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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
June 6, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta 6 Comments The resumption of the trial of former Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday was stalled by the failure of the leading prosecuting witness, Babatunde Adeluola, to appear in court. Daniel is facing 38 counts of corruption, stealing, illegal […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
The Senate has ordered the Ministry of Aviation to release previous reports of the investigations into air disasters in the country even as it commenced a joint probe with the House of Representatives of the crash of the Dana plane crash in Lagos on Sunday. While considering a motion brought by Senator Hope Uzodinma and […]
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House, Legislature
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
House of Representatives on Tuesday directed that immediate air-worthiness checks must be conducted on all aircraft flying domestic routes in the country. It also asked the Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly to investigate the remote and immediate causes of Sunday’s plane crash in Lagos. The resolution followed a motion on urgent national importance […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
June 6, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja 5 Comments Senators Forum on Tuesday in Abuja advised security agencies and regulatory authorities in the aviation industry not to observe public holidays in case of emergencies and disasters. The group also asked the National Assembly to conduct a public hearing and investigation into the Dana plane crash […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Five passengers, including the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, who died on the Dana Air flight that crashed in Lagos on Sunday, were not originally on the passengers’ list, The PUNCH investigation has shown. Ajuonuma and the four other victims bought the tickets of passengers that did not make […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
June 6, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja How did you receive the news of your wife and daughter’s death? I dropped them at the Airport by 12.30pm and then left. Then around 2.15pm, my wife called that they had boarded and I said ‘Okay, safe trip’. I then came back home and decided to take […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
One of the most tragic stories from the ill-fated flight Dana Air 992 that crashed in Lagos on Sunday revolves around Maimuna Anyene, a Connecticut-based Nigerian woman, who died along with her husband, sister, her four kids, two cousins and her mother, Mrs. Mijindadi./p> Ms. Anyene, who is being mourned by friends, relatives and colleagues […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

There was controversy on Tuesday over the alleged closure of the nation’s airspace for a Presidential jet carrying the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to land in Lagos on Sunday. The closure was said to have prevented the pilot of the distressed Dana Air’s plane from making an emergency landing at the airport. […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
June 5, 2012 by Agency Reporter A Nigerian graduate at the Lehman College, the City University of New York, Mr. Olu Onemola, has received seven awards at the universitys 2012 graduation ceremony. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that he received the awards during the graduation ceremony held on Saturday in New York. Olu is […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
The Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Prof. Olufemi Mimiko, has said that the Federal Government erred by renaming the University of Lagos after the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola. Mimiko, a professor of Political Science, however, noted that immortalising the late politician by the Federal Government […]