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Ondo State Govt Didn’t Hire Crashed Associated Airline Plane -Akinmade

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade The Ondo state government has said it did not hire the aircraft of Associated Airline that crashed last week in Lagos while carrying the body of former Governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, to Akure for the commencement of the burial rites. The clarification […]

Corps Member Rape: Court Acquits Osun Monarch

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

…. they had consensual sex The Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola Alli, the traditional ruler who was alleged of raping a Youth Corps member, Miss Helen Okpara has been discharged and acquitted by an Osun State High Court. Justice Oyejide Falola of an Osun State High Court, Osogbo ruled that Helen failed to tender enough exhibits […]

Three Nigerians lynched in Guinea Bissau

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Accused of child kidnap ■ Others take refuge in embassy Three Nigerians accused of kidnapping a child were lynched to death yesterday by an angry mob of young rioters in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau, according to a hospital source. The trio was killed after the disappearance of a young boy yesterday morning in […]

Ibori to be released for a day in Dec 2014 (Why, let him rot in jail)

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

From Tunde Oyedoyin, London /ibori-james-onanefe_200_160[1].jpg advertisement * Asset hearing proceedings end abruptly * Court awaits witnesses THERE was shock and disbelief all around Southward Crown Court’s Courtroom 14, London Monday as the confiscation of assets hearing proceedings of jailed former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori came to […]

Libya summons US envoy over raid to capture Al Libi

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Libya summoned the US ambassador to the country for questioning on Monday over the weekend capture of a suspected al-Qaeda leader on Libyan territory. Anas al-Liby, wanted over 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was seized in Tripoli on Saturday. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said ties between his country and the […]

Christians protest merger of schools by Aregbesola

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Christians in Osun State, especially members of the Osun Baptists Conference, on Monday protested against the attempted merger of Muslim students wearing hijab with the Baptists High School, Iwo, under the new education policy introduced by Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola last week inaugurated a new education policy in Osun, which the governor said had necessitated […]

Play Ethiopia hard, Hamilton tells Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, October 7th, 2013

Former Super Eagles coach, Paul Hamilton Former Nigeria coach, Paul Hamilton, has advised the Super Eagles to play the East Africans hard in their first leg fixture of the World Cup qualifying playoff in Addis Ababa on October 13. Hamilton, who backed Nigeria’s plan to arrive in Ethiopia on the eve of the match, […]

Three rebel govs to meet Jonathan today

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Headlines, Kano, Niger, Presidency, Rivers, State News Monday, October 7th, 2013

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Kano) are to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday (today) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to seek the postponement of their peace meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled for today but the New Peoples Democratic Party, through its […]

Aviation crisis: FG suspends Dana Air licence again …24 hours after grounding Associated airline

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories Monday, October 7th, 2013

Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Odua Three days after a tragic crash involving an Associated Airlines plane killed 14 people in Lagos, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday night, announced the suspension of Dana Air’s operations nationwide. The decision to suspend Dana’s operations came 24 hours after the NCAA […]

Twitter rant: Abati, Fani-Kayode in war of words

Posted by admin Columnists, Headlines, Reuben Abati Monday, October 7th, 2013

| credits: Chukky Nawkky Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati; and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over the weekend engaged each other in a war of words. Fani-Kayode had, in an article which widely circulated online last week, described Jonathan as a “President without […]