COLOMBIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER YEISON JIMÉNEZ DIED SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, IN A PLANE CRASH NEAR PAIPA, IN THE STATE OF BOYACÁ IN COLOMBIA. (PHOTO).
Colombian singer-songwriter Yeison Jiménez died Saturday, January 10, in a plane crash near Paipa, in the state of Boyacá in Colombia. He was 34. The crash claimed the lives of six people, including Jiménez and his manager, Jefferson Osorio. The charter aircraft took off from Juan José Rondón Airport but was unable to gain altitude and crashed in a field near the runway, where it was destroyed by fire. The artist had just performed in Boyacá and was flying to Medellín for another scheduled performance that evening. At only 34 years old, Jiménez had become one of the biggest names in Colombian popular music, or "música popular," a genre that blends traditional Mexican ranchera music with Colombian roots. Last year he fulfilled a dream by selling out Bogotá's El Campín Stadium, becoming the first Colombian regional artist to do so. Jiménez is survived by his wife Sonia Restrepo and three children. Colombia's transportation authorities have launched an investigation in...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today tuesday said the aggressive re-positioning of the broadcast stations in the State was part of his administration's strategy aimed at empowering the media outfits to compare favourably with the best in the world,pledging that the State would soon celebrate the birth of new broadcast machinery.Governor Ambode,who spoke while declaring open the 65th General Assembly of the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria {BON} held in Lagos,said his passion for the information platforms was very high,a development he said accounted for the massive investment aimed re-energizing the broadcast stations in the State.He said ''As an administration,we are committed to re-energizing,re-positioning and re-engineering our broadcast stations by strengthening their operations with the provision of cutting-edge technology that will stand them out amongst their peers around the world.I must confess here that as a Governor,my passion for the information platforms is very high.This is because of my belief that the media and information machinery are the window through which the world sees us and vice-versa''..The governor,who was represented by the State's Commissioner for Information and Stratefy,Mr Steve Ayorinde,the Governor further said ''During my first anniversary broadcast,I made a commitment to turn around the three stations.I want to assure you that we are on course.Ad we hope to invite our friends from all over Nigeria to celebrate the birth of a new broadcast machinery in Lagos State.Lagos State Government is committed through our broadcast stations to deliver first class service to the people of the State as exemplified through the various projects being executed by this administration among which are road projects,the ' Light Up Lagos' Project and series of others.We are also committed to promoting the broadcast industry to an enviable height in the coming years.Our dream Media City project will be a one-stop media empire to be located in the heart of Ikeja that will be the pride of all''.More photos below.
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