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Two persons have been arrested as the Nigerian Air Force on Friday stated that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of its Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, in a road accident.

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, stated these in an interview, saying at the end of the investigation, “whatever information needs to go out will go out.”

The Air Force said the female officer sustained head injuries from the accident when she was “inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force secondary school classmate while trying to greet her.”

Arotile, a member of the Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 64, hailed from Iffe in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, and contributed to the efforts to rid the North-Central states of bandits and other criminal elements by flying combat missions.

Speaking in an interview with SaturdayPUNCH on Friday, NAF spokesman, Daramola, said, “First of all, in my first statement, I said she died from a road traffic accident. I further clarified the nature of the road traffic accident where one of her excited classmates who saw her reversed his car which led to him hitting her and knocking her down. This led to head injuries and a lot of haemorrhaging which ultimately resulted in her death.

“The two boys are in custody and the NAF will do a thorough investigation into the matter. It is a routine process – our own processes that are ongoing because it happened inside a NAF base. At the appropriate time, whatever information needs to go out will go out. But we cannot pre-empt that investigation process.

“Whatever needs to be known will be known; it is standard practice. So, we are investigating the circumstances leading to her death by a road traffic accident. It is an investigation because it may go beyond NAF.”

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC], on Friday, presented another witness against Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, before Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.

EFCC is prosecuting Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an amended 22-count.

They border on cyber fraud and money laundering to the tune of N33bn.
Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, invited the 10th prosecution witness (Pw10), Alhaji Ahmadu Mohammed.

Mohammed is Mompha’s uncle.

Mohammed recalled that he and one other person are directors at Ismalob Global Investment Limited.

He confirmed that Mompha was the sole signatory to the account of the company, domiciled in Fidelity Bank.

Mompha’s shares in the company, Mohammed disclosed, are worth 600,000, while those of two other directors are worth 200,000 each.
Ahmadu also told the court that his job was to buy the Euro equivalent of the money sent to Mompha and send back in cash to the recipient, on Mompha’s directives.

The uncle further revealed that the company whose operations commenced in December 2015, is not a registered bureau de change.

On cross-examination, defence lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole SAN said there was no link between Ismalob Global Investment Limited and Mompha BDC.

He insisted that the former is a separate company.

Justice Liman adjourned till July 24, 2020 for hearing on an application filed by Mompha.

A twenty two years old suspected internet fraudster, Kenneth Gift, was arrested in Delta state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The University of Port Harcourt Computer science undergraduate was arrested together with his girlfriend and also his mother.
his girlfriend

A five bedroom Duplex, a Mercedes Benz CA250, a GLK350, another Mercedes Benz C250, laptop computers and other mobile phones.
In a statement by the EFCC on Friday, they said the suspects have made useful statements and will soon be charged to court pending the end of the investigations.

Remember that hardwork pays, crime do not.

Atiku reacts as Nigerian govt fixes new date for reopening of schoolsPublished on July 18, 2020By John Owen Nwachukwu

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has reacted to Federal Government’s decision to reopen schools by September 2020.

Atiku said he is elated at the decision by the government to reopen learning institutions that have been closed down as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The Federal Government yesterday provided some specific guidelines for reopening of schools in the country.

The guidelines announced by the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Friday cover four thematic areas.

Other reports have it that the government has consulted widely and had decided that schools will reopen on September 5 and the former VP sees this as a welcome development.
Recall that Atiku had faulted the cancellation of West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, by the Federal Government

He had warned that the cancellation of WAEC puts Nigeria at risk because most country’s economy has its basis in education.

Reacting to the new development, Atiku tweeted, “I am elated at reports that @NigeriaGov and WAEC have resolved to shift the date of examinations to September 5, 2020.”

A sad and grieving moment for the families of two newly recruited policemen who drowned while chasing suspected weed smokers know Oyo state, according to instablog9ja on instagram who aired the news. The identities of the policemen revealed were Oparemi Goke and Ogunyemi Mujeeb, according to the police.

However, according to reports, the two newly recruited policemen were in pursuit of hoodlums who were suspected weed smokers, when one of the suspects dived into the water at Awerintu river, Oke Eketu, and the policemen also followed them suit, as they were unlucky and unfortunate to come out alive as they drowned and were immerged into the mud.

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