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Not yet relief for Sosoliso crash victims’ relations, six years on

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, July 30th, 2012

SIX and a half years after a Sosoliso Airlines Fight 1145 from Abuja to Port Harcourt crashed on landing, killing 107 passengers, including pupils of Loyola Jesuit College, relations of victims are still in pains. Such still-grieving relations include Prof Charles Ofoegbu, the founding Project Director/Vice Chancellor, Veritas University and one-time Special Adviser to the […]

In Benue, two Youth Service Corps members die, 11 others injured in road accident

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News Monday, July 30th, 2012

NO fewer than two ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were confirmed dead and 11 others seriously injured in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday in Gbor, Gwer-East Local Council of Benue State. The NYSC members who were travelling in a 14- seater bus belonging to Anglican Church, Diocese of Otukpo had just collected […]

FCT minister defends revocation of Turai’s land in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Turai Yar'Adua Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing By: FRED ITUA, Abuja Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:17 Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has defended the action of the FCT administration in revoking the plot of land allocated to the former first lady, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua’s NGO, ‘Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEP).’ The FCT, however, […]

13 die in Edo auto accident

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Thirteen persons were yesterday confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred at Ohosu, in Ovia North East Local Government of Edo State on the ever-busy Benin- Ore- Shagamu-Lagos dual carriage way. Edo State FRSC Sector Commander, Kenneth Nwaegbe who confirmed the incident, said three persons were also injured. The accident involved an Anambra Mass […]

My SSS invitation, panic in enemies’ camp –Bakare

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing By: RAZAQ BAMIDELE Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:26 Head of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has given insight into why the State Security Service (SSS), invited him for a chat last Monday, saying it was a clear indication that there was panic in the enemies’ camp. Bakare, who spoke […]

6 killed, 16 injured as Navy, militants clash in Ondo

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing By: TUNDE RAHEEM, Akure Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:22 Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area was on edge yesterday as naval officers attached to Igbokoda Forward Operational Base and some youths suspected to be militants engaged one another in a gun duel. At the end of the clash, no […]

Picture: AYC 2013 qualifier: Flying Eagles soar above Tanzania

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing Nigeria’s Shehu Abdullahi (l) in action Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:09 Nigeria’s Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, took a massive step towards reaching the third round qualifying series of the 2013 African Youth Championship after it defeated host, Tanzania 2–1 yesterday. Enugu Rangers’ striker, Alhaji Gero, netted a first-half brace, before […]

NNP columnist brutalized by errant soldiers in Ibadan

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Armed Forces, Columnists, Headlines, Oyo, State News Sunday, July 29th, 2012

What looked like a normal day in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be a nightmare in the early hours of 22nd of July 2012 at around 2.30am when about six soldiers of the Nigeria Army in uniform attached to the PHCN Capital Building at Ring Road Ibadan went berserk on an unprovoked savage […]

Letter: Anambra convention in Toronto

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, Letters, State News Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Mr editor, Kindly allow me some space to comment on an issue that is uppermost in many of us in diaspora. Each time you read news about Anambra state, you hear daily accounts of kidnappings in the state. Kidnapping is the greatest issue disturbing many of us. Surprisingly, our kith and kin in Toronto did […]

Gov. Peter Obi to grace Anambra convention in Toronto, July 27th to 29th

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, NNP News, State News Friday, July 27th, 2012

Filed by New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter, Toronto, Canada For indigenes of Anambra State in the North American Diaspora, all roads lead to Toronto venue of the 2nd annual Anambra State Progressive Association (ASPA Canada) convention slated to start July 27th to July 29th, 2012. The convention whose theme is “Investing in People to Build […]