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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, June 8th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated the centrality of Africa, its peace, political stability and socio-economic development to Nigeria’s foreign policy. He said this on Thursday while receiving the new Mauritanian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr B.A. Abderrahmane, in State House, Abuja. He said in furtherance of his government’s commitment to work with other African countries to […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
AIR Nigeria, on Thursday, announced the suspension of the strike embarked upon by a section of its aircraft engineers and pilots, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE). A statement issued by the airline media manager, Samuel Ogbogoro, said Air Nigeria would shortly re-commence normal flight operations across its […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
FOLLOWING the reports doing the rounds that the DANA Air MD 83 plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday was the same one that was faulty two weeks before the crash, the management of the airline on Thursday denied, saying the faulty aircraft had since been flown out for maintenance checks. The refutal is coming […]
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House, Legislature
Friday, June 8th, 2012
THE House of Representatives chairman on Rules and Business, Honourable Albert Sam-Tsokwa, on Thursday bemoaned the attitude of the presidency to non-implementation of the National Assembly resolutions and assenting to bills passed by the legislature. The House has, therefore, threatened to henceforth over-ride the presidency if bills passed to it are not assented to after […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
THE Executive Secretary of the National Summit Group, Tony Uranta, in Lagos, on Wednesday, said that he would have been involved in the Dana Air plane crash if not for the advice of an undisclosed staff of the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Briefing newsmen, the Niger Delta activist, who attributed his escape to […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Congress for Progressive Change candidate for the 2011 presidential election, Maj.-Gen. Muhammed Buhari (retd), and the Action Congress of Nigeria National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu, in Kaduna on Thursday met to fine-tune the planned merger of the CPC and the ACN. Also in attendane at the meeting that lasted an hour were ACN governors Ibikunle […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chime, parents of the late Mrs. Antonia Attuh, one of the victims of the Dana plane crash, said on Thursday they first learnt about their daughter’s death while watching CNN. Attuh, 45, a statistician, worked with the Westminster Council in the UK before taking up an appointment with the Central Bank […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
June 8, 2012 by Ademola Alawiye, Jayne Augoye and Kunle Falayi For the Awanis, birthday celebrations were one event that every member of the family looked forward to. And so it was only normal that preparations had begun for the 55th birthday of their dad, Daniel Awani, which ought to be on Tuesday, June 5. […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos and now Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe, in this interview with Olabisi Deji-Folutile says universities are usually named after cities because they play historical roles As a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, what is your opinion of the UNILAG brand? […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
June 8, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja 75 Comments The husband of a Nigerian woman who died in the crash of a Nigerian airliner that killed 153 people has filed a lawsuit in the US blaming those who designed and manufactured the plane for the accident, AP reported on Thursday. Attorney Gary Robb filed the […]
