Updated Reports:Plane Believed To Be Conveying The Corpse Of Agagu Crashes In Lagos After Take Off.

Update......Unconfirmed reports reveal that late Governor Agagu's wife, only son, MD of MIC caskets, Olu Falae's first son and others are among those name atop the ill fate plane. Also five survivoes have been saved...rescue operations still on..

Previous report...
A 30 seater passenger plane has crashed after take off from lagos airport
According to a witness, the crash occurred at the local wing of the airport close to the section were JET-A1, plane fuel, is stored.
Fire service officials were seen evacuating the occupants of the plane.
The spokesman of the Nigeria aviation agencies, Yakubu Datti, asked for more time to get details of the incident.

According to reports ,the plane is believed to be carrying the corpse of Olusegun Agagu .

Lagosians Can Now Apply For Passports Online.

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, has urged Lagosians to apply for their passports early in order to reduce delay in passport issuance.

Deputy Controller Immigration, Joshua Ajisafe, gave the advice while addressing some applicants at the Passport Office, Alausa on Wednesday.

He said the inauguration of the new office was a sign that the service had the interest of Nigerians at heart. He said other measures had also been put in place to reduce delay in passport processing.

He said, “The NIS has been looking inward to fast track the issuance of passports beyond the usual three to seven days. We will be working hard to ensure that applicants can get their passports within 24hours or even less.

“Competent members of staff have been put in difficult sections, such as the vetting section, which might slow down the process.

“We are working hard and we expect applicants to however apply early and maintain orderliness for this to be possible.”

Ajisafe said issues of fraud and extortion by officers could be reported to the complaint desk. He said his office would be open to applicants with such reports.

He said, “When issues of extortion arise, applicants should feel free to report such cases to the complaint desk. If not satisfied, my office is wide open. We do not want any form of corruption.”

He said the passport office had handled some cases of identity fraud, adding that the suspects had been transferred to the Lagos State Police Command for more investigation.He warned applicants to be truthful with their data.

Senegalese Woman Arrested With Drugs Hidden In Her Private Part At Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.

A 33-year-old Senegalese woman, Miss Kamara Oumou was on Wednesday apprehended with 680 grammes of heroin and cocaine carefully hidden in her private parts at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, while attempting to board an Arik Air flight to Dakar.

She was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The suspect with Senegal international passport number 400680371 claimed she had to smuggle the drugs due to the love she had for her Nigerian boyfriend.

She was arrested during the screening of passengers at the airport.

Commenting on Miss Oumou’s arrest, NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar said that the suspect used industrial tape to stick three parcels of cocaine, weighing 515 grammes on her waist while 6 wraps of heroin weighing 165 grammes were inserted in her private parts.

He said, “it was a carefully concealed method but not intelligent enough to escape our detection.”

Mr Umar said they were shocked beyond imagination over Miss Oumou’s revelation of smuggling the drugs for love she had for her Nigerian
boyfriend whom she identified as Hakeem.

According to him, “preliminary investigation revealed that they both met in Dakar where Hakeem is believed to have lived for 11 years. Their
relationship lasted only six months before Hakeem left Dakar in December 2012. Hakeem invited Kamara to Lagos from Dakar and lodged her in a hotel where they both spent a week together.

“Within this period, he made necessary arrangement for Kamara to go back with the drugs.”

Narrating her ordeals, Kamara said that it was her first time of seeing drugs.

“I have had a good relationship with Hakeem until my arrest. The day he brought the drugs to the hotel room was my first time ever of seeing drugs.

“He called the drugs ‘products’ and that his business partners are unfaithful and he wants me to take the products to Dakar because he had trust in me.

“Hakeem taught me how to pack the drugs and also took care of my travel arrangements. He said that he lives in the East, but he took good care of me in a hotel in Lagos. We were to travel together to Dakar but he suddenly changed the arrangement. Hakeem travelled to Dakar a day before my trip” Kamara stated.

“How can I ask my boyfriend to pay me? I smuggled the drugs for the love I have for my Nigerian boyfriend” Kamara affirmed.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade has urged members of the public to to be weary of the tricks employed by drug traffickers.

“It is wrong to commit crimes. No reason is strong enough to get engaged in drug trafficking. Drug barons may claim to be in love with unsuspecting couriers. They may even present themselves as philanthropists, members of the public are advised to shun drug trafficking” Giade said.