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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 university’s 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 […]
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 […]
June 5, 2012 by Kazeem Busari 5 Comments The Falconets have been drawn in Group B and will face Brazil, Italy and Korea Republic in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup holding in Japan from August 19 to September 8. Nigeria were surprise finalists at the last edition in 2010 but lost to hosts Germany […]
The police in Plateau State on Monday confirmed that two bombs were discovered in the premises of a hostel at the University of Jos on Sunday. The Police Commissioner, Mr Emmanuel Ayeni, said the officers were able to detonate one of the bombs while the second exploded, injuring no person. He said, “When my officers […]
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