Terror scare: Arik passengers wrestle man mid-air....

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Passengers and crew of an Abuja-bound aircraft belonging to Arik Air were thrown into panic on Tuesday when a passenger behaving in a strange manner stood up and screamed Allahu Akbar(God is great) midair.

The scared passengers, who took off from Maiduguri, Borno State, rushed to the strange passenger identified as Aminu Galadima, grabbed him and searched him to ascertain if he had a bomb strapped to his body. Our correspondent learnt that the situation made the pilot of the aircraft with registration number 5N MJE to immediately radio the Air Traffic Control and airport security operatives.

The Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation on Media, Mr. Joe Obi, confirmed the development in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja.

Obi said the passenger in question went through the necessary security checks at the airport and did not raise any suspicion until he started shouting midair.

He said, “A passenger, Aminu Galadima, a native of Minna, Niger State, boarded a Maiduguri-Abuja- bound Arik Air aircraft with registration number 5N MJE after going through mandatory security screening. “Nothing incriminating; no explosives or weapons whatsoever were found on him. However, midair, the passenger began to act strangely, loudly screaming, ‘God is great.’ Fellow passengers, alarmed by his behaviour rushed to apprehend him.

“A thorough search by fellow passengers and crew members revealed nothing dangerous on him. The pilot immediately radioed Air Traffic Control and airport security operatives.

“The plane landed safely at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at exactly 12.53hrs and the suspect was handed over to the SSS at about 14.45hrs. He is currently being interrogated.” Obi reassured the flying public of the continued focus of the Ministry of Aviation on the safety and security of the nation’s airspace and cautioned Nigerians against spreading dangerous rumours.

Before the official statement by the authorities , rumours had spread that the plane had been bombed. Arik also confirmed the arrest of the man, but denied that a bomb was found on its plane.

In a statement by its Public Relations and Communications Manager, Mr. Adebanji Ola, the airline said, “There is no iota of truth in the rumour making the rounds that a passenger attempted to bomb an Arik Air aircraft operating a flight from Maiduguri to Abuja today, Tuesday, October 23, 2012.

“To set the records straight, a passenger on board flight W3 812 from Maiduguri to Abuja caused a scare when he started shouting ‘Allah Akbar’ shortly before the aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The frightened passengers on board the flight became suspicious, thinking the man was about to do something sinister.

Teacher flogs 12-year-old pupil to death...

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A 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.

A reliable source in the school told theNews Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged.

The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.

The source also told NAN that the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school as a result of the incident.

A NAN correspondent, who visited the girl’s family home, soon after she was buried on Tuesday in Awka, reports that the family was in grief.

The girl’s father, Mr. Simeon Ukachukwu, confirmed the incident, saying it was a sad development. He added that it was an act of God.

But when Okeke was contacted, she denied ordering the closure of the school and said that the school was on midterm break. NAN investigation, however, revealed that schools in the state were not on midterm break. This fact was corroborated by an official of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Akwa South Local Government Area.

‘There Is No Truth In The Story’ – Kemi Adetiba Denies EFCC Arrest

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Popular TV host and video director Kemi Adetiba has denied the reports going around that she was recently arrested by the officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over her involvement in a N15m tussle with a Lagos based church.

In an exclusive correspondence with NET, Adetiba says there is ‘no truth in the story’ and that the article written by the Nigerian Enquirer magazine was made to ‘to tarnish her reputation’.

‘It has been brought to my attention that Nigerian Enquirer magazine published an article designed and calculated to tarnish my reputation. I want to say most emphatically that there is no truth in the story‘, Adetiba told NET.

‘I therefore serve notice to one and all, that no stone will be left unturned to seek justice from this clear case of libel. My lawyers have been instructed to institute legal action against all concerned. I thank friends and well wishers for their concern and support‘, she added.

The report had stated that Adetiba was taken in by the EFCC over ‘her involvement in a N15m belonging to a church in Gbagada area of Lagos’. The report also stated that she also had to ‘beg the officials of the EFCC to allow her host the show (Maltina DanceHall Season 6) promising she will sort out the debt as soon as she finished the show’.

Well that's embarrassing! Kris Jenner's wardrobe malfunction as low-cutting Wonder Woman costume 'accidentally' slips...

Oh whoops! Kris Jenner reveals a little bit to much flesh as she models a Wonder Woman costume in a new photograph posted on Twitter.

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Her daughter Kim Kardashian dressed up as Wonder Woman for Halloween four years ago.

And if Kris Jenner was hoping to give people a fright by trying the costume on for size herself, then she certainly succeeded.

The 56-year -old Kardashian matriarch is seen here in a new Twitter image, dressed up as the superhero.

However, as is all too clear to see, Kris can't quite contain her curves in the strapless corset.

As she lifts her arm and holds up her cloak, she reveals a little more than she bargained for.

Not that Kris was worried.

She tweeted in response to commentators: 'Jeeeez what’s all the fuss about?!!! It’s just an innocent nip slip, happens to the best of us.'

A more cynical observer may even suggest there is no accident going on here at all... surely nothing the attention-grabbing Kardashians do is unplanned?

Flashback: Kris with daughter Kim back in 2008, when the reality star donned the outfit to a Halloween party in Los Angeles.

Khloe Kardashian tweeted the picture over the weekend, along with the charming caption: 'Hi nips. That's my mom.'

Kim donned a similar version of the sexy outfit back in 2008 when she hosted the PAMAs Halloween Masquerade at Stone Rose in Los Angeles.

And while managing an eye-catching display, Kim did at least manage to stay contained.

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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Simply Cheska

Sheila died after falling out from chair – Son...

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Tunde, son of the late renowned social critic, Dr. Tai Solarin, said his mother, Sheila, died on Sunday as a result of injuries she sustained when she fell out from a chair.

He said his mother was fond of gathering children around herself while sitting on the chair from which she fell.

Tunde, who described his British mother as “an educationist who devoted the whole of her life time to teaching”, said the deceased sustained injuries, which eventually led to her death while trying to get up after she fell. He said, “Even at old age she would sit on her chair, gather some children of staff members and others who used to come to her from outside and teach them.

“She died as a result of injuries sustained when she fell out from her chair while trying to get out of it.” Sheila, 88, died on Sunday afternoon at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.

She had reportedly slipped while going to bed some months back and was rushed to the hospital where she was operated upon.She was reported to have sustained a broken hip as a result of the domestic accident. Tunde, who spoke in Ikenne, said his mother would be buried beside her husband in two weeks’ time after a meeting with other family members.

Motorcyclist sells nurse to ritual killers for N10,000

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A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge, to ritual killers after collecting N10, 000.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Ilonge had on Tuesday last week took Ifeanyi’s motorcycle on her way to Igoli along the Ogoja-Ikom Highway in Ogoja LGA.

Ilonge, the coordinator of Primary Health Care in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, was coming from a programme at the Assemblies of God Church, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, and had alighted from a vehicle at Okpongrinya junction before taking the bike.

It was gathered that Ilonge (51) was beheaded while her other vital reproductive parts such as breast and vagina were removed for ritual purposes.

Ilonge’s neighbour, Mrs. Theresa Idagwu, on Sunday said, “Ifeanyi took the lady from Okpogrinya Junction on the pretence that he was taking her to the village, which is 10 minutes drive from the point. But along the way, he stopped and handed her over to kidnappers at Ukpe.

Meanwhile, the woman had called her daughter, Victoria, around 9pm that she had taken a bike at Okpogrinya Junction on her way to Igoli. She said when she gets to her destination; she would call again so that Victoria would boil water for her to take her bath. That was Ilonge’s last call.”

Repeated calls made to the woman’s line, according to Idagwu, indicated that it was switched off.

She said Ilonge’s family became worried when the woman did not return home. “We went everywhere- police stations, hospitals and even her friends in Igoli, thinking that may be an accident had occurred along the road but we got nothing,” Idagwu added.

Two days later, Idagwu said someone called Victoria on her phone and informed her that her mother had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of N50, 000 to be remitted in form of recharge cards.

‘JTF killed 15 innocent boys playing football’ • It is not true, he should just confess – Army...

JTF spokesperson for the Northeast, Lt. Col Musa Sagir and Senator Ahmad Zannah (Borno Central) accused of sheltering a Boko Haram commander.

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The war of words between the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State and a senator accused of sheltering a Boko Haram commander took a dramatic turn on Monday. The embattled Senator accused the JTF of killing 15 boys playing football on a field in the city, an allegation which this newspaper was unable to confirm yesterday because of the tense security situation in the Maiduguri.

Senator Ahmad Zannah (Borno Central) made the grave allegation while denying a report credited to the JTF that Shuaibu Bama was arrested in his house. Zannah, who had said that the suspect was arrested in the house of a former governor of the state, also blamed the JTF for the escalation of violence in the city.

Our correspondents report that though the JTF has been accused of extra-judicial killings in recent times, it wasn’t clear if the Senator’s allegation was an attempt to shift attention from himself or get back at the task force.

Two weeks ago, there were reports that soldiers had gone on the rampage after a bomb believed to have been detonated by Boko Haram killed an army officer in the city.

Eyewitnesses had told journalists that soldiers opened fire on residents indiscriminately and burnt houses and shops. An Associated Press reporter, who went round the city after the alleged killing, said he counted 30 bodies. Nurses at a hospital in the city later told a Reuters reporter that they saw 30 bodies in civilian clothing after the shooting.

However, the army had debunked the report, saying that its men did not harass or kill civilians on the day of the incident.