Chris Brown escapes plane crash as private jet makes emergency landing

A private jet carrying Chris Brown was forced to make an emergency landing in Burbank yesterday after the cockpit filled with smoke after takeoff … TMZ has learned.

We’ve confirmed … Brown boarded a Gulfstream 3 jet in Burbank and was headed for Teterboro, NJ … so he could attend the Met Gala event.

But sources tell us … roughly 7 to 8 minutes into the flight, everyone on board began to notice smoke filling the plane.

One source told us, “It was A LOT of smoke … everywhere.”

The pilot immediately turned the plane around and performed an emergency landing back at Burbank airport.

We’re told the passengers were scared … but the pilot was cool, calm and collected … and couldn’t have handled the situation better.

Here’s the crazy part — after the plane touched down, Brown decided he STILL wanted to get to the Met Gala event in NY … and boarded ANOTHER private jet within an hour of touching down.

Brown eventually made it to Teterboro … but he didn’t make the Met Gala event. However, he DID make it to an after-party, where he arrived with a smile (see picture above).

Question is … would YOU get back on a plane after an emergency landing?

Police Arraign Canadian For Allegedly Scamming Woman Of N15 Million

The police on Tuesday arraigned a Canadian, Jim Mansfield, at a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cheating one Hajiya Binta Muktar of N15 million.

The prosecutor, Tope Falode, told the court that Muktar reported the matter to the Interpol on May 2012.

Falode said that in May 2012, Muktar leased her house located at No 3, Udi-Hill Close, Aso Drive, to Mansfield with an agreement that he should pay N15 million into her account.

However, he said, Mansfield fraudulently possessed the said house and refused to credit Muktar’s account.

The prosecutor added that the accused, in July 2012, presented forged documents from Wells Faruo Bank to Muktar, claiming to have deposited the said sum into her account, an offence which contravened sections 312, 321 and 368 of the Penal Code.

Section 312 of the code states that whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or fined or both.

Section 368 states that whoever has in his possession any forged document shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 14 years and shall also be liable to fine.

However, Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to the charges as his Counsel, Mr David Ashaolu, prayed the court to grant bail on liberal terms.

Ashaolu said his client would not jump bail and would not jeopardise investigation in the case.

But the prosecutor objected the bail of the accused, and said, “the accused is not a Nigerian and he is likely to jump bail”.

The prosecutor also alleged that the accused had two different passports bearing two different names.

“The accused has a Canadian passport bearing the name Jim Mansfiled and a UK passport with the name James Michael Mansfiled.’’

The Senior Magistrate, Mr Tony Ubani, granted the accused bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.

He said one of the sureties must be a civil servant of not less than Grade Level 13 and must be living within the court’s jurisdiction.

He said the civil servant must deposit the original copies of his employment and last promotion letter and bank statement of account for the last three months in the court.

The second surety should be reasonable and swear to an affidavit of having not less than N2 million in his account.

Ubani then adjourned the matter to May 20 for hearing.

Olamide kicking it with dbanj in Atlanta

Man-of-the-moment Olamide continues to stir the pot with rumors that he may become the newest member of dbanj's DB records 

Hip hop fans know that Olamide has been riding
with dbanj and his crew for a while now. He's been featured on dbanj's single. First, it came as a huge surprise that dbanj teamed up with Olamide for the new single 'Ibadi e' off DKM album. And they've been spotted on set of the song's video shoot together. If that wasn't enough to spark the rumors, the two arrived at the Nigerian entertainment conference held few days ago together.

Now with so much dbanj affiliation, and all the buzz surrounding Olamide, he's presently in atlanta, USA with eja nla himself working on a project (according to a reliable) and yeah living it up.

Only time will tell if Olamide becomes part of the DB records Music family, but the rapper will be dropping his much anticipated mixtape ( he calls it 'street tape') 'S.O.S' on June 12th.

Court remands 20 students in prison over alleged murder of lecturer

A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court 1 has on Tuesday remanded 20 students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja in prison, over alleged rioting and murder of their lecturer, Mr Nathaniel Abimaje.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Levi Animoku, gave the order when the accused persons were arraigned before him.

He said that the offence of culpable homicide with which they were charged carried death penalty under Section 221 of the Penal Code and was not bailable.

The Police Prosecutor, Mr Samuel Ikutanwa, told the court that the accused were armed with dangerous weapons.

He listed the weapons to include axe, guns and cutlasses.

He said, “on April 19, the accused incited some unidentified students of the institution to riot.

“They were protesting the setting up of a panel to look into the cases of examination malpractice.

“During the rampage, the accused allegedly beat and stabbed Abimaje severally and left him in a pool of his blood.

“The lecturer was rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, but died before he could receive medical attention,” Ikutanwa said.

He urged the court to remand the accused in prison pending the conclusion of the investigations.

Soldier Attached To Presidential Aide Shoots Youth At Ijaw Youth Congress Gathering

soldier attached to Kingsley Kuku, an aide of President Goodluck Jonathan and Chairman of Amnesty Implementation Committee on Saturday shot and injured a youth in Yenagoa, again prompting the question as to why presidential assistants are being giving military protection.

Kuku, who has been making overtures to Niger Delta militants ahead of the 2015 re-election bid of President Jonathan, was in the Bayelsa State capital to attend the convention of the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) with the agenda of influencing the leadership of the youth body.  This is despite the fact the Mr. Jonathan says he has not decided whether he will run, and that he has not asked anybody to do any 2015 work for him.

Some of the youths, who were opposed to Kuku’s meddlesomeness in their meeting, became agitated and their protest became rowdy.

The soldier reportedly shot to restore calm but the bullets hit 26-year old Edolo Bouepre, a delegate from Sagbama Local Government Area.

The mishap incurred public outrage and condemnation, and Kuku hurriedly left town and returned to Abuja.

The leadership of the Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) in Bayelsa has pledged assistance to Bouepre. State Chairman Nengi James, who visited the victim at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, made a donation of N50,000 to assist with his medical bills.

James announced that the CLO would also offer legal assistance to Bouepre to enable him seek legal redress over the unprofessional conduct of the soldier.

"The CLO is not happy over the state of the victim. We are ready to sue the Nigerian Army and the Joint Military Task Force over the show of wickedness by its trigger happy officer,” he said, stressing out that the incident could have triggered violence in the state and the region,” which is already dealing with different forms of violence.

“We urge the Bayelsa State Government and the past Leaders of the IYC to assist this victim who is a member of the Ijaw Youth Council and was at the event legitimately,” James said.

Bouepre, thanked the CLO for its show of love and brotherliness, appealing to Nigerians to help him to offset his medical bills.
He said that he was outside the meeting hall due to the rowdiness inside, when the soldier ran outside the hall and shot to the ground, with the bullet deflecting to hit him in the stomach.

“I felt a sharp pain under some seconds, and saw my blood gushing out. I don't want to die from this gunshot wound," he begged.
Sources in the Joint Task Force told SaharaReporters today that its operatives had nothing to do with the IYC convention.

“There was no application from anybody and we did not deploy any soldier to the event, however our checks showed that the soldier was on the entourage of Chairman of the Amnesty Committee, Mr Kingsley Kuku who attended the convention from Abuja,” the source said.  “We have no links with Ijaw Youths, their internal affairs is not part of our mandate.”

Breaking news: Scores feared dead as Boko Haram attack Police Barracks in Borno

Scores of people were feared killed as gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked a police barracks in the heart of Borno state, Tuesday.
Details later.

Again???Nigerian Actress/Singer Afrocandy Releases Hardcore X-rated Movie-18+

The moral decadence in Nollywood these days is nothing short of alarming.

Just when I was recovering from the shock of  Room 027 and Bold5 babes, I stumbled today on the most shocking of them yet; a movie titled  ''Destructive Instinct 3 & 4''.

The full fledged porn movie starrs a Nigerian singer/actress known for her sexually explicit music videos 'Afrocandy.'

Afrocandy whose real name is  Judith Opara Mazagwu is a controversial artist who lives in Europe. She is a  41 year old mother of 2, who rose to fame with her WACK  x-rated video 'Ikebe na moni'. 

See the  ''Destructive Instinct 3 & 4'' trailer and 'Ikebe na moni' video after the cut.

Warning:This videos after the cut content sexually explicit content, and should only be viewed by adults 18 and above (18+).

And oh, Afrocandy doesn't care about 'your stupid opinion' as she indicates below:

The woman in question is a mother o! I'm lost as to the kind of morals she would to instill in her 2 kids.