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Airline operators raise airfares

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, December 27th, 2012

LAGOS-Domestic airlines operating at the Muratala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday increased air fares due to high demand for tickets by passengers travelling for the festive season. Vanguard gathered that fares by hour flight slightly increased by 20 per cent depending on the airline and the destination of travel. For instance, tickets previously sold for between […]

Edo Govt flays US security warning on Edo

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Thursday, December 27th, 2012

By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY – THE Edo state Government Thursday, described as laughable the travel advisory issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of State which listed Edo State as unsafe for visitors during this holiday season. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the state Government, Prof.Julius […]

Xmas Day tragedy: Blind woman burnt to death in Aba

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, December 27th, 2012

From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba Tragedy struck on Christmas Day in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State when fire burnt a blind woman to death and razed a house in the Ogbor Hill axis of the city. The fire, which was said to have started from one of the back rooms of one of the […]

Massive condemnation trails Gov. Okorocha’s declaration of two week public holiday in Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, December 27th, 2012

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, south-east Nigeria has come under heavy attack for the declaration of a two week public holiday in the state. A statement signed by Comrade Maxi Okwu on behalf of a group known as OdinmaIgbo condemned the governor’s action even as it calls on him to rescind the decision. The […]

Christians, Muslims are one in Ogun, says Amosun

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has said that adherents of Christianity and Islam live together peacefully in the state, noting that there is no family in Ogun and South West that does not have followers of the two faiths under the same roof. The governor spoke yesterday at the Government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, when he […]

Bayelsa House passes vote of confidence on Dickson

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Controversy had dogged some of the policy decisions and political actions of Governor Dickson in recent times, with some political appointees grumbling that they were being sidelined. While civil servants in the state were […]

Northern govs condemn Xmas Day attacks

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

… Urges security agencies not to despair From AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has condemned the spate of terrorist attacks rocking the nation just as it urged security agencies working to restore normalcy in the region not to despair. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida […]

Gunmen kill US-based doctor in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

By KASSIDY UCHENDU, Nsukka A United States-based financial expert, Dr. Ogbo Edoga, was shot dead by gunmen in his hometown, Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area, Enugu State, yesterday. The deceased was a financial economist, who returned to attend the meeting of Nsukka USA, an organisation of Nsukka professionals in the United States to raise fund […]

Shocker: Ojukwu’s secret Hausa daughter revealed in his Will & raised by a prominent northerner disowns him (Ojukwu)

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Late Biafra leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odemegwu-Ojukwu and his wife, Bianca. The secret daughter ex-Biafran leader left behind was brought up by a prominent Muslim family in Kaduna. She lives among the Northern elite and detests any suggestion that links her with the former warlord. This is the extraordinary story of Ojukwu’s mystery daughter. Even in […]

India orders inquiry into Delhi gang rape

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

India’s government has ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 23-year-old student while on a bus in the capital, Delhi, earlier this month. A retired judge will “identify the lapses” on the part of authorities and “fix responsibility” a minister said. The student’s condition has “improved marginally”, doctors say, although she remains on […]