Lagos Plane Crash: Thieves fight over money found on dead victims.

While efforts to rescue surviving victims, recover dead victims’ bodies from the crashed Associated Airlines aircraft yesterday, Punch reports that some hoodlums were seen exchanging blows and throwing bottles at one another over the money they found on the dead victims.

Plane Crash Update: Some Personalities on Board

Agagu's casket being evacuated from the crash scene

On  board the ill-fated aircraft were also Agagu’s only son, Feyi,  the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr  Deji Falae and a staff in the Protocol  Department of the Governor’s office, Mr Layi Daji.

A member of Obasanjo’s family confirmed dead.

Also on  board were  Mr Tunji Okusanja Jr and his father, Tunji Okusanja. However,  while Okusanja senior is said to have sustained injuries and unconscious, his son is believed to have been among those that died.  The Okusanja  family owns the  MIC Caskets, a  popular funeral undertakers in  Lagos Island.

As at  the time of filing this report, Agagu’s corpse had been taken to the Nigerian Airforce base.
Source: Thisday

42 Killed, 100 Missing In Borgu Boat Mishap

One hundred and fifty persons were feared dead on Friday following a boat mishap in River Niger, close to Malilli village in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.

The accident happened at about 2 pm. While 42 bodies were recovered and confirmed dead, over 100 others are reportedly missing.

Olawale Wins Project Fame 6.0

Olawale Ayodele Ojo, a 400 level Agronomy Student of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has emerged winner of the MTN Project Fame West Africa (season 6). He was voted and announced winner of the keenly contested competition on Saturday night at the Ultima Studios, Admiralty Way, Lekki. Olawale was closely followed by Immaculate as the first runner up, while

Photos: Lionel Messi in Court to Face Tax Fraud Charges

Argentina international Messi and his father Jorge appeared at the hearing in the coastal town of Gava, where Messi lives, near Barcelonaafter being accused of defrauding the state out of £3.5 million by avoiding tax on his image rights.

ASUU Vows to Continue Strike, says VP Sambo Brought Nothing New to Negotiation

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has insisted that its members will not suspend their 3-month-old strike until the federal government meets its demand.

The university lecturers have been on strike since June 30 demanding that the government honours a 2009 agreement it had with the union and a 2011 Memorandum of Understanding signed over the agreement.

Pix of the Day

Mickey grabbed the female reporter's breast while live on air.

A baboon grabbed a female reporter's breast while live on air.

She introduced Mickey the baboon to the viewers, and the monkey politely shook her hand. And then seized this opportunity to grope the female presenter.

Rodriguez carried on and even attempted to joke: "He's trying to cop a little bit of a feel".

Mickey refused to let her go, as the presenter finished her segment by telling the viewers to "join soon, when we'll be learning a bit about why baboons like grapes".

Asked if the baboon bared his teeth because he was smiling or mad, the reporter responded, "I'm gonna go with smiling."

Mickey the baboon has already found international fame appearing next to U.S.actor Tom Cruise in the 2012 film Rock of Ages.

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