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Outrage over Jonathan’s trip to Brazil

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

THE news that President Goodluck Jonathan jetted out of the country amidst violence in Kaduna and Yobe states provoked public outrage on Tuesday. Jonathan on Monday travelled to Brazil to take part in a United Nations’ Earth Summit, leaving behind killings in Kaduna and Yobe. Opposition parties and other eminent citizens who spoke to The […]

Farouk Lawan: Bribe money missing (What a surprise)

Posted by admin House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories Monday, June 18th, 2012

The embattled former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Payments, Farouk Lawan, yesterday returned to Force Headquarters, Abuja without the $490,000 he was supposed to turn in to the police Special Task Force (STF). He was detained last Thursday when he reported to the STF after collecting $500,000 of a $3 million […]

Six Years After, Sosoliso Plane Crash Blamed on Power Failure

Posted by admin General Politics, Top Stories Friday, June 15th, 2012

By Steve Dada, Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos and Dele Ogbodo in Abuja Six years after the Sosoliso plane crash in Port Harcourt, killing over 100 passengers, most of them children, facts emerged yesterday that power failure at the Port Harcourt Airport was responsible for the accident. Although the Federal Government is yet to make public […]

Sanusi wears chieftaincy robe to office

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Top Stories Thursday, June 14th, 2012

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday caused a stir at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja when he appeared in his traditional chieftaincy attire. Sanusi, was last Saturday installed as the Dan Majen of Kano by the Emir of Kano Ado Bayero. The installation came barely a week after the bank […]

N96m bribe: Reps abandon Lawan to his fate

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Raw Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Angry members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday insisted that one of their high-ranking members, Mr. Farouk Lawan, currently enmeshed in a $3m bribery allegation must carry his own cross. A key member of the House confided in The PUNCH in Abuja that most members had reportedly analysed Lawan and Femi Otedola’s accounts of […]

19 years after June 12: Pro-democracy activists speak

Posted by admin General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

BY DAPO AKINREFON Without June 12, there won’t be May 29 — Ayo Adebanjo, former NADECO chieftain I agree with what the public opinion says, it is to get a Federal Government institution named after him and the consensus of opinion seems to be the National Stadium at Abuja or in Lagos. We would not […]

Police rescue Obodo from kidnappers

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports, Top Stories Monday, June 11th, 2012

The Nigeria Police in Delta State, on Sunday night confirmed that they have rescued Super Eagles player, Christian Obodo from the abductors who snatched him at gun point. The midfielder who has not played for the Eagles in recent years was early Saturday kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in Warri, Delta State. The state Police […]

Dana Air Crash Victim, Ayoola Somolu, died exactly three months to her wedding along with eight of her family members

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Thursday, June 7th, 2012

By Bose Adelaja, Prisca Sam-Duru & Vera Samuel Anyagafu LAGOS—THE Somolu family in Lekki area of Lagos and the authorities of a private school in Mafoluku, Laureates College and Kiddies’ Kingdom Private School, are in deep mourning and inconsolable. Last Sunday’s Dana Airplane crash in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, which claimed over 150 lives dealt them a […]

Patience Jonathan not responsible for Dana Air crash – FG

Posted by admin First Ladies, General Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

There was controversy on Tuesday over the alleged closure of the nation’s airspace for a Presidential jet carrying the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to land in Lagos on Sunday. The closure was said to have prevented the pilot of the distressed Dana Air’s plane from making an emergency landing at the airport. […]

Pictures of Victims: DANA forced Ill-fated plane to fly – Staff alleges – Click to see picture of beautiful air hostess among the victims

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Monday, June 4th, 2012

By Hugo Odiogor AND LAWANi MIKAIRU LAGOS — An official of Dana Airline, yesterday, made a startling revelation on the circumstances surrounding Sunday’s crash of the airline’s Lagos-bound plane in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, saying the management of the airline knew the ill-fated aircraft was faulty before take-off but still went ahead to fly it. This was […]