•L-R: Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, and Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at the scene of the Dana Airline crash in Iju, Lagos … on Monday. | credits: Stanley Ogidi Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, on Wednesday said the black boxes retrieved from the ill-fated Dana Air flight that killed over 153 persons […]
For allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld), a 62-year-old, Mr. John Osunade, has been remanded in prison custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court. The charge sheet read in court on Tuesday accused Osunade of perpetrating the act on May 27, 2012, at his residence in Tonkere village, Gbongan town in Ayedaade Local Government Area, […]
In view of many speculations about probable causes of the tragic crash of Dana Airlines flight 0992 in Lagos, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to “rush to judgment” but to wait for the outcome of government’s investigation on the incident. The president further pledged that the investigation would not just be another […]
Ikeja – Llyods of London, the group insurer of Dana Airlines, said that it would pay adequate compensations to the families of the victims of last Sunday’s air crash at Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos suburb. The Dana plane crash resulted in the death of 153 passengers on board and six others on ground, while property, running […]
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded bills to the Senate to change the names of three federal universities. They are University of Lagos, to be renamed Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, Federal University of Technology Yola to be changed to Modibbo Adama University of Technology,Yola and Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike to be named after […]
June 6, 2012 by John Egbeazien Oshodi On an emotional note, President Goodluck Jonathan’s assertion in Lagos on Monday that there will not be a recurrence of the air disaster is understandable and is well taken but it is, evidently, a fantasy at best. The Dana Airline’s McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which killed more than 153 […]
June 6, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu 14 Comments There was pandemonium in the Mushin area of Lagos on Monday evening as men suspected to be members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress and some Hausa youths in the area clashed. PUNCH Metro learnt that although no one was killed, many sustained varying degrees of injuries while […]
June 6, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba and Kunle Falayi The Gwarimpa home of Dr. Abiodun Jonathan has been receiving sympathisers trooping in to commiserate with his wife, Funmi, over the death of her husband in the Dana plane crash on Sunday. Until his death, Jonathan, a pediatrician, served as an assistant pastor with a […]
A Federal High Court, Lagos has cleared a legal hurdle that could impede the operations of the committees set up by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to carry out some reforms in the petroleum industry. One of the committees is the Petroleum Revenue Task Force, headed by a former Chairman, Economic and […]
The Super Eagles will fly out to Malawi on Thursday aboard a chartered flight for Saturday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Flames. It will be the second group match for both teams after Malawi drew goalless with Kenya and Nigeria defeated Namibia 1-0 on Sunday. The Nigeria Football Federation said on Tuesday that the […]
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