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In picture: Aircraft, truck collide at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, October 11th, 2012

A Kano-bound IRS Airlines plane departing the Lagos airport on Wednesday morning collided with an abandoned truck beside the taxiway, forcing the pilot to cancel the flight. The wing of the Fokker-100 aircraft, it was learnt, collided with the truck which fell into a drainage on Tuesday. The truck belongs to a Federal Airports Authority […]

Canada to assist Nigeria’s security agencies

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Canada is to assist in enhancing the operational capabilities of Nigerian security services to enable them respond adequately to internal and regional security challenges. This came as both countries agreed that effective political, economic, security and development cooperation among them would help to build a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. They also committed themselves to promoting […]

Ohanaeze, Afenifere differ over Achebe’s attack on Awo

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Gbenga Adeniji 187 Comments Awolowo and Achebe | credits: More reactions on Monday greeted extracts from Prof. Chinua Achebe’s latest memoirs on the Nigerian Civil War with former Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere leaders disagreeing on Achebe’s attack on Chief Obafemi Awolowo. A leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Senator Femi Okunrunmu, while reviewing the […]

623,690 residents displaced by Kogi flooding

Posted by admin Headlines, Kogi, State News Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

October 9, 2012 by Success Nwogu, Ilorin 10 Comments | credits: The Kogi State Emergency Management Agency said the number of displaced persons in the state had risen to 623,690. According to a statement in Lokoja on Monday by the Director, Ministry of Information, Mr. James Adedoyin, SEMA, in its latest report, said property estimated […]

My son’s killing will always haunt me –Llyod’s mum

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

October 9, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Mr. and Mrs. Toku in Port Harcourt … on Monday | credits: Chukwudi Akasike Mrs. Jane Toku, the mother of Lloyd, one of the four undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt that were lynched at Aluu community in Rivers State, says her son’s death will always […]

RUN, not a reformatory – Adeboye

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

The Visitor to Redeemer’s University, Redemption City, Ogun State, Dr. Enoch Adeboye, is not known to be a tough talker. He is gentle and humble. But the man of God on Saturday almost lost his cool while addressing parents who graced the 4th convocation of the university. His grouse with some of them, according to […]

Uniport identifies, mourns slain students

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

October 9, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt 36 Comments Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Joseph Ajienka | credits: THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, said on Monday that the institution had begun a seven-day mourning of the killings of their students by a mob. Ajienka, who […]

Fuel fraud: EFCC to arraign four more suspects

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Monday, October 8th, 2012

By Soni Daniel Abuja — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today arraign another set of four fuel subsidy suspects in Abuja over the alleged fraudulent claim of N1,051,030,434,63 from the government. The suspects, who are to appear before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court on a 17-count charge are AIhaji […]

Cameroon moves to take possession of Bakassi Peninsula with heavy security (Vagabonds in power)

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 8th, 2012

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—BARELY 24 hours to the expiration of the window of opportunity to appeal against the International court of Justice, ICJ, ruling that ceded the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in October 10, 2002, there are influx of stern looking men believed to be security operatives from Cameroon The increased presence of security […]

Press Release: Governor Akpabio bags Methodist Award

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Governors, Headlines, State News Monday, October 8th, 2012

Press Release Governor Akpabio bags Methodist Award The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has bagged the Golden Impact Award of the Methodist Church in Nigeria. The award was bestowed on him by the Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence, Dr Sunday Ola Makinde during the 170th anniversary of the Church […]