Exclusive: Shattered Hopes of Deceased AirForce Personnel

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

Flying Officer Ayuba Joab Layelmenson, joined the military as a rookie in 2004 with high hopes. He had the zeal and passion as well as his sheer brilliance to boot. His one goal was to fly for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and in essence his country Nigeria.

With such focus, the 2004 set of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Zaria, Kaduna, got to the academy and enmeshed himself in his studies. He had no time for unnecessary fun or laxity but he wasn't rigid. His smiling nature belied his quiet demeanour.

New Gonorrhoea Strain 'Worse than Aids'

A lab technician checking the new strain

A new antibiotic-resistant form of gonorrhoea could be 'worse than Aids', according to some US doctors. According to Sky News, Gonorrhoea HO41 was first detected in a female sex worker in Japan two years ago and "the potential for disaster is great", warns William Smith from the US National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD).

"It's an emergency situation," Smith told CNBC . "As time moves on, it's getting more hazardous." HO41 has not yet killed anyone, or spread outside of Japan - but action is needed in advance, said Smith.

Two Feared Dead, Five Trapped as Building Collapse in Lagos

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

No fewer than two person were feared dead today in Lagos when a three-storey building at no 24 Kabiru Street, Ojodu-Berger, said to be under construction collapsed. As at press time, although one body had been recovered,  five other persons were said to be still trapped in the rubbles of the collapsed building.

It was gathered that the trapped victims are construction workers who were contracted to work on the building by the church which owns the property. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-west Zone, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, said only one body was recovered.

Glo Grabs NPFL Title Sponsorship for N1.9bn

 

Globacom’s Group Chief Operating Officer, Mohamed Jameel (M), presenting the Nigeria Professional Football League title sponsorship cheque of N1.89bn to the Chairman of the  League Management Company (LMC), Hon.  Nduka Irabor, in Lagos Monday while a member of the LMC, Mr. Salihu Abubakar (R) looks on with interest

By Duro Ikhazuagbe

The Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) Monday received a massive boost as telecommunications giant, Globacom, signed N1.89bn three-year title sponsorship deal with the League Management Company (LMC), in Lagos.

Exclusive: Late Layelmenson was NAF's youngest T-winged fighter pilot

The late Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilot, Flying Officer, Ayuba Joab Layelmenson who died alongside Squadron Leader Benjamin Ben Ado, on Monday at Niamey, Niger Republic, when their aircraft crashed, was NAF's youngest T-wined fighter pilot.

According to one of his friend's and coursemate; Ahmed Abah, although the deceased had set out to be a neuro-surgeon in the Nigerian Navy, fate however took him to the Nigerian Air Force where he proved his mettle.

Glo Signs on Waje as an Ambassador

 

Nigerian soul singer, Waje on Monday announced her deal with telecommunications company, Globacom, as an ambassador. The ‘I Wish’ crooner shared the information with her 79,612 followers on Twitter. 

Alpha Jet: Pilots Returning From Reconnaissance Mission in Mali

Nigeria Air Force Alpha jet

Military sources have revealed that the Nigerian Alpha Jet combat aircraft that crashed near Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday was returning from a reconnaissance mission in Mali in support of the AFISMA operations in Northern Mali. Both pilots where killed in the crash.

The jet, which crashed Monday at about 1.5pm around Dargol Village  60Km West of Niamey on its return from the non-combat mission, is one of four sent by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) for the war effort.

FEATURES: Nigeria Disappointed Me on the Death of My Son, Sam Okwaraji

Samuel Okwaraji's mother

By August, it will be 24 years since Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji slumped and died on the field of play for Nigeria. But the government has refused to immortalise a hero in a befitting way to encourage others, writes Chineme Okafor

Twenty four years after watching the August 12, 1989, FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria’s Green Eagles and the Palancas Negras of Angola in the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, where Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji demonstrated heroism that eventually claimed his life on the field of play, Bolaji Abdullahi who watched the match as a young man has 

become the Sports Minister, but he has not called for the books.