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Who Is K-Gentle ???

K-gentle the boy next door swag. Many of his fans like him for his determination to take his career to the next level. Call it just another new act, but K-gentle is set to create a phenomenon with his singles. Not only that his songs are catchy but it also delivers a dance move that will light fire faster than any recent moves. The move and his singing ability is so infectious and widely popular among Nigerian artistes. But more prominent still, when you're fresh in the industry and you already got a style appreciated by someone as professional as powerful Chicago music backup ( T-clear Records ) then you know something is special within you. That's exactly what's happening to K-gentle who's debut single is Se Mi(Do Me) which was produced by the beat monster Sarz of Nigeria and he's  currently  recording a smash " My Way" Produced by DMM of Nigeria. 

His record label engineer would say his presence is like a living legend. He knows what he wants, and makes a monster out of music. Matter of fact, he didn't even have a single per say when we got him to T-Clear Records. It was beyond a record; it was his whole lifestyle: how he dressed, his bad ass shades, the shoes he chose to wear. It was all of that and the music was another part of what he brought to the table. Before we got to speak with him, I was told that the kids sees his music as something that was just theirs. It was something they could have that nobody else could have." K-gentle now needs no further assurance that he's in it to be big.

Just go to school," K-gentle recalled. "I use to be real smart, I never let music affect my grades. Because if it does my parents would never let me do music . I won't lie. It was there that I became disciplined, while my passion for music grows". After he graduated from university, K-Gentle has been working himself out in the studio, still with the same determination he had from the beginning.

Here is a link to download K-Gentle Se Mi ( Do Me ) Produced by Sarz

You can also listen to K-Gentle Se Mi ( Do Me ) on Youtube

Brymo - Son Of A Kapenta Drops Tomorrow

Wow! I can't wait to get my own copy of this album, this guy's voice is killing. I hope he's not gonna fail his fans anyway, I knew him to be a strong and energetic performer. You guys should try and support him.

Dr. Olusola Saraki Is Dead

The strongman of Kwara politics and Senate leader in the Second Republic, Dr. Olusola Saraki, is dead.
He died in the early hours of Wednesday morning at his Cameroon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, residence.
The immensely popular politician had been sick for a while.
His son, former Governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki departed Abuja for Lagos Wednesday morning to convey his father’s body to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
The elder Saraki’s body will be interred at 4pm Wednesday in Ilorin.

Background:

Sola Saraki was born on the 17th of May, 1933 at Ilorin, Kwara State and died in Lagos November 14, 2012. His mother was from Iseyin in Oyo State and his father was from Ilorin. His paternal ancestors were Fulanis who came from Mali about 150 to 200 years earlier. He was educated at Eko Boys High School. He attended the University of London, and St George’s Hospital Medical School, London. He worked as a medical officer at the General Hospital, Lagos and the Creek Hospital, Lagos.
He first entered politics when he ran in the 1964 parliamentary election for Ilorin as an independent, but failed to win. After the election, he returned to his medical practice in Lagos, only returning to party-politics in 1978/79.
He died on Wednesday 14th November 2012 after a brief illness.

Ebube Garricks Wins MTN Aeroplane

Source: Ynaija -  The much anticipated finale of the MTN Ultimate Wonder promo has ended with Ebube Essien-Garricks emerging the winner of the grand prize, a brand new Cessna 182 T aeroplane.MTN announced the winner of the promo through their Facebook fan page on Tuesday and Essien-Garricks, a 27-year-old student based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, came up tops.
When she was contacted on telephone, Essien-Garricks said she would prefer the cash equivalent of N64 million.

PHOTO OF THE DAY - Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor's Private Jet

Is this not lovely ? It's a Canadian-made Bombardier jet with US registration number N431CB. The jet was manufactured in 1994 and previously belonged to two different owners in the US. The private jet was last used in New Jersey by C R BARD IN of Murray Hill, New Jersey. Read More >>>

Lam Adeshina - Oyo declares seven-day mourning

Oyo State Government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, who died on Sunday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, at 73 years.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said this in a statement. Read More >>>

VIDEO OF THE DAY - Koko Master Bachelor

Well I think this is a very nice single from the Koko Master himself as its co-directed by D'banj and Sesan.

Haunted Object - Crying Boy Painting

Painted by Bruno Amadio, “The Crying Boy” painting isn’t just one painting, but a mass-produced print with numerous alternative versions, all with young boys or girls crying, distributed in the 1950s. The haunting stories began in the 1980s after a fireman in England claimed he kept coming across the paintings in burned houses, except the paintings were remarkably untouched. People who owned the painting found their houses burned down. It reached such a fervor that newspaper The Sun

gave readers a chance to bring in the paintings and destroy them in a bonfire. Psychics claim the painting is haunted by the spirit of the boy or girl it depicts. Supposedly, to lift the curse, you must hang a boy and girl crying together, or like the movie “The Ring,” give the painting to another person. Comedian Steve Punt had another theory: many of the paintings came from one person who never liked the picture and saw a good opportunity to get rid of it. Check this link out

Lagos State Civil Service Commission recruitment 2012

 
 If you are searching for a job, this might be your lucky time, so follow this link and join the team to make Lagos State great. Lagos State Civil Service Commission recruitment 2012

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OYATO - New single by D'banj

Multiple award winning singer D’banj has released his first single titled ‘Oyato’ since he and ace producer Don jazzy parted ways, March this year.

The new single Oyato produced by Jay Sleek who has been signed on as a producer for D’banj maintains a lot that fans have always known D’banj for.

The usual head bobbing, pop beats, hits you first as the approximately three minutes song begins to run followed by an all male chord chorus sang in yoruba language. Read more >>>

PHOTO - Ibadan Flood

A Peugeot 504 Station Wagon that ran into a bridge washed away on Arulogun road.

Man drives against traffic, crushes LASTMA official

An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Mustapher Adeleke, was allegedly killed by the driver of a blue Volkswagen Bus with registration number LSR 942XC.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased who was at his duty post at Oke Afa, Ejigbo with his colleagues were part of the team deployed in the area to checkmate driving against traffic along Mile 2.

According to LASTMA authorities, it was while the driver of the bus, later identified as Haruna Nuru, was driving against traffic from Isolo end of the road that he hit the 34-year-old officer from behind.

Having noticed that he had hit a government official, the driver was said to have sped off but was later apprehended by witnesses at Abimbola Road, near Isolo Bus Stop.

 Mustapha was said to have been rushed to Isolo General Hospital where he was confirmed dead. His corpse was deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

The General Manager of the agency, Mr. Babatunde Edu, said the suspect was handed over to the Police at Okota Police Station.

Edu condoled with the family of the deceased and prayed that God would grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

He lamented the way traffic laws were being flouted with impunity and with little or no respect for traffic managers.

 Edu advised motorists to obey traffic rules in the state and desist from attacking, maiming or assaulting innocent officers.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said, “On July 17, 2012, around 1pm at Pako Junction, Okota Road, an accident occurred after the driver of the said vehicle drove against traffic. Five LASTMA officials accosted him.

“One of them stood in front of the vehicle while another one attempted to enter the passenger side. However, the driver sped off. The LASTMA official standing in front of the car managed to escape but the one attempting to enter the passenger’s side was crushed.

“The suspect has been arrested and may be charged with murder or manslaughter based on investigations.”

Culled from PUNCH Newspaper

‘No trace of violence in my dad’s car’ - Gawat's Son

Jubril, the son of the missing popular Nigerian Television Authority presenter, Alhaji Rasak Gawat, has said there is no trace in his father’s vehicle suggesting that he might have been harmed before he got missing.

Jubril said, “His car was untouched as at the time we got to the office of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency. It was locked with remote control. We had to use the extra key but that could only open the ignition.

“Later, we called a panel beater who opened it. Just like the body of the car was neat, the interior was also neat. There was no trace of scuffle or violence.” Read more >>>

ACN, PDP plan to assassinate party leaders – LP

Labour Party in Ondo State on Wednesday cried out over alleged plans to assassinate some leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and the Action Congress of Nigeria’s in the state.

The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Koye Odogiyan, in a statement, alleged that the opposition parties planned to assassinate their leaders to create the impression that the ruling LP was behind the act to earn the sympathy of the electorate.

Odogiyan said, “Information at our disposal indicates that the leadership of a particular opposition party had perfected plans to carry out assassination plots on prominent Ondo indigenes who are members of either the ACN or the PDP. Read more >>>

Two persons arraigned for N18.3m theft

Two persons were on Wednesday arraigned before the Oyo State Magistrate’s Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan for two counts of conspiracy and stealing of money belonging to Obat Oil and Petroleum.

The accused persons, Mr. Akinolu Quadri and Toyese Badmus, were said to have mismanaged N18,361,500 being the rent collected on the company’s property at Gbagi market, Ibadan between October 2009 and May 2012.

The complainant, the Olugbo of Ugboland in Ilaje Local Government area of Ondo State, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, (owner of Obat Oil and Petroleum), alleged that the duo conspired to defraud him and his company. Read more >>>

Nigeria begins fuel import from Niger

Daily Trust


Fuel marketers in Katsina have begun importing refined petroleum products from the newly-built refinery in neighbouring Niger Republic, investigations by Daily Trust show.

Niger-refined diesel is already available in many filling stations in Katsina State, and marketers say plans are on to begin importing petrol from the Soraz refinery.

The refinery was opened in November in Zinder, just 80 kilometres north of the border with Nigeria, with enough capacity to satisfy domestic requirements and a huge surplus for export.


Until the recent development, Nigeria imports refined products only from far away countries including India, Brazil and Netherlands. Read more >>>

Chris Brown New Tattoo

This picture was recently posted by Chris Brown on Twitter two days ago. Check the snake's tale and tell me what you see.. hmmm! Illumipower huh ???

Depressing details: AIB releases Dana crash preliminary report

by Isi Esene YNaija

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday released a preliminary report of investigation into the Dana Air crash which killed everyone on-board the ill-fated flight.

The report looked into the facts surrounding the ill-fated crash and attempted to give the public an idea into what went wrong moments before the unfortunate accident took place on the outskirts of Lagos.

The report, signed by the commissioner and chief executive of the AIB, Capt. M.S. Usman, stated that dual engine failure of the aircraft led to its crash at Iju-Ishaga.

As contained in the report, the AIB cautioned that “the sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not for the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability.”

The report chronicles the events as follows:

On 3rd June 2012 about 1545 hours[1], 5N-RAM, a Boeing MD-83, a domestic scheduled commercial flight, operated by Dana Airlines Limited as flight 992 (DAN 992), crashed into a densely populated area during a forced landing following a total loss of power in both engines while on approach to Muhammed Murtala Airport (LOS), Lagos, Nigeria. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and the airplane was on an instrument flight plan. All of the 153 persons aboard the airplane, including the 6 crew members were fatally injured. There were 10 confirmed ground fatalities. The airplane was destroyed. There was post impact fire. The flight originated at Abuja (ABV) and the destination was LOS.

The airplane was on the fourth flight segment of the day, consisting of two round-trips between Lagos and Abuja. The accident occurred during the return leg of the second trip. DAN 992 was on final approach for runway 18R at LOS when the crew reported the total loss of power.

According to interviews, the flight arrived in ABV as Dana Air flight 993 about 1350. According to Dana Air ground personnel, routine turn-around activities occurred, including refueling of the airplane. DAN 992 initiated engine startup at 1436, taxied to the runway and was later airborne at 1458 after the flight had reported that it had a fuel endurance of 3.5 hours. Shortly after takeoff, DAN 992 reported 1545 as the estimated time of arrival at LOS as the flight climbed to a cruise altitude of 26,000 ft[2]. DAN0992 made contact with Lagos Area Control Center at 1518 hours.

The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) retained about 31 minutes of the flight and starts about 1515 at which time the captain and first officer were in a discussion of a non-normal condition regarding the correlation between the engine throttle setting and an engine power indication[3]. However, they did not voice concerns then that the condition would affect the continuation of the flight. The flight crew continued to monitor the condition and became increasingly concerned as the flight transition through the initial descent from cruise altitude at 1522 and the subsequent approach phase.

DAN 992 reported passing through 18,100 and 7,700 ft, respectively, at 1530 and 1540 hours. After receiving a series of heading and altitude assignments from the controller, DAN 992 was issued the final heading to intercept the final approach course for runway 18R.

During the period of 1537 and 15:41 the flight crew engaged in pre-landing tasks including deployment of the slats, and extension of the flaps and landing gear. At 15:41:16 the first officer (FO) inquired, “both engines coming up?” and the captain (Capt) replied “negative.” The flight crew subsequently discussed and agreed to declare an emergency. At 1542:10, DANA 992 radioed an emergency distress call indicating “dual engine failure . . . negative response from throttle.”

At 1542:35, the flight crew lowered the flaps further and continued with the approach and discussed landing alternatively on runway 18L. At 1542:45, the Capt reported the runway in sight and instructed the FO to raise the flaps up and 4 seconds later to raise the landing gear.

At 1543:27 hours, the Capt informed the FO “we just lost everything, we lost an engine. I lost both engines”. During the next 25 seconds until the end of the CVR recording, the flight crew was attempting to restart the engines.

The airplane crashed in a residential area about 5.8 miles north of LOS. The airplane wreckage was on approximately the extended centerline of runway 18R. During the impact sequence, the airplane struck an incomplete building, two trees and three buildings. The wreckage was confined, with the separated tail section and engines located at the beginning of the debris field.

The airplane was mostly consumed by post crash fire. The tail section, both engines and portions of both wings, representing only about 15% of the airplane were recovered from the accident site for further examination.

The two flight recorders, the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR) were analysed at the facilities of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Washington, D.C., USA. The solid state based memory in the CVR was in good condition and retained 31 minutes of audio information. The digital tape based memory in the FDR succumbed to the post crash fire and melted, consequently no data could be recovered.

The captain, age 55, held an airline transport pilot license with type ratings in the A-320[4], DC-9, FK-28[5], and SF-340[6]. He had over 18,116 hours of total time, including 16,416 hours of pilot-in-command time (PIC). The captain had 7,461 hours in the accident model airplane all of which was as PIC. He was employed with Dana Air on 14 March 2012. He began flying line operations for the company in late May 2012 and had since accrued over 120 hours of flight time. The captain had acquired about 3, 78, and 116 flight hours, respectively, in the preceding 24 hours, 30 and 90 days.

The first officer, age 34, held a commercial pilot license he was type rated in MD-83. He had 1,143 hours of total time, including about 200 hours as pilot-in-command. The first officer had 808 hours in the accident model airplane all of which was second-in-command. He had been previously employed with Dana Air as the Director of Cabin Service before he was hired as a pilot about January 2011. The first officer had accrued about 3, 42, and 154 flight hours, respectively, during the preceding 24 hours, 30 and 90 days.

The airplane was manufactured in 1990 and according to maintenance records it had accumulated 60,846 hours (35,219 cycles) of total time. The left and right engines respectively had 54,322 (30,933 cycles) and 26,025 (12,466 cycles) hours of total time since new. A review of the aircraft technical logs did not reveal of the previous 30 days did not indicate a condition. 

The airplane had last undergone maintenance on 1st June 2012, and after a return to service flight on 2nd June 2012, it was operated on four revenue flights (two round trips between LOS and ABV) and another four flights on 3rd June 2012.

Fueling records indicated the airplane was uplifted with 8000 lbs of fuel before departure from ABV. The flight crew reported to ATC they had 26,000 lbs of total fuel. Preliminary analysis of fuel samples from the refueling truck and the supply tank at ABV were negative for contamination.

The investigative activities have included, in part, visual examination of the aircraft wreckage, review of maintenance records and other historical information of the aircraft, documentation of the training and experience of the flight crew, determination the chronology of the flight, review of recorded data, reconstructing the aircraft refueling, and collection of related fuel samples, and interviews of relevant personnel.

Future investigative activities will include, but is not limited to, the detailed examination of the engines, further testing of fuel samples, continued factual gathering of relevant historical, operational, maintenance and performance information of the accident airplane in addition to other similar airplane models, further development of the background of the flightcrew, further analysis of the CVR audio recording and review of pertinent issues associated with regulatory oversight.

As the State of Occurrence, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has instituted an investigation in accordance with the standards and recommendations specified in the provisions of Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organization. As the State of manufacture of the airplane and engine, a US Accredited Representative has been appointed and assisted by US technical advisors from the NTSB, US Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing Airplane Company, and Pratt & Whitney Engines.

In accordance with Annex 13, “the sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not for the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability.”

Accordingly, the AIB with the participation of the parties, including the NCAA, will seek to identify any areas of safety concerns during the investigation and implement the appropriate actions for correction or improvement.

The content of this report is based on preliminary information. The Bureau will continue to conduct the investigation in a meticulous and methodical manner and release facts as they become validated.

SIGNED:

CAPT. M.S.USMAN,

COMMISSIONER/CEO, AIB

[1] All times are based on local time based on the 24-hour clock

[2] All altitudes are based on mean sea level.

[3] Flight crew made reference to the engine pressure ratio gauge.

[4] Airbus A-320

[5] Fokker F-28

[6] Saab SF-340, a twin-engine turboprop airplane.