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500 hajj pilgrims escape crash as plane loses four rear tires

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, November 14th, 2011

About 500 returning pilgrims and crew members of a Max Air plane, on Monday in Kano escaped death, as the aircraft which was returning from Saudi Arabia lost four of its tyres while landing at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Sources said the Jumbo jet, a Boeing 747, with registration No.5N-DBM and an […]

Boko Haram targets Gov Kashim’s convoy

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, November 14th, 2011

An explosive device believed to have been thrown by the Boko Haram and targeted at the convoy of Gov Kashim Shettima yesterday afternoon in Maiduguri went off few minutes after the governor’s convoy passed the area. Governor Kashim who was received at the Maiduguri Airport yesterday afternoon by thousands of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) […]

FG/BA face-off: Minister lambasts critics •UK transport officials arrive Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, November 14th, 2011

As the controversy over the reduction of British Airways slots into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos rages, the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, has insisted that the issue is not about Arik Air but the fair and equitable treatment of all Nigerian flag carriers in line with Bilateral Air Services agreements […]

I was treated like a criminal – Baba Suwe

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Monday, November 14th, 2011

Ae comedian, Babatunde Omidina (aka Baba Suwe) has narrated his ordeal at the hands of the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), alleging that he was treated like a common criminal while in custody of the agency. Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Sunday through his lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, the comedian […]

Dangote empowers women with N600m, builds hostel for Kano varsity

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Monday, November 14th, 2011

The Women Empowerment and Free School Feeding Schemes of the Kano State government kicked off on Friday in Kano with the chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, donating a sum of N600 million towards the empowerment programme. Also, the business mogul promised to build a 500-student capacity for the Kano State University. The […]

Babangida debunks rumour of failing health

Posted by admin Headlines, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency Monday, November 14th, 2011

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, at the weekend, described as unfounded, the rumour in some quarters about his worsening health conditions, saying the information was not even near the truth, as he had indicated plans to return to the country before the end the week. Babangida stated this through some close personal aides at […]

Robbery: 10, not 3 OOU students died – Investigations

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, November 14th, 2011

More revelations have emerged on the number of students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU),Ago- Iwoye, Ogun State, who lost their lives following robbers’ attacks on five banks within the permanent site of the institution on Thursday. Authorities of the institution had, on Friday, claimed that only three students lost their lives during the attack. The […]

Security beefed up in Abuja •As Dangote, Akpabio, Joseph Yobo, Olu Jacobs, 360 others bag national awards

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, November 14th, 2011

SECURITY has been beefed up in and around Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, as President Goodluck Jonathan today confers national awards in different categories on 364 distinguished Nigerians. Business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, tops the list with the award of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), emerging as the first individual outside […]

Herbalists can’t cure polio, Governors’ Forum cautions women

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Women Politics Sunday, November 13th, 2011

By George Onah Port Harcourt- Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has called on rural dwellers, women groups in local government areas in Rivers State not to patronise herbalists in the fight against polio because they lack the cure for the ailment. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, who was at […]

Naval officer kills girlfriend in Lagos

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, November 13th, 2011

By Ifeanyi Okolie LAGOS — Tragedy struck, Saturday, at the Nigerian Navy Base, Ojo, Lagos State, when a Naval officer stabbed his girl friend to death. The officer, identified simply as Harry, was said to have engaged his girl friend, Itoya, who also is a naval personnel, in a fight over claims of infidelity. Vanguard […]