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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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General Politics, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

A Dana Airline passenger plane, carrying 147 passengers, has crashed into a residential suburb of Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The plane coming from Abuja, crashed into three buildings, one of them a newly built storey building. It burst into flames. The crash happened at about 3 p.m Nigerian time. There are no survivors as […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

By: GABRIEL DIKE and SAM OTTI Date: Thu, 05/31/2012 – 23:44 The remains of Prof. Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe, vice chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG) were yesterday committed to mother earth at Ikoyi Vaults and Garden, Lagos amidst wailing, eulogies and tributes from family members, staff, students and politicians. The earthly journey of former vice chancellor […]
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Armed Forces, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, May 31st, 2012

LAGOS — History will be made tomorrow when President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commissions the first locally made warship, NNS ANDONI, constructed by Nigerian Navy engineers. The commissioning ceremony will take place at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos. The 31m Nigerian Navy Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) was conceived as a research and development project […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Governors, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Prominent Ijaw leader and First Republic Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the governors of the 19 northern states to identify the leaders of the Boko Haram sect for negotiation. Clark said it was the responsibility of the governors of the North to also identify the grievances of the members of the […]