Daily Archives: December 20, 2012
Aircraft exhaust air blows off airport building roof
No fewer than 12 exotic cars parked at the diplomatic car park of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos were damaged yesterday when hot air from a wide-body cargo aircraft blew off the roof of a building at the E-wing ... Read More »
How I escaped Bayelsa tragedy –Minister
The last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for this year was shelved in honour of the late governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, former national security adviser (NSA), General Andrew Owoye Azazi, their aides, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed ... Read More »
Terrorism: Furore over NSA’s role in new law
Senate had a rowdy session yesterday over a recommendation that the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) coordinates the fight against terrorism. The session arose over the report of the Conference Committee on the Transfer of Convicted Offenders (Enactment ... Read More »
New states: S’East not divided –Kalu
Former Abia State governor, Dr.Orji Kalu has warned against allowing outsiders to play on the imaginary divisions within the South-East geo-political zone, as the struggle for national balance through the creation of new states continues unabated. Read More »
In Ghana: 200 Nigerians will spend Yuletide in jail
About 200 Nigerian immigrants in Ghana will celebrate the forthcoming Christmas and New Year day behind bars, Travels can authoritatively reveal. The majority (182) of the roughly 200 Nigerians Read More »
Nkiru Slyvanus: Police arrest 16 suspects
Imo State Police Command yesterday said it has arrested 16 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to the State Governor on Public Affairs, Nkiru Sylvanus. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Vitalis ... Read More »
How I narrowly missed flying with Yakowa –Gowon
Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) yesterday revealed how he narrowly missed flying in the same helicopter that killed Governor Patrick Yakowa and five others last Saturday in Bayelsa State. Gowon made this known to newsmen in ... Read More »
Virginity test: Ogun suspends school principal
Ogun State Government yesterday waded into the reported case of a school principal in charge of one of its schools, Mrs. Olufunke Olatundun Aladeojebi who was alleged to have conducted virginity test on some female students of Ajuwon High School, ... Read More »
Soyinka named winner of maiden Awo leadership prize
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has made history again by being the recipient of the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership instituted by Obafemi Awolowo Foundation for people who have imbibed the core values that the late sage represented. Announcing Soyinka’s ... Read More »
You abandoned me when I needed you most, Kaduna gov tells commissioners
It was meant to be a valedictory session, but it turned out to be a period of assessment, as the newly sworn-in Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday tongue-lashed the state commissioners, insisting they could not begin to ... Read More »
