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Aviation, Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services, the company handling the construction of MKO International Airport, Ido Osun, in Osun State, has said that the airport will have the longest runway in the country by the time it is completed. The Project Supervisor of the company, Mr. Abubakar Abuyaro, said this while conducting Governor Rauf Aregbesola round […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Bishop David Oyedepo The Chancellor of Covenant University, Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on Nigerians to join in the task of building a united country, predicting that the country will not break up. Oyedepo said this in Uyo on Monday night during a courtesy visit to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. […]
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Headlines
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Tunde Fagbenle | credits: File copy A few weeks ago, former Minister of Aviation in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s government, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), in one of his lately prodigious outpourings, posted a piece on the Facebook which I found to be intriguing. Here’s an excerpt of our exchange, served today for its relevance to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
United Kingdom has suspended its plan to impose 3,000 pounds visa bond on first time visitors from Nigeria. It could not be confirmed if it has also suspended the policy in five other Commonwealth countries considered to be sources of “high risk” tourists to the UK. The countries, where the country had, in June, proposed […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
Julius Adegun had on Saturday, September 21, 2013, boarded a commercial bus from Abule-Egba, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expresssway, around 10.30pm. He was heading to Iyana-Ipaja but had no idea he had boarded the bus with a three-man gang of robbers. The events that unfolded later were to confound him because it was one he […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
Olalekan Adetayo | credits: File copy The remains of Mrs. Charity Oba fondly called Mama Sisi, the foster mother of wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, were interred at her husband’s residence at Ambemebiri, Okrika, Rivers, on Friday amidst fanfare. Oba died in an auto crash in Port Harcourt on July 22 at […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
In a country where there is a wide gulf between the rich and the middle class, living in highbrow areas like Lekki, Ikoyi and Victoria Island in Lagos is a sign of better life. The belief of many residents of the Lagos mainland is that those in these parts of the city are […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Friday, November 1st, 2013
The embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, has been accused by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation of approving N564m for the purchase of 54 cars beyond her power. The committee alleged that Oduah, who finally appeared before it on Thursday after failing to honour earlier invitations, did not follow the budget approved […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
“I have just received a letter from the headmaster of a school in England,” he (the headmaster) said and held up a blue letter for all to see. “The content of this letter has filled me with shame.” He…spoke… about Ezekiel’s crime. “Think of the bad name you have given this school,” he said, […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, including a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and a former military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja, made a surprise appearance at the public presentation of a book written in […]
