Niger Delta militants.

MEND, in one of the emails, expressed regrets for the loss of lives at military camp, but added that such a development was not unexpected in a "conflict."

In one of the e-mail messages MEND claimed responsibility for the explosion and in the other, gave details of how it did it.

The group had on Wednesday vowed to renew hostilities in the region because its "demands" for resource control and justice and equity were not met in Wednesday's plan of the government.

In one of the statements yesterday, the group said:

"At 1955hrs today, April 19, 2005 (sic), our operatives in Rivers State planted and detonated by remote control, one car bomb in the Bori Camp Military Barracks in Port Harcourt. This act was symbolic rather than strategic and serves as a further warning to the Nigerian military, oil companies and those who are attempting to sell the birthright of the Niger Delta peoples for a bowl of porridge."

It then threatened: "In the coming weeks, we will carry out similar attacks against relevant oil industry targets and individuals".

The group said in the second statement that the bomb was planted in a Mercedes Benz 200, 1980 model and detonated by cell phone "by our operatives who were well clear of the explosion".

MEND said its "aim was not to cause death amongst the civilian population but to serve as a warning to the Nigerian government and oil companies who are negotiating with frauds. We are deeply grieved by the loss of civilian life. Unfortunately, this is the nature of conflict".

Meanwhile, the bomb unit of the Rivers State Police Command has begun investigation into the explosion.

Briefing journalists at the Brigade Headquarters yesterday, Brig. Gen. Salihu, confirmed that one person died on the spot, while the other died later at the military hospital along Aba Road.

He explained that shortly after, the area was cordoned and the police bomb squad unit was contacted to assess the scene. The Brigade Commander, however, refuted allegation in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Cable News Network (CNN) that the explosion was caused by militants.

He said: "You are here now, have you seen any militant pursuing us in the barracks as alleged by the CNN and the BBC?"

The Army Chief added: "What baffles me about the BBC and CNN is that they did not confirm their report. British soldiers are dying daily in Iraq. How many times have they reported that to Nigerians?"

The Brigade Commander explained that the two deceased were male while two females and four males remained in critical condition.

Conducting journalists round the scene, the Public Relations Officer of the Brigade, Major Saqir Musa, confirmed that the bombed car was a Mercedes Benz 200. He also said the car was not stationary when the incident occurred and that all the victims were civilians.

"There was nothing like militant attack in the barracks. It was a car explosion. Whether it was bomb or dynamite, we are yet to confirm because

professional police officers were here yesterday (Wednesday) and they have taken some debris they require to make professional investigation,"

Musa added.

Security has now been beefed up at the area. The two major entrances to the military barracks, along Aba and Ikwerre roads, have been closed. Private vehicles have also been barred from the route, which had earlier been open to the public to decongest traffic along Aba and Ikwerre roads.

The explosion, which was described as massive, shattered the louvres and windows of some houses close to the scene. The barracks was immediately plunged into darkness.

Wires of electricity poles destroyed by the explosion yesterday littered the street.

Two cars, a Peugeot 504 and a Hilux 2.8d, as well as motorbikes were badly damaged by the explosion. Bloodstains of the victims were splashed on the ground.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Adetuyi, told The Guardian that his men had begun investigation incident.

He disclosed that the analysis would take some days before the final report would be ready.

Adetuyi urged persons with relevant information to assist the police team in the investigation. He also urged residents of the state to be more security conscious and report all suspected movements to relevant security agencies.


© 2003 - 2006 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).


ARE WE BACK TO THE DAYS OF PANIC?

maki:

ikebe super featuring
dawda, pepeye and the rest of them

Boy! then my elder brother will beat the hell out of me
if he sees that magazine with me

@ Maki
I remember the days of ikebesuper and dauda the sexy guy. I used to spend my last (and only) penny on the mags. And ofcourse hide them very far away from the sight of my elder sisters. I wonder what happened to those creative days.

By the way you look stunning in that outfit!

A MOTHER DOES NOT THROW THE BABY AWAY WITH THE BATH WATER

YOU CANNOT SHAVE A MAN'S HAIR IN HIS ABSENCE (MKO ABIOLA)

HE WHO FIGHTS AND RUNS AWAY LIVES TO RUN ( sorry FIGHT) ANOTHER DAY

GRAMMAR NO GO PUT FOOD FOR YOUR TABLE (SHINA PETERS)

JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP

HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER (or DRUMMER) DICTATES THE TUNE.

THE CHICKEN DOES NOT KNOW THE COST OF CORN

THE RABBIT DOES NOT RUN IN THE DAY TIME FOR NOTHING

MY MOTHER'S SOUP IS ALWAYS SWEETER THAN YOUR MOTHER'S

I was there 2 weeks' ago. In very great shape and still as good as new!

@ legry
You are with me on this man! Thats what I have been preaching!! Shag the thing like there is no tomorrow. Shikina!

Dont know her from Eve. Saw her name and image for the first time yesterday.

funty:

those boobs of hers are damm too big , if i were a guy, i'll never want to be seen with a girl with boobs like that [color=#990000][/color].

@ funty
Not my type too but as they say, one man's meat is another's fish (oh sorry, poison). Check out the trend on what turns men on/off.


Let her live her life the way she wants it, wetin concern me oh jare.

[/quote][quote author=Seun link=topic=6814.msg208367#msg208367 date=1139906904]
How do you know that her best friend will want you? Overconfidence kills!

No harm in trying. And don't forget that birds of same feather usally flock together.
You get my drift?

Shagging a Baba for 7 months is not a mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was done simply for the money. She just realised now (albeit too late) that she cannot replace her virginity. Too bad.
If I were in the guy's shoes and she came to me with this story, I will definitely dump her and not even think of forgiving her because;
1. she obviously did it for the money
2. Its been going on for 7 good months, therefore deceiving me all these 7 months she's been telling me she loves me.
3. She has been involved behind my back with someone probably old enough to be her dad (?)
4. I know deep down in me that I will never trust her again for the rest of my/her life. So why keep the relationship.


Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Anyway sha if she tell me I go pretend say no yawa, then "cane" my own share (with double raincoat ofcourse!!) well well and dump her for her very best friend. That one go pain her well well. No shaking!

Knowing upfront will spoil all the fun. As for baby cloths, you can always buy just a few unisex and buy a lot more of the particular sex when you have the baby.