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Agagu crash: LASUTH begins DNA test on victims

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Sunday, October 6th, 2013

As AIPB commences Black Box analysis BY LOUIS IBA, OGE OKAFOR and JOB OSAZUWA, Lagos The management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), yesterday said it has started the identification of charred bodies of victims of the ill-fated Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, last Thursday, few minutes after take-off. This is coming […]

Confab: Nwabueze opts out on health ground

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, October 6th, 2013

Comments » Elder statesman, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN), has excused himself from the National Conference Committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to formulate modalities for the convocation of a national dialogue. Prof. Nwabueze, in a letter to the president dated October 2, 2013, explained that he would be abroad, “for medicals and may be […]

Picture: Men find me irresistible – Rita Ayim

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 6th, 2013

By Tony Ogaga Erhariefe The first thing that strikes you about Rita Ayim is her size. At less than a foot tall, she is nothing short of a micro dwarf! And guess what, in spite of her pint size; she has a gargantuan dream. She wants to be an international dancer cum comedian! Last […]

Self & Safe Defence – By Vincent C. Akuta

Posted by admin Articles, Chinedu Vincent Akuta, Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists Sunday, October 6th, 2013

By Vincent C. Akuta | United Kingdom| October , 6, 2013 – If ever, you have never been worried or disturbed about the security situation in Nigeria, now is the time to get seriously concerned, about the deplorable state of affairs, especially high level of insecurity. First let me start with the most recent been, […]

Governor Amaechi: Gird Up Your Loins – By Igwe Douglas

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Igwe Douglas, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News Sunday, October 6th, 2013

By Igwe Douglas | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | October 6, 2013 – The prevailing political atmosphere in the Treasure Base of the nation, Rivers State of Nigeria occasioned by the schemes of desperate politicians who want to take over or have partially taken over the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party calls for serious caution, concern […]

National Conference: S’south Leaders Say there Should Be No ‘No-go’ Areas

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, South-South, Top Stories Sunday, October 6th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan • Conference is deception strategy, says APC national leader Bola Tinubu Our Correspondents As President Goodluck Jonathan prepares to inaugurate the advisory committee on national dialogue tomorrow, opinion leaders in the South-south have called on him to ensure that there are predetermined subjects that must not be discussed at the conference. Prominent […]

Lagos Crash: Another Survivor Dies

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Sunday, October 6th, 2013

Associated Airlines Plane crash site NCAA grounds Associated Airlines •Kabo flight skids off runway in Sokoto By Our Correspondents One of the six remaining survivors of the Associated Airlines plane crash in Lagos on Thursday died Saturday, despite concerted efforts to save his life. The death of the man, who was […]

Flying Dana a year after crash

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Saturday, October 5th, 2013

Let me start by confessing that flying Dana Airline exactly one year after the tragic event of last year wasn’t deliberate. The truth is I didn’t realize I would be flying exactly on the first anniversary of the June 3, 2012 crash at the time I was buying the ticket. I had bought the ticket […]

Akpabio blames Nigeria’s woes on false prophecies

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Saturday, October 5th, 2013

Governor Godswill Akpabio | credits: File copy Governor Godswill Akpabio of AkwaIbom State, on Friday, attributed the many problems in the country to false prophecies by some clergymen. A statement sent to Sunday Punch by the Special Assistant to the governor on Media, Mr. Jackson Udom said the governor made the observation at a […]

Arik, Kabo aircraft in air incidents

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, October 5th, 2013

There was tension at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Friday as a Benin-bound Arik Air flight returned to Abuja for landing after hovering over Benin Airport for about 45 minutes. Our correspondent gathered that the aircraft left Abuja at about 4pm but could not land as a result of bad weather in Benin […]