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Aviation, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Odua Three days after a tragic crash involving an Associated Airlines plane killed 14 people in Lagos, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday night, announced the suspension of Dana Air’s operations nationwide. The decision to suspend Dana’s operations came 24 hours after the NCAA […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there, the military said on Sunday. Reuters reported that a spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno State, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into […]
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Columnists, Headlines, Reuben Abati
Monday, October 7th, 2013
| credits: Chukky Nawkky Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati; and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over the weekend engaged each other in a war of words. Fani-Kayode had, in an article which widely circulated online last week, described Jonathan as a “President without […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, October 7th, 2013
BY DAPO AKINREFON CHIEF Olabode George, former deputy national chairman, of the Peoples Democratic, PDP, in this interview in Lagos, opens up on the intrigues he claims that led to his imprisonment and on his relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo among other issues. Excerpts: How did your trial and imprisonment affect you? Looking back, […]
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Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Goodluck Jonathan, in his national day broadcast, expressed his resolve to convoke a National Conference. Consequently, the President set up an Advisory Committee made up of eminent Nigerians to work out the modalities for the National Dialogue as he called it. Members of the Advisory Committee are Senator Femi Okurounmu (Chairman), […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
By BOLUWAJI OBAHOPO, Lokoja A FORMER Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly, Hon Tonye Ezekiel Harry is dead. Governor Amaechi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary David Iyofor described Harry’s death as deeply shocking and traumatic for him. He recalled with nostalgia and fond memories the life and times of Tonye […]
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Headlines
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
By BLAISE UDUNZE World Bank report released at the weekend has said remittances from Nigerians currently in the Diaspora are estimated to increase up to $21 billion (N3.28 trillion) for the 2013 fiscal year. The report reveals that Nigeria has a strong and growing Diaspora community, especially in the United States, Europe and Asia and […]
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Headlines, Lagos, South-East, State News
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
By Chris Okoye The most celebrated news item published about the silver jubilee celebration of Aka Ikenga, the respected think tank of the Igbo community in Lagos, is the unreserved public apology to the Igbo people by Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola for the relocation of some people of Igbo origin from Lagos […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
The Director of Publicity and Media, Godwin Ezeemo Campaign Organisation. Mr. Okey Nwoke has said that he narrowly escaped death when he was accosted by suspected dare devil killers at Igbo Ukwu town, Anambra State yesterday. Nwoke told Daily Sun in a telephone interview that he encountered the suspected assassins close to the National Museum, […]
