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A new team which would collect landing and take-off fees from helicopters operating on all oil platforms across the country, has been inaugurated by the federal government, through its consultant, Naebi Dynamic Concepts Limited.

The implementation committee for Rivers state which includes representatives of police, Department of State Services (DSS), Rivers state government and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), was inaugurated at the international wing of the Port Harcourt airport on Thursday October 13, according to managing director/chief executive officer of Naebi Dynamic, Chike Stanley.

Stanley who revealed that the implementation team would help the firm have easy access to all the platforms, oil rigs, airstrips, aerodromes, helipads, and helipods in Rivers state, added that the policy would create at least 15,000 jobs nationwide. 

He said;

“Our mandate is to collect helicopter landing charges for IOCs and LOCs on all the platforms, oil rigs, airstrips, aerodromes, helipads, among others.

“It is also solving security problems. It has been tough, but it has been wonderful,” Stanley said.

“We are getting there. We have started. Already there is compliance at the airport and we hope to have more compliance. We thank the minister for always giving us all the support that we need.

“I thank the President of Nigeria, who has created this platform. I thank the minister of aviation, who has stood his ground to ensure that jobs are created for Nigerian youths.

“In the next five years this platform will generate employment for more than 15,000 youths across the country.

“This will help to curb some levels of insecurity. This opportunity will help to engage them.

“We have called the stakeholders to educate them on what has happened. They have written to NNPC, they have written to the ministry of petroleum. We are also taking people from these communities to train, employ and mentor.

“The essence of the meeting is a message that nobody is coming to harass any IOCs. This is a way to tell the IOCs that the government has directed access to be created to implement this.

“When you see them being received, as an IOC, you know that this is the standard practice across the global aviation industry.

“This is an implementation committee for Rivers State. We are going to move from state to state. It is an implementation team to carry out the responsibility given by the federal government.” 

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika also noted that the initiative would help to increase revenue generation in the sector and create employment opportunities across the country.

The management of Doren hospital has released a statement denying claims its nurses were negligent in handling Rico Swavey after he was brought into their facility shortly after he was involved in motor accident on Tuesday, October 11.

Recall that a disturbing video of Rico seated on a chair in a hospital facility surfaced online after his death was announced on Thursday morning, October 13. The video sparked outrage as many people accused the nurses of being negligent in their duties and also filming the reality TV star while he was writhing in pain. They identified the hospital as Doren hospital.

In the statement released this evening, the hospital claimed the patient which implies Rico was brought in by a good samaritan at about 1am and he was deeply unconscious and smelling of alcohol. The hospital said necessary steps to give him immediate help was taken and he was then referred to another hospital in Lekki for better healthcare.

The hospital said efforts were made to reach his family and fortunately, they were able to reach one of his female friends, Miss Ify who fainted when she saw him in that state. The hospital claimed that it was the good samaritan who brought Rico to their hospital and Ms Ify that filmed him and posted it on social media ”for reasons best known to them”.

The hospital said none of its nurses filmed Rico or even laughed.

Rico sadly died from injuries sustained from the accident on Thursday, October 13. He was 29 years old.

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Read the statement below..

New York congressional candidate, Mike Itkis released a sex tape he filmed with a porn star on the sex site PornHub.

The 53-year-old, who is not married and has no kids, said he released the video to promote his “sex-positive” agenda, including the legalization of prostitution.

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Itkis, a current major in the US Army Reserve, is running to unseat Jerry Nadler in November.

US politician Mike Itkis releases his own s*x tape to win votes

One of Itkis’ key campaign issues is decriminalizing sex work, so to promote it, he filmed a sex tape and posted it to the sex site PornHub on his own account.

The video, which is about 13 minutes long, opens with the adult star, Sage, clarifying that she consents to the scene and is “not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

Itkis told City & State that he made the video in an attempt to walk the walk, a “conversation piece” backing up his campaign promises regarding sex work.

He said: “If I would just talk about it, it wouldn’t demonstrate my commitment to the issue. And the fact I actually did it was a huge learning experience, and it actually influenced items on my platform.”

The video has received mixed reactions, with many talking about it on social media.

Barely 24 hours after the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) called off its strike, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has released a revised exam timetable for its students.

The students who were writing their exam when ASUU embarked on a strike, will continue their exam from Wednesday, October 19.

See the exam timetable below……………………..

The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has sealed Cynosure Associate Super Stores, located at 18, Lateef Salami Street, Ajao Estate, over the display of expired products on the shelves, while another Supermarket, Valuepoint Supermarket, situated on the same street, was similarly issued a non-compliance order over the display of expired products.

Speaking on the exercise, the General Manager of LASCOPA, Mr. Afolabi Solebo Esq., said the Monitoring and Enforcement team of the Agency had visited the Cynosure supermarket on Monday, 12th September, 2022, during a routine monitoring exercise where some items displayed were noticed to have expired.

He said the team, therefore, directed the management of the supermarket to remove the identified products from the shelf, but the outlet failed to comply with the directive after a revisit by the gang a few days later.

This led to the issuance of an invitation letter to the management of Cynosure and the eventual sealing of the supermarket on Friday, October 14, 2022, due to failure to comply.

Similarly, he said LASCOPA Monitoring and Enforcement team had also issued a non-compliance order to Valuepoint Supermarket, situated on the same street, over the display of expired products.

“The exercise is to serve as a deterrent to other supermarkets and sales outlets that are in the habit of trampling on the rights of consumers, some of whom are often ignorant or in a hurry to check the expiration date of products that they want to buy”, he added.

While charging consumers not to hesitate to report any supermarket or shops within the state where such products are sold, Solebo enjoined residents to always ensure to check the information contained on the label of items about to be purchased.

The General Manager reiterated that LASCOPA services are free and enjoined all members of the public to forward their complaints on any product or services to the agency at 2b, Soji Adepegba Close, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja or send them to the Agency’s e-mail addresses: lascopa@lagosstate.gov.ng and lascopa@gmail.com for a prompt response.

BBNaija star, Alex Asogwu has slammed the management of Doren Hospital Lagos state following the statement they released denying complicity in the death of Rico Swavey.

The hospital has been under fire in the last 24 hours after a disturbing video of Rico Swavey in the hospital’s facility went viral. The nurses in the hospital were accused of filming Rico in his critical state and also laughing while attending to him.

In a statement released this evening, the hospital said none of its nurses filmed Rico. According to the hospital, it was the good samaritan who brought him to the hospital as well as Rico’s female friend who was contacted that filmed him and shared the video online ”for reasons best known to them”

In a post stated on her Instastories, Alex demanded that the hospital release its CCTV recording to back up its claims. Read what she wrote below

Flora van Limbeek, the mother of World Superbikes star Victor Steeman has passed away from a suspected heart attack just two days after her son died following a horror multi-rider crash during a race in Portugal.

Steeman had won four Supersport 300 World Championship races this season before crashing at the Algarve International Circuit on Saturday. He was airlifted to a hospital in Faro, but it was confirmed on Tuesday that he had passed away as a result of his injuries.

His mother, Flora van Limbeek, who was one of his biggest fans has now been confirmed dead at the age of 59, with Racesport.nl reporting that she suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon at her home in Lathum in the Netherlands.

Following the double tragedy in the space of just two days, the family has released a statement asking for their privacy to be respected.

It read: ‘The Steeman family would like to process this immense grief in peace. We would therefore like to kindly but urgently ask everyone to respect this request through this message.

‘The kind request is therefore not to send cards or other attentions to the home address in Lathum.

‘To give everyone the opportunity to share their grief and to support father and husband Steeman and other family in this bizarre and difficult time, we will come up with a special message about the possibilities for this later today.

‘Our thoughts are with father and husband Willem, further family and loved ones in this difficult and difficult time. Words are not enough to comfort you in this great loss. We wish you a lot of strength and strength for the coming time.’

This statement follows another emotional message that the family put out earlier in the week after Steeman’s death.

That message read: ‘Something you have always been afraid of as a parent of a motorcycle racer has now happened. Our Victor could not win this last race.

‘Despite the unbearable loss and grief, we are extremely proud to share with you that our hero, through his passing, was able to save five other people by donating his organs.

‘We would like to thank everyone for the way you have lived with us over the past few days. We will miss our Victor enormously.’

Steeman’s death came less than a week after British Superbikes rider Chrissy Rouse, 26, died of head injuries after being struck by another rider in a race at England’s Donington Park circuit.

Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Adamawa police command.

The state police spokesperson, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje said the operatives recovered the sum of 4,079,000 Naira from the suspects who are members of a crime network operating in Mubi North and South Local Government.

They were arrested after the kidnap of 8-year-old Mustapha Aliyu Fadil in Mubi. It was gathered that they took the minor to Barassa Hotel at Maraba Mubi.

They reportedly held their victim for two days until a ransom of five million as demanded was paid to them.

The apprehended suspects have been identified as; Zaiyat Adamu, 19 years, Abdulrahman Abubakar 31years, Haruna Yakubu, Abubakar Muhammed, 20 years, Isa Musa, 21 years.

The Commissioner of Police, SK Akande, while commending the officers and men for disconnecting the crime network through displaying professional conduct, directed the officers and men to sustain the tempo as a strategy to checkmating crimes and criminals in and around the state.