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Aviation, Headlines
Friday, November 15th, 2013
Twice tonight the entire Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos suffered massive power outages leading to disruptions in flight operations at the airport. The power outagest happened twice according to a journalist, Ahmed Salkida, who witnessed the blackout. The first blackout which happened at 7:45pm lasted for two minutes. A second one, which is still […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, November 15th, 2013
KANO (AFP) – Boko Haram is holding a French priest who was kidnapped in northern Cameroon, a source in the banned Nigerian Islamist group said on Friday, rejecting claims of a rift among the insurgents. “I can confirm that the French priest is in the hands of mujahideen (fighters) from Jamaat Ahl al-Sunna Li Da’wat […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 15th, 2013
BY VINCENT UJUMADU The battle line is drawn among the five major contestants in the very keen contest to replace the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. These are Chief Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Senator Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Tony Nwoye of the […]
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Headlines
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN — CRISIS is brewing in the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, as members from the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Global Peace Relief Initiative, led by Prophet Jones Erue, yesterday, faulted President of the association, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, over what they described as the unacceptable comments made […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Yayale, has resigned his position as the Chairman of the Presidential Committee of Experts on Inter-Professional Relationship in the Public Sector. Yayale disclosed this in a letter of November 7, 2013 to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, which […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Governor Sullivan Chime’s in-laws, including the mother in-law, Madam Patience Igwe, on Tuesday said there was no history of madness in their family Madam Igwe told our correspondent on the phone that no member of the family had a history of mental illness. “My daughter, Clara, is very okay and sound and her husband, the […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
About 100 million Nigerians live in destitution, the World Bank has said. World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, who said this at the bank’s Country Programme Portfolio Review in Enugu on Tuesday, also disclosed that the bank’s ongoing commitment to Nigeria stood at $5.34bn. According to the World Bank boss, the number of […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
How much does a country need to keep its busiest international airport from running like an oven? The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has to be the hottest airport in the world. It is easily the hottest I have travelled through and I have been through quite a lot of airports. Even the […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Hope of a possible suspension of the ongoing strike by university teachers this week dimmed on Tuesday as a former National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, died in an accident involving a vehicle in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada (retd.). Iyayi, a professor of […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, November 11th, 2013
FIFA President, Sepp Blatter | credits: File copy FIFA assured Ghana officials on Monday that security “guarantees” are in place for next week’s World Cup playoff in Egypt. The assurance comes a day after police and fans clashed in Cairo at the African Champions League final. Plans for the playoff were unchanged after FIFA Secretary […]
