DANBABA SUTAI, DEAD OR ALIVE AS PLANE CRASHES…..

According to THISDAY, the Governor of Taraba state’s private jet crashed and he survived it…..read below how THISDAY has reported it…

Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai is in hospital after surviving a plane crash.

Suntai was piloting the plane that took of from Jalingo, the Taraba State capital with some of his security detail, heading to Yola in Adamawa State when it crashed into some hills in Adamawa State near the airport.

According to Government House sources in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Governor Suntai is still alive, but unconscious at an undisclosed hospital in Yola.

THISDAY further learnt that the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako is with his injured colleague at the hospital.

Governor Suntai’s security detail is also with him at the same hospital.

Details to follow…

However, SAHARA REPORTER and AIT have both reported that the Governor has died as a result of the plane crash.

Yet more confusion as Premium Times earlier reported that the Presidency had confirmed the death of the Governor, only to post the statement below….

Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Reno Omokri, has deleted the tweet with which he confirmed the death of Governor Danbaba Suntai.

He had tweeted, “May the soul of the late departed Governor, Danbaba Suntai, of Taraba State rest in peace and may God grant the state peace this trying time,” he said.

But when we checked his twitter handle at 9.25 p.m., the tweet was no longer there.

Over here…we shall keep you posted.

UPDATE: Premium Times

More reports reaching us from Taraba State indicate that the state government has issued a press release confirming the presence of the governor on the plane that crashed in Yola, Adamawa State, but saying the governor was not dead.

The governor was flying the private jet that had four other passengers. All were injured, but none of them died, the statement reportedly said.

The governor is believed to be the most badly hurt but is not dead and is currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Yola, a source that has seen the statement told us via telephone.

A rescue operative at the scene also said that none of the occupants of the plane died.

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria has also promised to issue a statement soon.

We will provide more details as events unfold.

A presidency spokesperson, Reno Omokri, had earlier tweeted, confirming the governor died in the crash.

 

Obama says Trump hate goes way, way back, as he appears on ‘Tonight’ with Jay Leno……25 Worst Passwords Of Year List Unveiled…..Okada ban in Lagos bites.

Obama with Jay Leno

What’s real estate mogul Donald Trump got against President Barack Obama? The president says it’s an old grudge that goes back — way, way back — to their childhood days in Kenya.

“We had constant run-ins on the soccer fields,” Obama told “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno during a tongue-in-cheek knock on Trump Wednesday night. “He wasn’t very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over.”

Trump became a leading voice in the “birther” movement, the discredited but very much alive conspiracy theory that Obama was actually born outside of the U.S. and isn’t constitutionally eligible to be president. Earlier Wednesday, Trump offered to donate $5 million to the president’s charity of choice if he would release his college and passport records.

Wisecracks aside, Obama told Leno that he has never actually met Trump.

When Leno asked Obama if he was glad the presidential debates are over, the president responded, “You know, I was sort of getting the hang of it.” Obama, whose performance in the first debate was widely panned, said he didn’t do an effective job of energetically outlining the contrast of visions between him and Republican Mitt Romney.

Part of the problem with a debate, Obama said, is that it’s not a natural way of communicating — having an argument with someone as you sit next to him.

“Well,” Leno said, “you’re married.”

Obama shot back: “But the difference is, with Michelle, I just concede every point.”

Asked which team he was backing in the World Series, the Detroit Tigers or the San Francisco Giants, Obama managed to get in a dig at Romney: “I will say, I’ve spent a lot of time in Detroit lately, and I didn’t want to let go Detroit go bankrupt. So in this particular World Series, I might be a little partial.” [Story – Yahoo]

25 Worst Passwords Of Year List Unveiled

SplashData has revealed its “25 Worst Passwords of the Year” List for 2011, and once again “password” tops the list.

According to SplashData, a well-known provider of password management applications, “password” was the most common password used in 2011. The second most common password used was “123456″ followed by “12345678.”

Apparently, people with the name Ashley and Bailey aren’t too creative when coming up with passwords either. SplashData reported that those names were the 16th and 17th most used passwords for 2011. The only guy’s name on the top 25 list as worst choices for a password was “michael.”

“Baseball” beat out “football” when it came to sports terms being used as passwords, but it doesn’t mean using “football” as your password makes it any safer at the 25th spot on the list.

If you have chosen “monkey” as your password, then you are among the others who have made it popular enough to become the sixth most commonly used password, right underneath “qwerty” and “abc123.”

If you think Superman is able to save your account from being hacked, think again, because it was the 22nd most commonly used password in the list.

Both “sunshine” and “shadow” competed for a spot on the 25 list, with the brighter of the bunch falling in 15th place in the overall list, while shadow was just behind in the 19th spot.

For those who assume their fear of trusting people will keep them safe by using “trustno1″ as their password, they chose a phrase common enough to make it take the nine-spot on the list, next to “letmein.”

Although it’s loving, choosing “iloveyou” is proving itself as another dumb password to use to protect that Facebook account, along with “dragon” and “111111.

Read on at Red Orbit…

No Okada (commercial motorcyclists) as commuters are stranded.

~ Lagosians trek as okada ban, fuel scarcity bite harder

With the restriction of okada on some routes and the worsening fuel scarcity in Lagos State, many Lagosians who were stranded trekked to their destinations on Wednesday.

Also, motorists were held up for hours following gridlock on most major roads. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway towards Seven-Up, Yaba, Iyana Ipaja, Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Oba Akran Avenue, Oba Ogunnusi Road in Ogba among others witnessed traffic snarl.

Read on at Punch