| Preliminary report on an accident involving Associated Airline Embraer 120 Aircraft registered 5n-Bjy which occurred at MMA on Thursday 3rd October, 2013 Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:03 PM PDT The following information has been determined from preliminary readout and analysis of flight 361's flight recorders. Flight 361 was equipped with both a COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER and a FLIGHT DATA... Click the topic above to view more |
| How Nigeria’s poor make the rich richer Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:02 PM PDT As early as 7am on any day, Abdullahi Shuwa, pushes out the cart he uses to supply water around a neighbourhood in Ikeja, Lagos. The 24-year-old man pushes the cart with 10 empty 25-litre kegs to a... Click the topic above to view more |
| Why all Nigerian airports are not certified — Investigation Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:59 PM PDT Aviation industry regulator, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, is yet to certify any of the 22 airports in the country because the airports have been unable to meet the requirements on the... Click the topic above to view more |
| Most Nigerian men aren’t romantic — Chelsea Eze Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:57 PM PDT Nollywood actress, Chelsea Eze, told PUNCH about her career and love life Asides movies what do you have a passion for? I have a passion for movie production and singing. As someone in the arts,... Click the topic above to view more |
| FG begins full payment to 38,000 PHCN workers Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:54 PM PDT The full payment of entitlements to 38,000 workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has commenced. Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki disclosed... Click the topic above to view more |
| Solomon Lar lived in a rented house – Aide Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:52 PM PDT National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and other members of the National Working Committee, NWC were yesterday told that the Bobo Street, off Gana Street,... Click the topic above to view more |
| Mother of Lagos plane crash victim: Samson died after I lost my husband, daughter within three days Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:49 PM PDT The Agege, Lagos residence of the Hassans still maintained a gloomy silence a week after Samson Hassan, 27, along with some other passengers, died following the October 3, 2013 crash of an Associated... Click the topic above to view more |
| Uduaghan to DSS: Identify Kelvin’s gang members Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:48 PM PDT Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, told state Directors of Department of State Service, DSS, in the South-South region, yesterday, that the remnants of the criminal gang of arrested... Click the topic above to view more |
| Train kills elephant Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:45 PM PDT An adult male elephant was Friday mowed down by a train in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, a forest official said. The incident comes a day after a jumbo with its head chopped off was found also... Click the topic above to view more |
| I can’t understand why my father married 27 wives – Femi Kuti Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:44 PM PDT The 2013 edition of Felabration,a week-long concert which celebrates the life and times of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti commences from Monday, October 14 through 20 at the Afrikan Shrine,... Click the topic above to view more |
| US Army plans ‘Iron Man’ armor for soldiers Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:39 PM PDT US Army researchers are working on building hi-tech body armor that would give soldiers "superhuman strength" in a real-life version of the suit featured in "Iron Man" films. The blueprint for the... Click the topic above to view more |
| My son’s premonition could have been from God – Crash victim’s father Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:34 PM PDT Late Akeem Akintunde, 35, recently became famous for the Facebook post that preceded his death. Akeem, one of the victims of the ill-fated Associated Airline plane that crashed on October 3, 2013,... Click the topic above to view more |
| SSANU suspends strike, asks members to return duties Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:30 PM PDT The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike. The suspension of the strike is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday... Click the topic above to view more |
| REVEALED: Asari Dokubo Opens New Private University Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:35 PM PDT The leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Muhajid Asari-Dokubo has joined the swelling rank of private university proprietors with his establishment of a university in the... Click the topic above to view more |
| Femi Fani-Kayode challenges Nigeria Aviation Minister to public debate Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT After taking swipes at each other on Twitter over the Associated Airline crash, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has challenged the incumbent Minister, Stella Oduah, to a debate, to... Click the topic above to view more |
| I’d love to marry Genevieve – D’banj Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT Singer, Dapo Oyebanji, aka D'banj, finally opened up on his love life in a rare meeting with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday. The self-styled Kokomaster was clearly in his elements as he talked... Click the topic above to view more |
| Crashed Associated Airlines plane Engines Were Not Technically Fit Before Take-off - FG Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT Preliminary readout and analysis by the Accident Investigation Bureau on the Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos on Thursday last week have revealed that the aircraft's flaps and right... Click the topic above to view more |
| REAL LIFE VAMPIRE: Man eats daughter’s flesh, drinks her blood Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:37 PM PDT A Papua New Guinea man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood, a report said... Click the topic above to view more |
| Nine missing episodes of BBC drama ‘Doctor Who’ found in Nigeria Posted: 11 Oct 2013 02:06 PM PDT Nine missing episodes of the cult BBC science fiction drama "Doctor Who" have been found in a television station storeroom in Nigeria, nearly half a century after they were last seen, the broadcaster... Click the topic above to view more |
| I’ll attend National dialogue if invited — Atiku Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:58 PM PDT Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he has no objection to the proposed National dialogue and will "consider" attending if invited. Abubakar said this in an interview with the News Agency of... Click the topic above to view more |
| 17 die in ghastly auto-crash Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:56 PM PDT Seventeen people have been reported dead in an accident on friday around Ilorin-Jebba Expressway,Kwara state, central Nigeria. Ten other persons were injured. The auto crash involved a DAF... Click the topic above to view more |
| ASUU Strike: Nigeria government defends ‘No Work, No Pay’ directive Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:52 PM PDT The federal government on Friday defended the implementation of its 'no work-no pay' policy against the striking university lecturers. The lecturers, members of the Academic Staff Union of... Click the topic above to view more |
| Lagos Plane Crash: Man recounts how he cheated death Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:48 PM PDT Gideon Ade Akingboye, a very close friend of the late Tunji Okusanya, the director of MIC Funerals. He spoke to FUNSHO AROGUNDADE and BAYO ADETU on the last moments of the deceased and how he... Click the topic above to view more |
| FIFA approves goal-line technology firm for 2014 World Cup Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:42 PM PDT The World Football Governing Body, FIFA, has named GoalControl GmbH, a Germany-based company, the official Goal-line Technology provider for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. A statement by FIFA on... Click the topic above to view more |
| Cross River Deputy Gov’s father kidnapped Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:36 PM PDT Etubom Ekpo Cobham, the father of Mr Efiok Cobham, the Cross River State deputy governor was on Thursday night snatched away by unknown gun men from his home in Creek Town, Odukapani Local... Click the topic above to view more |
| 40 Injured in Abeokuta as APC factions clash Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:27 PM PDT No fewer than 40 persons sustained various degree of injury on Friday during a bloody clash between rival factions of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogun state. The fracas, occurred around... Click the topic above to view more |
| Celebrating Sallah: Borno to slaughter 540 bulls for the poor Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:24 PM PDT The Borno Government said on Friday that it would slaughter 540 bulls and share to the less privileged in the forthcoming Sallah celebration. Mr Inuwa Bwala, the Commissioner for Information in... Click the topic above to view more |
| FG, States and L.Gs share N1.25 trillion from the Federation Account for August and September Posted: 11 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT The Federal, States and Local Governments have shared N1.25 trillion from the Federation Account for August and September, the Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama, said in Abuja on... Click the topic above to view more |
| Associated Air Crash: Pilots Argued In Crashed Plane Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:50 AM PDT There appeared to be an argument between the Captain and the First Officer of the Associated Airline aircraft which crashed on 3 October and killed 15 people, the aircraft's black box revealed this... Click the topic above to view more |
| Anti-chemical weapons group wins Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 11 Oct 2013 08:19 AM PDT The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to an announcement by the Swedish Academy. Based in the Hague, Netherlands, the 16 year... Click the topic above to view more |
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