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Two killed as another Lagos boat capsizes at Badagry area

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Two persons have been feared dead after another boat capsized in the Badagry area, just barely a week after seven people lost their lives in a boat accident in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Punchng, gathered that the fibre boat took off on Saturday from Ebute Iworo Jetty, en route to Daddilowe in Badagry, when the crash occurred around 11 am. The boat had 10 people on board.

While eight people were rescued alive by emergency workers with the support of local divers, two other victims  a woman and the boat driver had yet to be seen.

It was learnt that the ill-fated boat crashed into a log of wood on the water. Only four of the passengers were reported to have used live jackets, while others did not.

The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, while confirming the incident, said the Marine Police had taken over the matter.

He said, “The open canoe conveying 10 passengers hit a log while sailing. It lost balance and capsized. Eight people were rescued alive, while two others; a woman and the boat driver, had yet to be seen.”

The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Michael Akindele, said the boat capsized around Iworo Ajido Road by Aradagun bus stop in Badagry, adding that four people who were rescued alive had started receiving treatment from officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Services.

He said the agency received the distress call through the emergency toll-free number of Lagos State at about 10.47 am.

“LASEMA immediately activated necessary emergency responders, which included the Rapid Respond Squad, Lagos State Waterways Agency, NIMASA and local divers. Four people are receiving treatment from LASAMBUS. Search and rescue is still ongoing. The total number of passengers has yet to be confirmed.

“It is believed that some people are still missing, but it is wrong to say they are dead,” he said.

It was gathered that the chairman of the affected jetty had already met with the police.

The police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmus, confirmed that there were 10 passengers on board.

Badmus said, “At about 11 am, a passenger canoe with 10 passengers on board allegedly capsized at Iworo Ajido by Aradagun bus stop, Badagry.

“With the quick intervention of the police and other emergency management agencies, eight out of the 10 were rescued alive, while efforts are still in progress to recover the other two. The cause of the incident has yet to be ascertained.”

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Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin promoted to CSP

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Public Relations Officer of Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has been promoted to Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).

Hundeyin took over from Adekunle Ajisebutu as Lagos police spokesman in 2022 while he was Superintendent of Police (SP).

On Wednesday, he shared photos of himself being decorated by Lagos police commissioner, Ishola Olawale.

“Behold the latest Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) in town. It is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes,” Hundeyin wrote on X.

Hundeyin holds a BA (Hons) in English Language from the Lagos State University and an MSc in Legal Criminology and Security Psychology from the University of Ibadan.

He also holds a certificate in Civil-Military Coordination from the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Training Centre, Jaji, Kaduna.

He is an associate of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).

Hundeyin was a one-time PPRO at the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and was a member of the Nigerian contingent to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID) in 2020.

He was the administration officer at the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

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‘I am currently at my home in Onitsha’ — Obi debunks rumoured arrest in Abuja

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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, has denied the recent rumour that he has been arrested in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

On Tuesday, some social media users claimed that Obi was purportedly arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services in Abuja.

In a statement published on his X handle on Wednesday, Obi condemned the “recurrently fake news” about his purported arrest by security operatives.

The former Anambra governor said he is currently at his residence in Onitsha, adding the motive of the fake news merchants cannot be positive.

“I have been made aware of a circulating fake news about my alleged arrest. Let me state unequivocally that these claims are entirely false,” Obi said.

“I am currently at my home in Onitsha. Anambra State. Such fake News on my person has become a pastime for some people.

“Recall last year September, when I was in Rwanda, similar lies had gone out that DSS invaded my house; now, while I was in my home in Onitsha, Anambra State, they said I was arrested in Abuja.”

“The motive of these peddlers cannot be positive but let us not allow baseless rumors to distract us from the critical challenges we face as a nation.”

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OpenAI chief, Sam Altman, debunks sister’s sexual abuse accusations

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Open AI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday denied allegations from his sister Annie Altman, who has filed a complaint accusing him of childhood sexual abuse.

“…Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, especially Sam,” the boss of the California startup said in a letter co-signed by his mother and two brothers, and published on social platform X.

“Our family loves Annie and is very concerned about her well-being. Caring for a family member who faces mental health challenges is incredibly difficult,” they wrote.

One of Silicon Valley’s more charismatic figures, Altman shot to global fame with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, which ignited a race to advance AI research and development.

A prolific entrepreneur and already a billionaire, Altman, 39, has set himself the mission of developing a so-called “general” AI, with cognitive abilities similar to those of humans and which “benefits all of humanity”.

The Altman family said that they have tried to help their daughter and sister, covering her expenses and guaranteeing her “monthly financial support, which we expect to continue for the rest of her life”.

“Despite this, Annie continues to demand more money from us,” they said, pointing out that they have decided to respond publicly following Anne’s legal complaint filed on Monday, and after years of tension.

“The worst allegation she has made is that she was sexually abused by Sam as a child,” said the family.

“Her claims have evolved drastically over time. Newly for this lawsuit, they now include allegations of incidents where Sam was over 18.

“All these claims are utterly untrue.”

According to the complaint, Annie — who is nine years younger than Sam Altman — alleges the assaults took place from 1997, when she was three, until 2006.

In a report for New York Magazine in 2023, a journalist who met Annie in Hawaii described her as an artist suffering from depression and the growing rift with her family and supporting herself mainly through online sex work.

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