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In a world where evil is far easier to remember than good, Abimbola Jayeola’s landmark achievement in December 2014 largely escaped the notice of mainstream media. That month, she became Nigeria’s first female helicopter captain. But it does seem that Jayeola is one woman who is irrevocably destined for glory; and if she won’t be properly celebrated for making history back then, it is impossible that she will again be overlooked this time — on Thursday, February 4, 2016, her shrewd decision-making helped to avert the death of 11 Nigerians, plus yet another aviation-industry crisis. Jayeola it was who flew the 5B BJQ  Bristow helicopter that was headed to Lagos from Port Harcourt but ended up “ditching” into the Atlantic Ocean. Captain Jayeola (middle) flanked by family The chopper, with 11 people — mostly ExxonMobil staff — and two crew members on board, sent a distress message shortly after 10am, and crashed into the Atlantic 20 minutes later. About 10 minutes later, MV-DIJAMA...

A randy man of God identified as Dukes (surname withheld) in Umunede, Delta State who has been accused of sleeping with his church members in the past two years, has allegedly impregnated seven of his single female church members and two married women. While trouble is currently brewing over the act, it was reliably gathered that the self-acclaimed man of God had also allegedly seduced several young girls in neighbouring communities: Ute-Ukpu, Otolokpo under the guise of providing them with suitors before he moved into Umunede after his cover was blown. He was said to have been arrested and detained at Agbor Police Station by aggrieved parents of his victims for two days before granted bail. A member of his church “Light Of God Ministries” Josephine Ogor said, “The self acclaimed reverend uses preaching, choirs and organised youth fellowship to get young girls.” “That was what he did in Ute-Okpu, Otolokpo neighbouring communities before he moved into Umunede and he was driven away b...

Ever seen an Igbo community where their sons are banned from giving and receiving chieftaincy titles, where everybody is ad­dressed as simply Mr.? Mr. Pascal Dozie, boardroom guru and philanthropist, hails from Egbu Community in Ow­erri North Local Council of Imo State. All who know Dozie, or anyone who has seen him introduced at public functions, would have noticed that the man has never been addressed ‘Chief’ Pascal Dozie. Rather, he has always been introduced as Mr., simply ‘Mr.’ Pascal Dozie. Indeed, former President Olusegun Obasanjo found that queer. How could an Igbo man as big as Dozie not be a ‘Chief’ in an otherwise title-crazy nationality, the usually Igbo-taunting former President seemed to wonder. Was it true or was the man simply pretending? To ascertain the truth of it all, Obasanjo sent a spy team to Egbu and was shocked by what the team came back to tell him: there really exists an Igbo community where chieftaincy ti­tles are a no-no and Pascal Dozie comes from th...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday disclosed that the Treasury Single Account, TSA, was an initiative of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Addressing Nigerians in the United Kingdom, President Buhari said, “When we discovered that we were already in trouble, we tried to enforce the TSA. This government did not initiate it, it was the previous government, but it was so unpopular to the previous government. “For its own reasons, it couldn’t impose it, but when we came and we found out that we were broke, we saw that this is the way to do it. “We discovered that the NNPC had more than 45 accounts, the ministry of defence and the military had more than 70 accounts; tell me which of the accounts to trace every year. “So we enforced TSA, we said there must be TSA, and let me tell you by the end of December coming to January this year, last month, we mopped up more than N2.2 trillion.”