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The boat carrying 15 passengers reportedly capsized at the 4th Avenue, opposite 41 Road in Festac at about 11 PM and a distress call was sent to the Navy and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) asking for rescue. 11 dead bodies have been recovered, Search and Rescue operations are still on for four more bodies, according to emergency rescue officials. A distress call was sent to the Navy and the National Emergency management Agency asking for rescue. NEMA sources told reporters that 11 bodies have been recovered so far. The search and rescue operations continue.

Still a mystery how a Boeing 777 , one of the world's most reliable types of airliners, will be missing, and no one knows why. Was it a bomb? Mechanical failure? A hijacking gone awry? Pilots and others in the aviation community are deeply disturbed by the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. 1. Scenario: Mechanical failure? Fact: The absence of a debris field suggests the possibility that pilots were forced to ditch the plane and it landed on water without breaking up, finally sinking to the ocean floor. Analysis: But if that were the case, then why no emergency signal? These planes are able to perform a "miracle on the Hudson" maneuver. They have the ability to glide more than 100 miles and belly land on the water with both engines out, says former 777 pilot Keith Wolzinger, now a civil aviation consultant with The Spectrum Group. During the time it would take for a plane to glide 100 miles, it seems likely that pilots would be able able to send an S...

An Ohio man who threatened an officers in Cleveland has been ordered by a court to apologize publicly by standing near a police station with a sign describing himself as an idiot. A judge had ordered 58-year-old Richard Dameron to stand outside a local police station with a sign bearing an apology. He began the vigil Monday and must stand outside for three hours each day for the rest of the week. Dameron was convicted of threatening officers in 911 calls. His public shaming isn't the first of its kind in the city. The Cleveland judge who sentenced Dameron previously made a woman wear an "idiot" sign in public for driving around a school bus.

 What do you think about this order? is Judge Ballew right in her judgement? Judge Ballew ordered the 7-month-old's name be "Martin DeShawn McCullough." It includes both parent's last names but leaves out Messiah. "The word Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ," Judge Ballew said. Martin responded saying, "I was shocked. I never intended on naming my son Messiah because it means God and I didn't think a judge could make me change my baby's name because of her religious beliefs." According to Judge Ballew, it is the first time she has ordered a first name change. She said the decision is best for the child, especially while growing up in a county with a large Christian population. "It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is," Judge Ballew said. Martin's two older childr...

GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers, Thursday, kidnapped 3 female grammar school teachers at Orogbua grammar school, at upper Ekenwa road benin town. The victims Patience Osadolor, Momodu Aisna and Patience Okoshone, were kidnapped at the premises of the school, once the gunmen who came in an exceedingly commando style, they shot sporadically and escaped in an exceedingly car belonging to one of the victims. A stray bullet was said to have hit one man Derick Akpotu, who was within the school to check on his girl. t he was being treated at an undisclosedhospital. The intermittent gun shots frightened each teachers and pupils making them run helter-skelter for his or her lives. The Edo state Police spokesman, DSP Moses Egoevoen, said the command had mounted a hunting for the suspects, reiterating that “Edo state can not be a haven for kidnappers. The Edo Command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Folunsho Adebanjo had made it clear that any criminal that didn...

Patrick Obahiagbon Said Nigeria is Practicing "Kakistomopocracy" and not Democracy or Civilian rule I am "mayanki bewander" Patrick Obahiagbon may his grammer not bring Nigeria to a Calamitous End;

Sometimes you can't just imagine the way some mothers treat children of other women, what is really the cause? Just imagine this! Woman sets 11-yr-old girl on fire over piece of meat. A woman, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi is cooling her madness in Police net at bode Thomas division of Lagos State command, after she allegedly set her 11-year-old house maid ablaze in Surulere area of lagos, for stealing a chunk of meat from her pot of soup. The maid known as Ita Bassey-Eno who reportedly escaped death by the whiskers, is presently at the Burns and Trauma Centre of the Gbadaga General Hospital, with doctors battling to save her life. Although her mistress, a employees nurse at undisclosed covert hospital in Surulere, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, reportedly denied the allegation at the police office, the ailing girl was same to have managed to state that she allegedly poured kerosine on her before placing a stick of matches to set her on fire. The incident, as gathered, occurred last weekday at seve...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Akwa Ibom on weekday said it prosecuted ninety one traffic offenders in its mobile court for varied offences from january to july. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Gods-Gift Uwem, told the news agency of nigeria (NAN) in Uyo, that seventy seven persons were guilty whereas fourteen persons were jail without choice of fine. According to him, those in remission were prosecuted and convicted for offences like non-use of safety belt, poor lighting system, dangerous driving, use of phone whereas driving and drivers’ licence violation. “The offenders were sentenced at the discretion of the magistrate, betting on the traffic offence committed and in line with the stipulated punishment. “Most of these sentenced to jail were made to serve for periods starting from the minimum of two weeks to most of 3 months,” he said. He said the choice to prosecute offenders was to force motorists to infuse driving culture and drive to stay alive wi...

Military police on Thursday said it has arrested twenty eight wandering soldiers within the streets of lagos. Maj. Oyegoke Badamosi, spokesperson for the nine Brigade, Nigerian Army, Ikeja camp, made this known to the agency of Federal Republic of Nigeria (NAN) in port. Badamosi said the soldiers were not on their duty post, the military police connected to “Operation Checkmate”, to curb misconduct and unauthorised movement of personnel within the town. He added that the operation was geared toward checkmating soldiers who go about while not staying at their duty posts. He, however, said those arrested had been discharged once confirmation from their offices that they were real personnel. Badamosi said that the operation would be a daily routine and would be extended to different parts of the state to enable the military authority to still enforce armed forces rules on personnels.

Reports has it that the Mother of the wife of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, Mrs. Iwari-Oba, might have died in an auto-accident on Monday. The mother of Mrs. Jonathan was said to have been involved in a ghastly motor accident on Elele Road in Rivers State. Her mother, who is from Okrika local government area, was on her way to Bayelsa State when the accident happened  her corpse has been deposited within the mortuary. The report mentioned mr. Evans Bipi, a relative of Mrs Jonathan, as one of the people that deposited the corpse at the mortuary, with an aide to Bipi confirming that the lady died about 4p.m yesterday. Bipi’s aide, Mr. Fred Itobo, told The PUNCH that the President’s wife’s mother was involved in the accident 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 people who took her body to the mortuary,” Itobo said

Dana Airlines  has slashed its fares to N7200 on all its routes across Nigeri a, the airline made it know in a statement on Monday that only passengers who book and pay online will benefit from the six months promotion. “From now till December 2013 our guests will get the best fares starting from as low as N7200 only if the book and pay for their tickets in advance at www.flydananair.com,” said Obi Mbanuzuo, Dana Air’s Head of Commercial. Mbanuzuo said as many as a million seats on all our routes have been opened for sale. “So, if you are travelling to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt anytime soon, the best time to book your tickets is now; in order to be able to access our lowest fares. Very soon too, we will open seats to Uyo and Calabar for sale,” he said.

Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to New York's Laguardia Airport landed on Monday with no front landing gear. A televised image showed no visible damage to the plane, the plane was carrying more than 100 passengers, and was surrounded by emergency vehicles. CNN reported the airport was not accepting flights in the aftermath of the incident.

Nelson Mandela celebrates 95th birthday in hospital, though his family insist he is making "remarkable" progress in the hospital after spending 41 days in a Pretoria hospital in a critical but stable condition after being admitted for a recurring lung infection on June 8. According to President Jacob Zuma "He continues to respond positively to treatment and we are encouraged by the progress he is making," "We are proud to call this international icon our own as South Africans and wish him good health." He thanked people for their support of Mr Mandela and "undying love and compassion, and for responding to a call to give the beloved figure "the biggest birthday celebration ever this year."

Al-Mustapha CSO to the late head of states Sani Abacha,  paid courtesy visits to the palace of the Emir of Kano and Governor Musa Kwankwaso at Kano Government House, where he said: “I have an empty house to go to.” At Kano Government House, Mustapha said: “I was opportuned to meet my beloved late father and mother twice during the last 15 years and now I have an empty house to go to.” He said: “I am yet to reconcile with my freedom because I am yet to believe that this was the same Al-Mustapha that was brought into this House in tattered shirt, and in chains October 24, 1998. “I was moved between Kano and Yobe from October 24 and 26 all in an attempt to implicate me over an alleged coup to overthrow the civilian government.” He said: “I suffered serious witch-hunt and persecution all in an attempt to paint me black before the whole world. “Yesterday is gone. I have forgiven all those who perpetrated the evil against me. I am back home and we are drawing a new line for a bet...

Mr Sola Ibitoye, escaped been crushed in his car on Saturday at Sango Railway Crossing in Ibadan, Oyo State, when his Renault car got stocked in the rails. A passenger train, heading to Ilorin, dragged the car a few metres from the railway to the side of the rail line, rendering it a total write-off. The driver and owner of the vehicle told Said that "he wanted to make a u-turn at the rail line when the engine of his car went off. He added that he tried to jumpstart the car but the railway was slippery so his attempts were unsuccessful. Saying that he did not know that the train was close by until someone notified him, Mr Ibitoye stated that he tried to get passersby to help him push the car off the rail line but none of them was willing to help, except one person, whose efforts joined to his own could not take the car off the way. Confirming the story, the District Public Relations Officer, Francis Unyimadu told Sunday Tribune that the usual thing was for railway officials...

CSO to late head of states General Sani Abacha , Major Hamza Al-Mustapha,  has paid a surprise visit to Pastor T.B. Joshua overseer of Synagogue Church in Lagos. Mustapha who was released from Kirikiri Prisons on the 12th july 2013 a Friday after the Court of Appeal judgement acquitted and discharged him over the charge that he conspired to murder Alhaja Kudirat Abiola on 4 June, 1996 he left Kirikiri straight  to Ikotun, the Lagos , where  TB Joshua has his Synagogue Church.  the purpose of the visit which was not known at first, and because Mustapha declined press interview, but Joshua explained that their relationship dated to the Abacha years, when he was arrested and detained for nine days over a petition sent to the Chairman of the NDLEA on his ministry. “I was arrested for investigation and it was later discovered that it was a tissue of lies. I spent nine days with them for investigation and they found the whole thing to be a fabrication. From ther...

Abacha's CSO Al Mustapha was today Discharged And Acquitted By Court of Appeal in lagos in a controversial judgement, Colonel Hamza Al Mustapha, a former confidant of Nigeria’s late dictator, General Sani Abacha, Was set free of a sentence for the June 4, 1996 assassination of Kudirat Abiola, a wife of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, winner of the June twelve, 1993 presidential election. Mr. Al Mustapha, who served as Chief Security Officer to the late military president, Abacha, was earlier guilty by a lagos tribunal on charges of authorizing, planning and overseeing the murder of Ms. Abiola, who was shot while going for an appointment in streets of Lagos city. The killing of Abiola’s wife shocked Nigerians and the world, and created the name Kudirat one among the foremost revered icons of the Nigerian struggle to force the military from political power. Mr. Abacha, whose regime epitomized the peak of military repression, died suddenly in Nov, 1997, within the thick of an amorous p...

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members, 2 males and a feminine who the kidnappers reportedly stormed the place within the early hours of the day and whisked away,  in  Abua Odua L.G.A of Rivers State, a week ago have regained their freedom. It was not clear if ransom was procured their unleash

Abuja – President Goodluck jonathan on Saturday in the nation capital urged the military to abide by the rules of engagement and have respect for human rights within the fight against act of terrorism. Jonathan, who was the Reviewing Officer and also the Special Guest of Honour, made the decision at the parade to mark the grand finale of the 2013 Nigerian Army Day Celebration. He said that he was happy that the initial assessment report of the conduct of military operations since the declaration of emergency rule revealed that the strategies had been well thought out and was progressing satisfactorily. He said that government services and personal businesses had resumed in areas previously occupied by the insurgents, adding that the people in those areas were bit by bit regaining their lives in confidence. “As we have a tendency to march forward, I urge you to still abide by the military sanctify practice and core character of service. “I also urge you to stay to the rules of e...

A 12-year-old girl suffered concussion and broken fingers after a man fixing a leak in her apartment fell through the roof and landed on top of her. Maya Pur was sitting in the living room of her home in Philadelphia watching cartoons when the man crashed through the ceiling. She was taken to hospital in a neck brace after the accident in the northeast of the city on Saturday. The worker was not seriously injured. Stepfather Jay Roshko said she could have been seriously injured if the workman had fallen just a few inches left of where he landed. The damage on the roof of the apartment in Philadelphia. Pic: WPVI He said: "It's amazing how she was sitting right there and he came right down on her head. "You don't know what to imagine, I was five miles away from home but I came flying here."- Skynews