LASTMA official crushed to death (Bomb scare update)

LAGOS—A 34-year-old  official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, was Tuesday crushed to death in his attempt to arrest a driver who reportedly violated traffic regulation at Oke-Afa, in the Isolo area of Lagos.

Eyewitnesses said a blue Volkswagen LT bus with number-plate LSR 942XC, drove towards Ejigbo in an attempt to beat the traffic light on reaching Pako. One of the  LASTMA officials on duty, one Mustapher Adeleke, reportedly attempted to stop him. In the process, the motorist, identified as Haruna Nuru, reportedly diverted to Okota lane, only to swerve to Isolo lane.

An eyewitness, who identified himself simply  as Mr. Oluwole, narrated that  “LASTMA official was pursuing the driver, as he turned to Okota lane, the LASTMA official jumped on the vehicle, but lost his grip and fell off as the driver swerved to Isolo route, killing him in the process. ”

A statement by LASTMA, yesterday, however, reads that; “An official of LASTMA , Adeleke has been killed by the driver of a private vehicle (Blue Volkswagen LT Bus) with number-plate LSR 942XC.

”The official, who was at his duty post at Oke-Afa, Ejigbo, with his colleagues, were part of the team drafted to the axis to control and enforce driving against traffic along Mile 2 area.

”The driver of the bus, Haruna Nuru, drove against traffic from Isolo end of the road and hit the officer from behind.

Mustapha was later rushed to Isolo General Hospital and confirmed dead. ”The corpse has been deposited at the hospital morgue.

”The driver,  having noticed that he had hit a government official, ran away with the vehicle and was apprehended at Abimbola Road, Limca area, after Isolo Bus-stop, and handed over to the police. The suspect has been handed over to the Police at Okota Police Station.”

Meanwhile, LASTMA General Manager, Babatunde Edu, has advised motorists to obey the state’s traffic laws and order and desist from “attacking, maiming or assaulting innocent officers who are tirelessly working to ensure that we get to our various destinations on time and safely.”

Bomb scare in Lagos

There was a bomb scare in Lagos, yesterday,  when an attempt by a guest to blow up  Reliance Royal Suites  at Majekodunmi Street, off Toyin  Street in Ikeja, was foiled.

The Anti-Bomb Squad men were said to have arrived the scene at 10.20 a.m,  with their devices, taking the suspected explosive to their office.
The male guest reportedly planted the combustive substance inside a jacket with its timer, before leaving the hotel room .

Immediately he left, report said, one of the room attenders went in to clean the room only to discover the suspected explosive.

He reportedly raised an alarm, after which the substance was taken outside the hotel premises before the arrival of the Anti-Bomb Squad.
News of the discovery caused panic among residents of the area as most of them reportedly vacated their homes.

When contacted,  the Commissioner of Police in -charge of Bomb Squad, Mr Folunsho Adebanjo, said it was a mere bomb scare, describing the substance as a hoax.

He explained that “one Akinwunmi Alagbegun from Reliance Hotel, came to EOD headquarters to report that an object suspected to be bomb was discovered in one of the rooms.

”I sent some men there who recovered the object and brought it here for analysis and discovered it to be a hoax. The object comprises of an Improvised life jacket, three pieces of red rubber strands, a computer mouse and four pieces of small rectangular polystyrene wrapped in a newspaper, with some carton pieces stapled to the jacket”

He described the unknown guest as a deranged person who was only out to scare people.
The management of the hotel refused Vanguard entry into the premises.

Moments later, men from the Rapid Response Squad, RRS,  visited the hotel, apparently to carry out an investigation.
Culled from vanguard

Michael Jackson: 'My Grandmother Did Not Have A Stroke'... Paris Jackson

Michael Jackson’s daughter has blasted sick rumors suggesting her grandmother Katherine has suffered a stroke, insisting the matriarch is “completely fine”.

Reports surfaced on Twitter.com on Wednesday afternoon alleging the Thriller hitmaker’s beloved guardian had been hospitalized. The claims spread across the Internet within minutes, prompting concerned fans around the world to send their prayers to the 82 year old and her family.
But teenager Paris Jackson has slammed the rumors and is reaching out to her Twitter followers in an effort to track down the source of the lies.
In a series of posts, she writes,
“i am going to clarify right now that what has been said about my grandmother is a rumor (sic) and nothing has happened, she is completely fine. if you guys know anything about who started this lie, i would really appreciate it if you told me, i’d like to know who made up the rumor.”
The news comes hours after Randy Jackson confirmed he and his siblings, including Jermaine and Janet, have written a letter contesting the authenticity of the superstar’s will. The Jacksons have accused John Branca and John McClain of faking the icon’s legal documents prior to the singer’s death in June, 2009.
Lawyers for the pair have lashed out at the family members, branding their allegations “false and defamatory”, and it appears Paris is standing by Branca and McClain.
Responding to Randy’s tweet confirming the family is challenging the administrators, Michael’s second child tweets,
“@randyjackson8 hello dear FAMILY member i don’t appreciate you telling everyone things that aren’t true thank you very much”.
The teen removed the post minutes later and replaced it with:
 “i will defend my beloved family member with all i have, even if it means from other family members.”

EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Halle Berry Rushed to Hospital

- A rep for Halle tells 3m360 "Halle Berry suffered a minor head injury while shooting a fight sequence on the set of her film, The Hive. She was taken to the hospital as a precaution, but she checked out healthy and was released. She'll continue production as planned."Halle Berry was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after suffering an injury while shooting a movie.Sources tell mmm360... Halle hit her head on concrete after taking a nasty fall.According to a photo agency, Halle was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in L.A.  We're told the injury occurred at around 10 PM.  There was an ambulance on scene, and it appears that's how Halle was transported.Halle was shooting the movie, "The Hive."  You'll recall she suffered an ankle injury during another movie shoot in Spain.  Her condition is unclear.  Story developing

BREAKING: Police detonate bomb in Ikeja, Lagos

Mmm360 just learnt that a bomb has being detonated by the Anti Bomb Squad around Toyin Street, Ikeja, the Lagos State capital.
According to the scanty report, the bomb was found at the Reliance Hotel and they alerted the anti-bomb squad who came to the rescue immediately.
Details shortly.

THE STAGE ( JULY 29th 2012)

EXCLUSIVE: Jackie Chan -- I'm NOT Quitting Action Flicks After All

The mourning period is officially over -- Jackie Chan assures 3m360 he is DEFINITELY not quitting action films, despite telling the press a few weeks ago he was axing his action slate to become "the Asian Robert De Niro."We remember it like it was yesterday ... but in fact it was in May ... Jackie was promoting his new film -- "Chinese Zodiac" -- when he told reporters "This will be my last action movie."After two months of imagining a world without Jackie beating people up ... some good news finally emerged last night when 3m36 caught up with the martial-arts God outside fancy-schmancy Bouchon in Beverly Hills. We asked Jackie point-blank about his self-proclaimed retirement and he told us, "Nooooooooo. I still do action movie."So rest easy folks, there's still hope for "Rush Hour: 20."

INCEST : Native Doctor Fathers Nine Kids With His Own Daughter

Agbofa Yao Hateka, the 47-year-old fetish priest who fathered nine kids with his daughter, has pleaded with a Sogakope Circuit Court to forgive him his sins as he would not do it again.
He has so far made two appearances in the Sogakope Circuit Court for having nine children with his daughter, four of whom were dead.
Agbofa Yao Hateka was in the Sogakope court on 12th and 13th July charged with incest.

According to the prosecutor, Inspector Emmanuel Atsor, the case was reported to the Dabala Police by the chief of Ashagborkope, Togbui Sekpetey II, who is also a tax collector.

The complainant told the police on June 7th 2012 that the accused was married to his biological daughter, Baby Hateka, with whom he had nine kids.

Yao Hateka allegedly impregnated Baby when she was 11 years old and subsequently had eight other children with her.
Out of the lot, there were now five kids aged 14, 12, 3, 2 and a month-and-a-half-old.

During her interrogation however, Baby Hateka told the police she had eight children with her father out of which three died, contradicting the accused person’s narration that he had only a two-year-old baby with his daughter called Dodzi.
The accused would not allow anybody to intervene as he allegedly threatened people with death if they meddled in his sexual relationship with his daughter.

He allegedly threatened to invoke the spirit of his gods to deal with meddlers. The accused told the court that he was both a farmer and a fisherman, although the prosecution witness claimed he was unemployed. Before his arrest, the accused told the police that his daughter suffered from sickle cell anaemia, and had come to stay with him from a cocoa-growing area.

Togbui Sekpetey II had earlier fined the accused a fowl so his daughter could be cleansed before reporting the matter to the police.
The case has been adjourned to 20th July 2012 for judgment.