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Twitter Influencer Pamilerin reportedly spends a whooping N3.5 million on proposal Helicopter

Popular social media influencer, Pamilerin Adegoke is off the market. Pamilerin took to social media to announce his engagement to long time girlfriend Motunrayo Fagbuyi. The social media influencer definitely…

Azeez 7 years

Former Taraba gov, Suntai is dead

Former governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, is dead. Suntai had been paralysed after sustaining brain injuries, after an helicopter crash at the Yola airport in 2012. The former governor reportedly…

Oludolapo Adelana 7 years

Boko Haram attack Air Force helicopter in Gwoza

by Dolapo Adelana The Nigerian Air Force said its men were able to neutralise some Boko Haram terrorists after one of its helicopters was attacked by the insurgents in Gwoza,…

Oludolapo Adelana 8 years

Air Force helicopter destroys new Boko Haram camp

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its helicopter has destroyed a new Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) Camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in Northern Borno. In a statement signed…

Janeth J 8 years

UPDATE: How Bristow helicopter ‘landed on water’

Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited has released a statement, confirming the involvement of one of its helicopters in an accident on Wednesday. The company explained that the helicopter landed on water in Lagos…

Janeth J 8 years

Another Bristow helicopter with ’13 people aboard’ crashes in Lagos

Another Bristow helicopter has reportedly crashed in Lagos. It was gathered that the chopper disappeared from radar after it took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja on Wednesday morning.…

Janeth J 8 years

‘Ambode wants to use helicopter purchase to embezzle money’ – PDP

The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has voiced its opposition to the plan by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to acquire three helicopters for security and traffic surveillance in the state.…

Janeth J 9 years

Helicopter crash update: 2 more missing bodies reportedly found

The bodies of the two remaining persons said to be missing from the recent helicopter crash in the Lagos lagoon have reportedly been found. There'll be more details later.

Ada Igboanugo 9 years

4 confirmed dead in Lagos Helicopter crash

Four people have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash that occurred at the lagoon beneath the Third Mainland bridge on Wednesday. The Bristow helicopter crashed around the Oworonshoki axis in…

Ada Igboanugo 9 years

Videos from scene of the Lagos lagoon helicopter crash (WATCH)

A helicopter crashed into the lagoon beneath the third mainland bridge a few hours ago and three persons were initially pulled out of the wreckage while one more body was…

Ada Igboanugo 9 years

Photos from the scene of the Lagos lagoon helicopter crash

A helicopter was reported to have crashed into the Lagos Lagoon beneath the third mainland bridge today, August 12. See pictures from the scene of the incident below; Photo credit:…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Helicopter crashes into Lagos Lagoon

An unidentified helicopter, crashed into the Lagoon ocean, beneath the Third Mainland bridge, this afternoon, in Lagos. The helicopter was said to have plunged into the ocean, behind Oworonshoki Police…

Janeth J 9 years

APC defends Aregbesola, says he will not sell helicopter to pay workers

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has defended Governor Rauf Aregbesola against the attack by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he should sell the state's surveillance helicopter to pay salaries.…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Yet again, Air Force helicopter crashes in Yola

by James Sambo Days after a military helicopter on surveillance mission crashed in Damare, another military helicopter has crashed. The chopper, belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, went down around…

Isime Esene 9 years

DHQ reveals how Air Force helicopter crashed in Yola

by Isi Esene Defence Headquarters has confirmed the crash-landing of a Nigerian Air Force helicopter at the Yola International Airport earlier today. The Director of Military Information, Maj. Gen. Chris…

Op-Ed Editor 10 years

@SonalaOlumhense: A litany of recent misdeeds – Nigeria style

by Sonala Olumhense Last July, the Government of Nigeria announced it had placed orders for the Nigeria Air Force of 40 helicopters, towards ending the routing the insurgents in the North of…

Isime Esene 10 years

Video showing moment when Synagogue Church building collapsed surfaces

by Isi Esene On Sunday 14th April 2014, Prophet T.B. Joshua played to his congregation and Emmanuel TV viewers worldwide shocking footage captured by security cameras of the horrific moment…

10 years

Tragedy: Nigerian, 2 others die in Ghana as helicopter crashes into the sea

by S'ola Filani File photo Three people, including a Nigerian, were killed while several others sustained injuries on Thursday when a helicopter carrying eight passengers crashed off Ghana's western coast.…

10 years

Perry Brimah: Northern Nigeria is under the siege of terrorists

by Perry Brimah Is there top level government involvement in the terror operations decimating the north which is permitting such utility of choppers in Nigerian airspaces to ferry terrorist and…

10 years

30 police officers and a helicopter spend hours searching for little boy ASLEEP in kitchen cupboard

by Oge Okonkwo The sudden disappearance of a 3-year-old boy, Jaden Gumm triggered a police search involving 30 police officers and a helicopter for almost 4 hours. The little boy…

11 years

TRAGIC: Pilot killed by own helicopter blades as he tried to reach for his hat

A pilot was tragically killed by the blades of his own helicopter when he tried to reach for his hat. Carl Enlow, 69, walked into the spinning blades of his…

11 years

Best wedding proposal EVER: Man flies engagement ring on helicopter to propose to girlfriend (PHOTOS)

When it comes to a wedding proposal, the element of surprise is crucial. From concealed within a slice of cake to resting in the bottom of a champagne flute, many…

11 years

Is this a ridiculous letter? ACN tells GEJ to move around Lagos by helicopter (READ)

by Hauwa Gambo The president, Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to visit Lagos on Thursday, 18 April - and its key opposition mouthpiece, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is having…

11 years

2 people die in London helicopter crash (PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido A helicopter has crashed into a crane in Vauxhall, London, hitting two cars as it fell into the ground. Eyewitnesses say the aircraft exploded as it touched…

11 years

Jos police helicopter crash report not ready yet – Investigation

Nine months after a police helicopter crashed in Jos, Plateau State, killing a newly promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police, Haruna John, and three other senior police officers, the police…

11 years

Opinion: Last flight to Port-Harcourt: Did Yakowa and co deserve to die?

by Ayobami Oyalowo Until there is openness and transparency in our government, rumours, innuendoes and hearsays, will forever reign supreme. In writing this piece, I am well aware that investigations…

11 years

Opinion: I won’t waste my time mourning Azazi and Yakowa, I have questions to ask

by Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri The chopper went down. Souls perished. Investigations, as usual, have been ordered. Three days mourning have also been declared. And the routine blame and counter-blame games erupt…

11 years

Bayelsa crash: “It seems as if only the VIPs on board died” – Navy pilot’s family attack FG

by Isi Esene The family of Lt. Adeyemi Sowole, the co-pilot of the Navy helicopter which crashed in Nembe, Bayelsa State, killing six people, have expressed concern over how the…

11 years

“I’m not ashamed to own a plane, it is a necessity and not a luxury” – Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor opens up on his private jet

by Akan Ido After all the arguments back and forth about the propriety or otherwise of acquiring private jets by religious leaders, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the president of the Christian…

12 years

TICKER: Taraba State governor in air crash [Updated]

The Governor of Taraba State, Dambaba Suntai was involved in a plane crash this evening in a plane that he piloted at Yola airport in Adamawa State. According to reports, only two…

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