Chibok girls: We didn’t say we have identified specific location – NAF

Nigerian Air Force has said its attention has been drawn to reports that the NAF has located the position of the Chibok Dismiss girls. It said the report was not exactly true as what it said was a possible location and not the specific location as reported in the media.

NAF Spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, in a statement Saturday night said the report was a misrepresentation of the interview he granted the Channels Television that was aired on Friday 12 February, 2016.

“The NAF is hereby making it categorically clear that in the said interview, the Director made mention of the NAF’s ability to identify POSSIBLE LOCATION that the girls might be in,” it said.
The statement stated that it had at no time identified the specific location of the Chibok girls.
Continuing, it said, “However, it is working round the clock with surveillance aircraft covering the over 157,000 km2 area of the North East in order to identify the position of not only the Chibok girls but other Nigerians that might have been held captives.

“Towards the realization of this goal, the NAF has from January 2016 till date using aircraft, ISR platforms such as ATR-42, B-350 and CH-3 UAV flown surveillance missions totaling over 346 hours consuming about 85,887 litres of Jet A-1 and 3,830 litres of Mogas costing N15,337,862:50 and $19,150:00 respectively.

“Therefore, whilst the specific position of the Chibok girls is not yet ascertained by the NAF, we have not folded our arms on the surveillance flights and will continue to use these flights to degrade the capacity of the terrorists and as soon as possible locate the position of the Chibok girls and other Nigerians that are under captivity.”

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Photos from comedian, Dede-One-Day’s burial

After a busy week of preparation leading to his burial, the remains of late comedian cum actor, Peter Onwuzurike Onyehidelam popularly known as Dede One Day was finally laid to rest.

The burial of the late actor who died of High Blood pressure related issue held in his country home, Umuduruori Umuarusilam Umuagwuru Mbieri, Imo state.

It witnessed the presence of top showbiz stakeholders and Nollywood acts like Nkem Owoh-Osuofia, John Okafor-Mr. Ibu, Charles Inojie, Victor Osuagwu, Nneoma Ukpabi, Iheme Nancy, Dauda, Mc Pecolo, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Klint D’Drunk and many others.

Also present to honour him were representatives of the Imo state governor, Prince Eze Madumere, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu plus other top government functionaries.

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Cossy buys self a car as Val gift

Nollywood diva, Cossy Orjiakor has never hidden her love for pink colour.
  Most of her priced possessions are pink in colour. From her house, to her shoes, to dresses and even her panties, Cossy certainly has a thing for the pink colour.

 When casmirobiegbolublog  asked her if she had had any unforgettable St. Valentine’s day experience, the hugely busty actress replied : “ I can’t remember but I will be spending my Valentine in my new pinky.”

For someone who has almost all of her things in pink, it was a confusing answer but she was quick to explain with a picture of a pink sport car, “That’s my new pinky because it’s pink”.

When I teased her if it was a Val’s gift from a love-struck lover or should I say a boobs-struck lover, “Hahaha, I just bought it. It’s manual , so by February 14, I will spend it inside my pinky,” she told me.

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$2.1bn Arms Deal: Amosu returns N66 million

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One of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) chiefs implicated in the $2.1 billion arms deal and put under house arrest at Niger Barracks, Abuja has returned N66 million of the N90 million, allegedly traced to him, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

 Consequently, the officer, a Principal Staff Officer at NAF Headquarters, was released from detention and asked to go and look for the balance of the money.

 An EFCC source, however, said this did not mean he is completely exonerated. We gathered that the other officers being detained by the NAF High Command, on behalf of the EFCC, were not allowed the privileged because they had refused to cooperate fully with the EFCC interrogation team even though some had returned exotic cars and other valuables. It was also gathered that an Air Commodore, said to have benefitted from the arms deal and has properties in Dubai, Kaduna and Abuja, has been arrested and is in detention. One of the detained Air Vice Marshals (AVMs) is said to be the leader of the team that went to buy aircraft with incomplete parts and also inflated the price from $6million to over $30million. 

NAF High Command had, on Thursday, stepped up its anti-corruption war with the removal of some officers including Air Officers Commanding and Principal Staff officers fingered in the arms deal and appointed new Air Officers Commanding. Meanwhile, the wife of a former Chief of the Air Staff, Mrs. Lara Amosu, detained overnight by the EFCC, has been freed. 

We gathered that the wife was detained following certain accounts related to her husband, being investigated in connection with the $2.1 billion arms cash, allegedly traced to her. Although the exact figure and details of the accounts were not made public, EFCC was said to have interrogated her for hours last week in Lagos. But a source close to the investigation confirmed the woman had been released on bail. “She is not in our custody having been granted administrative bail. She will be asked to report back whenever we need her for further investigation,” the source said. 

The source said the money allegedly recovered from the former air chief’s house in Lagos had been kept as exhibit to be used when the trial of suspects in the arms deal begins. The source further alleged that some properties belonging to the former CAS were also held in trust for him by Lara and her children. There were earlier reports that the anti-graft agency had uncovererd N17.5 billion in the accounts of wives of three airforce chiefs.

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