List of NET's most influential people in Nigeria's entertainment industry

Nigerian Entertainment Today released its 2013 list of the most influential people in the Nigerian entertainment industry. It consists of actors, artistes, innovators, entrepreneurs and captains of industry.

See the full list after the cut 

Guiness places $2,000 reward on each Super Eagles goal against Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia

 

Guinness, official sponsors of the Nigeria Super Eagles, once again reaffirms its commitment to the success of the Super Eagles and urges Nigerians to stand behind the team on their march to victory and as they engage the Walya Antelopes from Ethiopia.

In support of this, the brand of choice, Guinness recently announced a $2,000 reward for each goal scored by the National team against Ethiopia in this weekend’s 2014 FIFA World Cup playoff match.

Nigeria is ranked 36th in the world and 4th in Africa currently and with the Antelopes a distant 93rd in the FIFA rankings, the Eagles have a formidable side to play against.

On paper, Ethiopia is an emerging force in African football. They qualified for the last Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa after a 31-year absence and finished top of their World Cup qualifying group ahead of Bafana Bafana, even after being docked three points for fielding an ineligible player.

The Super Eagles defeated the Flames of Malawi to progress to the next round of qualifying matches and thanks to the unflinching support from Guinness and the massive support of millions of Nigerians, we have progressed this far.

Once again, let us stand together and show solidarity with the team as they take on their next challenge.

Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) reveals Pilot error caused Agagu's plane crash

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has revealed that the October 3rd Associated Airlines crash that killed 14 people was caused by pilot error. The agency explained that the preliminary readout and analysis of the flight recorder indicated that the right engine of the aircraft was faulty. 

The agency also said that preliminary investigation indicated that the captain-in-command of the ill-fated aircraft, Abdulrahman Yakubu, ignored the warning from the onboard computer voice.

This was disclosed to journalists by the Commissioner for AIB, Capt. Usman Muktar, while reading out the preliminary readout and analysis of flight 361’s flight recorders in Abuja yesterday.

He said the investigation was done in AIB laboratory in Abuja in conjunction with international flight recorder experts from Canada, who designed the laboratory.

Capt. Mukthar said the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) contained approximately 47 hours in solid state memory, while the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) contained thirty-two and a half minutes of audio, which included internal conversation of two pilots, radio calls, and the overall environment in the cockpit.

Muktar said that Associated Airlines flight 361 was cleared for take-off by the Air Traffic Controller on runway 18 left of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos, adding that at that time, the wind was calm and weather was not considered a factor in the accident.

He added that four seconds after the engine power was advanced to commence take off roll, the crew received an automated warning from the onboard computer voice which consisted of three chimes followed by “Take off Flap, Take off Flap, Take off flap.”

He stated that this configuration warning suggested that the flaps were not in the correct position for take-off and there was evidence that the crew might have chosen not to use flaps for the take-off.

According to him, “This warning did not appear to come as any surprise to the crew, and they continued normally with the take-off. This warning continues throughout the take-off roll.“

Capt. Mukhtar added that AIB was in the process of verifying the accuracy of the flight data, adding that the agency had not been able to confirm the actual flap setting and that AIB was expected to determine this in the fullness of time.

The AIB commissioner added that the ‘set power’ call was made by the captain and the ‘power is set’ was confirmed by the First Officer as expected in the normal operations, adding that approximately three seconds after the ‘power is set’ call, the First Officer noted that the aircraft was moving slowly.

Approximately seven seconds after the ‘power is set‘ call, the internal aircraft voice warning system could be heard stating ‘Take off Flap, Auto Feather’.

He explained that auto feather refers to the pitch of the propeller blades, adding that in the feather position, the propeller does not produce any thrust.

The Flight Data Recorder, he said, contains several engine related parameters, which the AIB was studying.

“At this time, we can state that the right engine appears to be producing considerably less thrust than the left engine. The left engine appeared to be working normally. The aircraft automated voice continued to repeat, Take off Flap, Auto Feather.’ “

According to an aircraft engineer, Sheri Kyari, the flap on an aircraft is located at the trailing edge of the wing. It is at the rear end of the wings.

Kyari, a former president of Pilots and Aircraft Engineers in the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited, the function of the flap when operational increases the surface area of the wing, thereby generating enough lift at low aircraft speeds. This is when the aircraft is taking off or landing.

Kyari, is convener and executive director, Centre of Aviation Safety and Research.

“When the flap is not set to the required degree for take off, the aircraft will have to do a long take-off run before gaining enough lift to lift-off the ground,” he said.

Reading out the preliminary report, AIB said “the standard ‘eighty knots’ call was made by the First Officer. The first evidence that the crew indicated that there was a problem with the take-off roll was immediately following the ‘eighty knots’ call.

“The First Officer asked if the take-off should be aborted approximately 12 seconds after the ‘eighty knots’ callout”

AIB added that the captain, in response to the Flight Officer’s question to abort the take off, said that they should continue, adding that the crew did not make V1 call, which is the speed at which the decision to abort or continue a take-off is made, or the Vr call, which indicates the speed at which it is planned to rotate the aircraft.

The Commissioner added that normally, the non-flying pilot pulls back both the V1 and the Vr speeds,

He said that when the Vr was called, the flying pilot pulled back the control column. The First Officer asked the Captain ‘gently’, a word that indicated that the aircraft was not performing normally.

He added that the aircraft did not produce enough overall thrust and that it was difficult or impossible to climb without risk of an aerodynamics stall.

An aviation expert, Mallam Muhammadu Dodo, described aerodynamics as the streamline of air flow around the aircraft due to its design. It enables it to attain a stable and safe flight.

Immediately after lift-off, the aircraft slowly veered off the runway, heading to the right and was not climbing, and that the aircraft behaviour made ATC to ask the pilot if Flight 361 operation was normal but that they did not respond, and that 31 seconds after the warning, the aircraft crashed.

Asari Dokubo opens a University, names it after his ancestor King Amachree

According to new reports, former Niger Delta militant and current leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, is now a proud owner of a university in Benin Republic...

From Premium Times

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Muhajid Asari-Dokubo has joined the swelling rank of private university proprietors with his establishment of a university in the neighbouring Republic of Benin.

Mr. Asari-Dokubo, who already owns a soccer academy in the West African country and another one in Abuja, said the university, which will be known as King Amachree African University, KAAU, had already been accredited to commence degree programmes beginning September 2014.

Karen Igho claims she had breast implant as a result of lump found and removed from her boobs

Karen Igho's PR team released a press statement today claiming that the BBA winner got breasts implants many years ago because of lumps found in her breasts - this is in reaction to a tweet from Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson's twitter handle during the twitter hacking brouhaha that occurred yesterday.

 See their press release below 

Sometime yesterday whilst preparing for her promo photo shoot, Karen and the World PR Media camp got wind of a tweet that was sent to our client, Karen Igho.

Yvonne Nelson quoted as follows "fake boobs, no wonder you don't have a bf". When Karen got the alert, she made several personal gestures to clarify the position of the tweet and the tweetee, but none of the enquiries was answered and a claim of 'handle hacking' was implied by the Nelson camp.

Just to update the Nelson team since we can't reach you, Karen's resort to breast implants were as a result of lumps found and removed in her breasts. And can you also be a good role model to your own younger fans by resisting online bullying or any other type of bullying for that matter.

Big Brother Africa winner Karen Igho blasts actres Yvonne Nelson

 

Apparently Karen Igho is one of the many who does not believe that Yvonne Nelson was hacked. She took to twitter to tear the Ghanaian actress apart.

 

Karen later deleted her tweets and jokingly claimed she was was also hacked. Continue...

The tweet from Yvonne's account that ticked Karen off...

Youth Corper dies in a fatal road accident on his way to his POP

A youth corps member died yesterday 10th Oct. 2013  in a fatal road accident that occurred at the Akwanga-Lafia road in Nasarawa State. The corper served in Karu local government in Nasarawa and was on his way to Lafia for the Batch C Passing Out Parade when he met his untimely death on the really bad road. See the uncensored photo after the cut...

Big Brother Africa host, IK Osakioduwa and wife shows each other love on Twitter

You have to have a really understanding wife who knows you well to post a pic of you with another woman and say she's fine. And IK's wife agreed with him...

Missing episodes of Dr Who from 1960s, found gathering dust in a cupboard in Nigeria

 

Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who, which have not been seen since the 1960s, have been recovered after they were tracked down gathering dust in a store room in Nigeria, Daily Mail UK reports:

The discovery of the episodes in Nigeria will cause much excitement for devotees of the long-running series, for which there are dozens of missing episodes dating back to its early years. The previously lost nine shows were among 11 traced to a television relay station and the find brings back to life an entire six-episode story, while another is almost complete.

Phillip Morris, the director of Television International Enterprises Archive, unearthed the programmes by looking up the records of overseas shipments of tapes made by the BBC

D'banj says he will love to marry Genevieve Nnaji

D’banj granted an interview to reporters on Wednesday which was published in Punch today where he talked about his career and his relationship with Genevieve. And guys, please stop all this 'it's just a publicity stunt' It wasn't. They didn't just date, they were madly in love. Read the interview below.

Singer, Dapo Oyebanji, aka D’banj, finally opened up on his love life in a rare meeting with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday.

The self-styled Kokomaster was clearly in his elements as he talked at length, amid occasional bouts of laughter, about his career and other issues that were important to him. One of the subjects was about his rumoured relationship with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

Judging by the manner in which the actress’ name kept popping off his lips, it was obvious that D’banj had a very soft spot for her.

Femi Fani Kayode blasts Aviation Minister, Mrs Stella Oduah for saying plane crashes are an act of God

 

Our Aviation minister Mrs Stella Oduah thinks that plane mishaps are an act of God. While fielding questions from state house correspondents on the recent Lagos air crash, Mrs Oduah said;

“We do not pray for accidents  but they are inevitable. But we will continue to do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents. But an accident is an act of God".

Former Aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode took to twitter to respond to Mrs Oduah's comments after the cut

N400m Luxry tax on private jets to be paid by Adenuga, Oyedepo and Dangote

  

According to a story by Encomium magazine, Bishop David Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the top 10 Nigerian billionaires who will pay hundreds of millions of naira annually as luxury tax due to the imposition of a whooping $4,000 luxury tax by Aviation Ministry on private jet owners and operators per departure.

Some of these super rich Nigerians make use of their jets 3/4 times in a week either within or outside Nigeria and for every trip, it's a cool $4, 000 tax. Continue...

Photos: Delapidated Police College Ikeja, takes new shape

 

Few months ago, Nigerians woke up to receive with shock and disbelief, news  of the decrepit level of decay at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos coupled with its deplorable state. The college located on Oba Akinjobi way, close to Arch Bishop V inning Cathedral  never gave  any passer-by the slightest inkling of its real state, until it was revealed by a television station in January, 2013.

Well the good news today is that the police college has really undergone very serious renovation after the President paid them a surprised visit and game  them four months to put the place in order. If you missed the story, you can read it HERE and HERE

See the marvellous work going on there after the cut

Agagu Plane crash: The reason why Agagu's casket remained intact.

The ill-fated plane crash which happened on Thursday has left many tongues wagging as lives were lost and yet, the casket carrying Agagu's corpse remained intact.

According to sources who were present when the casket was opened, the body of the neatly dressed Agagu was not ruffled.

“The cap on his head stayed intact even after impact”, a source told a National newspaper.

In a traditional society like Nigeria, these shocking discoveries have left left many insinuating there is more to it than meets the eye.

But the simple reason is this:

According to report, the coffin cargo was latched to the hooks in the cargo compartment of the plane.

It was also gathered that the coffin was in the rear end of the plane and, like those who survived the crash, it enjoyed the benefit of positioning.

However, aviation experts are of the view that sitting at the rear end of the plane is not a definite guarantee against fatality during an air crash.

Meanwhile during his burial on Friday, his widow Funke Agagu insisted on seeing the body before he is buried. She was photographed praying for the body before he was lowered into his grave.

Nigerian Federal Government suspends Dana Air license Again

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations of Dana Air...again. The suspension was announced on Sunday night October 6th by the Coordinating General Manager for the aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati.

The NCAA said it shut Dana’s operations to enable it conduct an operational audit of the carrier and its planes. This suspension makes it the third time the NCAA would ground Dana Air over safety and other related issues since the crash of Dana flight 992 that killed over 150 passengers in June 2012.

Photo: Girl goes wild on the stage of CokoBar Music Festival and shows off what she has in her goodie bag. (18+ please)

 

Madness they say comes in various types. This girl was called on stage by Flavour apparently cause of her big behind, as we all know Flavour and his love for Bum Bum Lol, during the CokoBar Music Festival which took place last night 6^th of October 2013 at the London’s 02 Indigo. But fortunately or unfortunately, the chick got too carried away and exposed more than enough.

See more pics after the cut: