Two die in accident along Lagos-Ibadan way

Two die in accident along Lagos-Ibadan way

  

                             

                           File photo of an Accident scene of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun has confirmed that two persons died on Tuesday when a commercial bus somersaulted on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The FRSC Sector Commander, Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Wednesday that the accident occurred at about 5 pm at Lamona Park on the expressway.
Mr Oladele said the Volkswagen commercial bus marked LSR 971 XG had 28 passengers, including 16 females and 12 males as well as three children, on board.
He said the accident was caused by a tyre burst which resulted in the vehicle somersaulting.
“Two people died in the accident and their corpses have been deposited at Isara mortuary while the injured were taken to Isara Hospital, Ogere,’’ he said.
He advised motorists to obey traffic regulations and follow instructions from FRSC patrol teams and other sister traffic agencies.
Mr Oladele also urged motorists driving into construction areas to obey the maximum speed limit of 50km per hour stipulated on road signs along the corridors and avoid overtaking.
(NAN)

What we will now do to Yinka Ayefele – Gov. Ajimobi

 

                                

The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has said it will now pardon Yinka Ayefele because of his appeal and not because he is physically challenged.

According to the governor, being physically challenged doesn’t give anyone the right to break the law.
He said this while reacting to the backlash he got for demolishing Ayefele’s Music House worth N800m.

In an interview with BBC, he said: “Ayefele didn’t obey the law. People are saying he should be pardoned because he is physically challenged.
“So, does being physically challenged give one the right to break the law? They said he employed people, but even thieves employ people. Should we say a thief should continue stealing because he employed people?
“And we warned him (Ayefele) about the building. Now that he has appealed, we will pardon him, but we must always obey the law.”

PDP, Atiku, Ben Murray-Bruce react to Demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House

                                          

On Sunday, singer Yinka Ayefele‘s Music House in Ibadan, which houses his studio and radio station Fresh FM was demolished by the Oyo State government for “contravening the state’s planning laws”.
Ayefele had on Thursday, filed a suit saying the building was constructed following due process and approval from the state government.
The suit also sought an an order restraining the government from carrying out the action pending the determination of the suit.
The hearing for the ex parte motion was however adjourned to today (Monday).
Unfortunately, the building was demolished on Sunday.
Reacting to the development, opposition party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiya, its National Publicity Secretary, said:

We condemn in strong terms the unlawful demolition of a building belonging to a musical maestro, Yinka Aiyefele, in Ibadan, by agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Oyo state government.
The demolition of the building, said to worth more than N800 million and which houses Aiyefele’s Flash FM and his recording studio, in spite of a valid court order, is horrifying, wicked and speaks volume of the insensitivity of the perpetrators.
It’s important for all Nigerians to note that, Aiyefele’s building was demolished for allegedly singing songs considered to be against the interest of the (APC), even when our Constitution allows all citizens right to free speech, freedom of opinion and association within the ambits of the law.
The PDP alerts Nigerians of a dangerous trend whereby the current clampdown on the media is now being extended to other public opinion moulders, including musicians and perhaps actors.
The party therefore calls on all public spirited groups and individuals and groups to condemn this emerging assault on free citizens for no just cause.
Nigerians must, at all time, be free to hold and canvass opinion, politically associate and aspire, as long as their actions are within the ambits of our laws.

Presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar, in a tweet also said:

The reports of the demolition of a radio station in Oyo fills me with a deep sadness. Press freedom is sacrosanct. It’s equally saddening that at a time when jobs are badly needed, a radio station which was providing jobs is needlessly demolished. #sad

The reports of the demolition of a radio station in Oyo fills me with a deep sadness. Press freedom is sacrosanct.

It’s equally saddening that at a time when jobs are badly needed, a radio station which was providing jobs is needlessly demolished.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East at the Upper Chamber also said:

If Yinka Ayefele had built that radio station in England or America, he would have received an award. He built it in Nigeria to provide jobs and he received bulldozers instead. Yet we say we want investors.

If Yinka Ayefele had built that radio station in England or America, he would have received an award. He built it in Nigeria to provide jobs and he received bulldozers instead. Yet we say we want investors.

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce)

See more reactions below:

I have read arguments for and against Oyo State governments demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s building. Whatever the intentions, Governor Isiaka Abiola @AAAjimobi came out looking vindictive, his PR machine must now be in complete shambles. His own recorded voice now indicting him.

— Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi)

… abide by the outcomes and refrain from taking further step that can prejudice the case and render the final decision nugatory.”
This is a gross abuse of power by @oyostategovt. Government at all levels must take actions within the armbit of law and civility.

— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria)

Fresh FM wasn't the only building demolished along ring road, Ibadan. Besides the building wasn't demolished, just its extention due to setback law infringement.
Yinka Ayefele get two heads abi, so his building should have been exempted cos he dey sing abi?
Nigerians sha😏😏 

— Olasoji Fash 💞 (

Not a great fan of the ajimobi's govt , infact it is a waste of the voters mandate. That said, I have always felt that ayefele's building is in the middle of the road. Ajimobi's motive may be and most likely wrong, but that building shouldn't be.

— Debo adesanya (@Dee_critic) August 20, 2018

I just found out that Yinka Ayefele's music house wasn't the only house demolished in the area. Infact, the whole street is under construction. So why are we politicising this? What of those other people? Oh, they aren't almighty Yinka Ayefele. Nigerians are just too toxic.

— Tolulope Ebun (@miss_tbag) August 20, 2018

 

Wheelchair-bound Ayefele watches as Oyo Govt demolishes his Music House

 The Oyo State Government early on Sunday morning stormed the Music House belonging to artiste, Yinka Ayefele.

Government bulldozers arrived the Challenge area of Ibadan where the building was located and pulled it down.

Ayefele, on wheelchair, watched helplessly.

Sympathisers wailing at the scene

Members of public at the scene of the Yinka Ayefele Music House demolition on Sunday in Challenge area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

 

Husband arrested in killing of pregnant wife, 2 young kids; her body found

 

Husband arrested in killing of pregnant wife, 2 young kids;

A Colorado man is facing charges in connection with the killing of his pregnant wife and two young daughters after the mother and their little girls went missing earlier this week.

Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and the couple's daughters, Celeste, 3, and Bella, 4, were reported missing Monday by a family friend, according to police in Frederick, about 35 miles north of Denver.

A body believed to be Shanann Watts has been recovered, officials said Thursday.

Authorities have a "strong reason to believe" they know where the girls' bodies are and recovery efforts are underway, officials added.

PHOTO: Shanann Watts, 34, and her two daughters ages 3 and 4 are missing in Frederick, Colo. (Town of Frederick, CO)

 

Watts' husband, Chris Watts, who initially spoke out to the media when his family went missing, was taken into custody Wednesday.

PHOTO: Christopher Watts is accused of killing his wife and two daughters in Colorado. (Weld County Sheriff)

Chris Watts, 33, was booked on three counts each of first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence. He is set to appear at a bond hearing Thursday afternoon.

(MORE: Pregnant mom, 2 young daughters vanish in Colorado; police vow to 'not rest until we have the answers')

"I'm pissed, raged, miserable," Shanann Watts' brother, Frankie Rzucek, told ABC News.

"I just want to know why," he wrote on Facebook. "My precious family my one and only sibling, my sister Shanann, 2 adorable nieces Bella and Celeste and her soon to be found out unborn son Niko."

"May Satan have mercy on his soul," Frankie Rzucek wrote.

Family friends who stood by the husband said they were shocked to hear of his arrest.

Chris Watts had initially told reporters that his wife, 34, disappeared without a trace, leaving her purse and keys at home.PHOTO: A memorial outside the home of Shanann Watts in Colorado. (ABC News)"When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here," he told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH-TV Tuesday. "My kids are my life. ... I mean, those smiles light up my life."Friends who spoke with Chris Watts after his family's disappearance said the only thing missing in the house was his daughter's treasured baby blanket.An Endangered Missing Alert has been issued for Shannan Watts (age 34), and her two daughters, Celeste and Bella Watts (ages 3&4). Shannan is also 15 weeks pregnant. Last seen in the Frederick 

 

Prosecutors mulling charges against woman who pushed friend off bridge

 

Prosecutors in Washington will consider charging an 18-year-old woman who pushed her teenage friend off a bridge, sending her plummeting 60 feet to the river below and leaving her with multiple injuries, officials said Tuesday.

Clark County Major Crimes unit investigators wrapped up their probe of the incident that occurred earlier this month at the Moulton Falls Bridge near Vancouver, Washington, and are turning over their findings to prosecutors, said Brent Waddell, a spokesman for the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

"The case will be forwarded to the Clark County Prosecutor's Office for appropriate charging," Waddell said in a statement.

Waddell said the suspected pusher, Taylor Smith, has been cooperating with investigators.

Smith allegedly pushed 16-year-old Jordan Holgerson off the bridge on August 7, officials said.

Surveillance camera footage shows the girl was standing on a bridge ledge and was pushed off by another girl standing behind her.

 PHOTO: Jordan Holgerson, 16, who was pushed off the bridge in Vancouver, Wash., suffered five broken ribs and lung injury. She talks to ABC News's affiliate KATU on Aug. 9. 2018. (KATU)

Holgerson initially wanted to jump off the bridge after she saw a friend do it, she told ABC affiliate station KATU-TV in Portland. But Smith allegedly pushed her from behind before she was ready to leap, officials said.

(MORE: Teen pushed from bridge speaks out from hospital: 'I am happy to be OK')

Holgerson hit the water with a belly flop, leaving her with several broken ribs, a bruised esophagus and an injured trachea.

"I went to the top of the bridge and my other -- my friend ... she came up to the bridge with me," Holgerson told Portland. "And so, she was counting down, but I didn't think anything of it. And I was like, 'No, don't count down, like, I won't go if you count down. I'm not ready.' And then, she pushed me."

Holgerson said she didn't feel any pain but adrenaline hit her after she was pushed into the water.

"And then an EMT that was off-duty helped me onto the rocks and just a whole bunch of people surrounding me were helping me, calming me down," Holgerson said.

"In the air I was trying to push myself forward, so I could be like straight up and down that make my head h

 

 

Teen who pushed friend off Wash. bridge tells NBC News she 'feels really bad'

           

The Washington teen suspected of pushing her friend off a bridge into the Lewis River says she feels bad, as authorities are determining whether to file charges in the case.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as 18-year-old Taylor Smith, and said Smith has been cooperative during the investigation.
In a text message to NBC News, Smith said she has apologized repeatedly to 16-year-old Jordan Holgerson and “feels really bad about what happened.” She also said she has stayed away from her home because she has been receiving threats.
Smith is accused of pushing Holgerson off a bridge near Moulton Falls on Aug. 7. Holgerson plunged out of control for more than 50 feet before awkwardly hitting the river. The impact broke five of her ribs, punctured one of her lungs and left bruises all over her body.
“I could’ve died,” Holgerson said.
Her surgeon, MaryClare Sarff, said the impact from the water could have been deadly itself, let alone the nearby rocks.
“When you fall three times your height, 50 percent of people will die,” Sarff said.
Holgerson's sister said Smith apologized to her through a message on Instagram. Holgerson said she would be choosing her friends "more carefully" from now on.

 

Job candidate receives rejection letter saying her name is too ‘ghetto’

 

                                    

           

  

A health company is claiming it was hacked after a job applicant received a rejection letter saying that candidates with 'ghetto' names would not be considered for a post.

Mantality Health, in Missouri, sent the email to Hermeisha Robinson stating: “Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, we do not consider candidates that have suggestive 'ghetto' names. We wish the best in your career search."

The 27-year-old, of St Louis, had applied for a customer service job at the company.

"When I read the email I was just appalled," Ms Robinson said. "I don't understand why would they not consider me? Just because of my name?"

She added: “My feelings are very hurt and they even got me second-guessing my name, trying to figure out if my name is really that ‘ghetto’.”

The rejection went viral after she posted it on Facebook and urged people to share. “Discrimination has to stop,” said Ms Robinson, who was named after her father Herman who died when she was younger.

“Her mum loved that name,” her cousin Miltina Burnett said  She is not going to change it.” 

Kevin Meuret, the owner of the company – which offers testosterone replacement therapy – has now apologised and told the St Louis Post-Dispatch he believes a disgruntled employee hacked the email system and sent the reply.

He said it was one of about 20 sent to different job seekers.

“I'm a father of three daughters and that young lady getting that is horrible,” Mr Meuret said. “That young lady opened something that must have felt like a freight train and that's unacceptable.”

Two United Airlines planes collide on the ground at Chicago O'Hare Airport

 

 

 

 

Two United Airlines planes collided on the airfield at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, but thankfully no injuries were reported.

Around 4:20 p.m., Flight 645 was taxiing from Gate C30 when the aircraft’s left wing clipped the left wing of Flight 2746. Federal Aviation Administration rep Tony Molinaro confirmed that both United planes sustained damage to their wings in the accident.

the Portland-bound Flight 645 had passengers on board and the incident ultimately delayed their trip by two hours. Flight 2746, bound for Cleveland, was eventually canceled.
The FAA is investigating, the Sun-Times reported.
“I noticed a lot of people over by the windows looking out, wondering what was going on. A lot of airport employees, people with their cameras up,” witness Alexandra Carley told CBS.
“Our plane that was supposed to come into O’Hare had to circle around for a while after the accident and by that point, the weather got bad,” United passenger Melissa Wester said.
“This many planes in this area, this many times a week. Something is bound to happen at some point. I’d call that a minor accident,” United passenger Mark Ritchie, who witnessed the accident from a flight nearby, told the outlet. “Prior to its departure on Wednesday afternoon for Portland, Oregon, United flight 645’s wingtip came into contact with the wingtip of another aircraft parked at a nearby gate. There were no customers on board the parked aircraft at the time of the incident and no reported injuries on either aircraft," a spokesperson said.

 

 

Ailing 92 year old Facing Forced Removal From UK

 

                                       

Myrtle Cothill is a frail 92-year-old South African lady. She is at risk of being removed by the Home Office to a country where she has nobody to look after her and nowhere to stay. Myrtle has been living with Mary Wills, her British 66-year-old daughter who is also a qualified carer, since her arrival in the UK in February 2014. I am Myrtle's barrister and I have launched this petition on behalf of her to call on the Home Office to grant Mrytle leave to remain in the UK.
Suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and macular degeneration causing sight loss, Myrtle cannot walk unaided, has a chronic cough, poor vision, is hard of hearing and is experiencing increasing confusion. She is unable to care or cook for herself and relies on her daughter Mary for emotional and physical support: Mary helps her mother with her personal care, housework, cooking and shopping.
Mary and her 61year old British husband David, cannot move to South Africa to look after her mother there as they have no right to live in South Africa. David is also ill and unable to travel, suffering from Parkinson’s disease and COPD which severely affects his mobility and breathing. Both David’s and Myrtle’s medical conditions are degenerative and likely to deteriorate further in the future.   
Like any good daughter and wife, Mary deeply loves her husband and her mother and just wants to take care of them. However, the Home Office has refused Myrtle leave to remain in the UK and is expecting the 92-year-old to return to South Africa on her own. This would rip the family apart and leave them broken-hearted. The Courts have felt unable to overturn the Home Office decision, relying the stringent nature of the current Immigration Rules on adult dependent relatives (see below for detail).
“My mother just cannot live on her own,” says Mary, “and emotionally, to her as well as for myself, it would really tear strips out of our heart and probably would kill my mother (and maybe myself as well).”
The present immigration rule on adult dependant relatives introduced in 2012[1] makes it almost impossible for British citizens to bring their elderly parents to live with them in the UK in their declining years.
Those like Mary who want to help and do the right thing have to deal with the wedge this immigration rule drives between them. It breaks up families like Myrtle’s, Mary’s and David’s, leads to unspeakable heartache and undermines the very essence of family values.
We call on the Home Office and the Government to:
1)      Grant Myrtle Cothill leave to remain in the UK to live out what days she has left under the care of her daughter;
2)      Reverse the amendment of the immigration rule on adult dependant relatives which came into force in July 2012 radically changing the previous rule (which was in place for over 40yrs) which allowed British nationals and other settled persons (i.e. persons with indefinite leave to remain) to be joined by their parents/grandparents aged over 65yrs if they could be accommodated and financially supported by their children/grandchildren without reliance on the public purse. 
3)      Reinstate the previous immigration rule on family reunion to enable others like Myrtle to be granted leave to remain in the UK.

Footnote [1] The new immigration rule only allows British citizens, and other (non-EU) settled persons, to be joined by relatives where the long-term care they require is either not available or not affordable in their country of residence, but privately payable by them in the UK – this means that the only family members who will be allowed to join their families in the UK will be those who live in countries where medical care is more expensive than in the UK or entirely non-existent.
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Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

The ride services company said it was suspending North American tests of its self-driving vehicles, which are currently going on in Arizona, Pittsburgh and Toronto.
So-called robot cars, when fully developed by companies including Uber, Alphabet Inc and General Motors Co, are expected to drastically cut down on motor vehicle fatalities and create billion-dollar businesses. But Monday’s accident underscored the possible challenges ahead for the promising technology as the cars confront real-world situations involving real people.
U.S. lawmakers have been debating legislation that would speed introduction of self-driving cars.
“This tragic accident underscores why we need to be exceptionally cautious when testing and deploying autonomous vehicle technologies on public roads,” said Democratic Senator Edward Markey, a member of the transportation committee, in a statement.
Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bicycle outside the crosswalk on a four-lane road in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe about 10 p.m. MST Sunday (0400 GMT Monday) when she was struck by the Uber vehicle traveling at about 40 miles per hour (65 km per hour), police said. The Volvo XC90 SUV was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel.
Herzberg later died from her injuries in a hospital, police said.
“The pedestrian was outside of the crosswalk. As soon as she walked into the lane of traffic she was struck,” Tempe Police Sergeant Ronald Elcock told reporters at a news conference. He said he did not yet know how close Herzberg was to the vehicle when she stepped into the lane.
Elcock said he believed Herzberg may have been homeless.
The San Francisco Chronicle late Monday reported that Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir said that from viewing videos taken from the vehicle “it’s very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode (autonomous or human-driven) based on how she came from the shadows right into the roadway." Moir told the Chronicle, “I suspect preliminarily it appears that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident,” but she did not rule out that charges could be filed against the operator in the Uber vehicle, the paper reported. The “Tempe Police Department does not determine fault in vehicular collisions,” the department said in a statement late Monday, in reply to questions from Reuters about the chief’s comments. “Ultimately the investigation will be submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review and any potential charges.”
Tempe authorities and federal officials are still investigating the incident. Canada’s transportation ministry in Ontario, where Uber conducts testing, also said it was reviewing the accident.
Volvo, the Swedish car brand owned by China’s Geely, said the software controlling the car in the crash was not its own.
Video footage will aid the ongoing investigation, and the case would be submitted to the district attorney, Elcock said.
“Our investigators have that information, and they will be using that in their investigation as well as the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office as part of their investigation,” said Elcock. “They are going to attempt to try to find who was possibly at fault and how we can better be safe, whether it’s pedestrians or whether it’s the vehicle itself.”