Sunday, 6 March 2016

Nancy Reagan Dies At 94!

Nancy Davis Reagan, wife of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, has died of congestive heart failure in Bel-Air, Los Angeles - California on Sunday, March 6, 2016.


Born in FluishingNew York City on July 6, 1921, Nancy Reagan was described as one of the most high-profile and influential first ladies of the 20th century. 

 


Nancy was She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was 94.

Nigeria's Minister of State For Labour And Productivity, James Ocholi, Wife And Son Dies In Auto Crash!

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, and Senior Advocate James Enojo Ocholi, died in an accident, which claimed the lives of his wife and one of his sons on the Kaduna-Abuja highway, on his way back from Kaduna, in the noon hours of Sunday, 6 March, 2016.

 Barrister James Ocholi during his ministerial appointment screening
Information revealed that the Jeep in-which the minister was travelling in with his wife and son had a burst tyre causing it to run into other vehicles in the convoy, the jeep somersaulting several times, Ocholi, and son died on the spot, while his his wife went into coma and passed later at Doka hospital in Kaduna. 


The driver and aide-de-camp are in critical condition and has been transferred to the National hospital, Abuja.

James Ocholi was 55.

Kidnapped Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School Girls Regain Freedom!

Deborah, Tofunmi and Oluwatimileh, the three senior high school girls abducted on Monday, March 1st, at about 8pm, from their school Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJSS) in Ikorodu - Lagos Nigeria regained their freedom on Sunday, March 6.



The girls were found by some good Samaritans at Igbokuta area of Ikorodu, after they were dropped off by the kidnappers. They were thereafter taken to the Police station from where the Police took, over and handed the girls over to the Lagos state government. 


Medical examinations conducted on the girls proved they were unharmed and not molested. In the meantime, the Police made three arrests in connection to the kidnap.

The suspected kidnappers

Friday, 4 March 2016

Wordless Post!

Man caught answering nature's call just off the express way near Ajah bus stop, Lagos.





Is Obalende Dilapidating?

Photos below shows the current state of Obalende area of Lagos state.





Is Obalende - Lagos going back to what it used to be??


Fire Guts Residential Quaters Near SCID, Yaba!

Fire guts a residential quaters next door to the Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos on Friday March 4 at noon.




An eye witness who spoke with RI on the condition of anonymity said they were eating in a restaurant behind the building when she noticed a spark from the window of one of the rooms upstairs, then a flash of light. Before they realized what it was all about, the fire was all over the last floor of the building. 




Men from the Lagos state fire service were seen trying to put out the fire, while effected residents wailed uncontrollably



It is not certain if there are any casualties. 

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Asteroid 2013 TX68 To Whiz Past Earth From March 5 - 8!

An asteroid, 2013 TX68the size of a basket ball court is expected to fly past earth for the second time in two years, from March 5 to March 8.
NASA has created a special office to deal with coordinating response to threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs).
In a statement, Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), said "The data indicate that this small asteroid will probably pass much farther away from Earth than previously thought."
The asteroid flew past earth  in 2014, at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million miles.