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Burial of crash victims to wait for two weeks

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 7th, 2012

None of the dead victims of Sunday’s Dana plane crash will be buried until another two weeks. The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it would need the period to validate the identity of the dead victims and conduct an autopsy. Though 103 of the victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition, […]

Airline operators fault FG over suspension of Dana

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The Airline Operators of Nigeria has faulted the Federal Government’s suspension of the operations of Dana Air following the crash of its Boeing aircraft in Lagos on Sunday. In a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, the Secretary General, AON, Captain Mohammed Joji, said it was wrong for the Senate to have […]

Dana Air Crash: Black boxes to leave Nigeria for US today

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, June 7th, 2012

•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 […]

62-year-old grandpa remanded for raping girl, 10

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 7th, 2012

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, […]

Llyods of London, Dana’s insurer to pay adequate compensations

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

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 […]

Opinion: Mr. President, we can lessen crashes through healthy regulation

Posted by admin Columnists, Headlines, John Egbeazien Oshodi Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

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 […]

World Cup Qualifier: Eagles leave for Malawi on Thursday

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

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 […]

Witness in Daniel’s trial alleges threat to life

Posted by admin 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 […]

Dana Air crash: Ajuonuma, four others bought last-minute air tickets

Posted by admin 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 […]

‘Pastor foresaw the crash two weeks ago’

Posted by admin 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 […]