This isn’t the Nigeria we fought for — Amaechi
ELDER Statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi is the last man standing in Southern Nigeria among the generation of nationalists who fought for the nation’s independence. He is also the only surviving minister from the South that served in the first post-independence cabinet. The surviving quartet in that cabinet is Shehu Shagari, Shettima Ali Mungono, Inuwa Wada and Maitama Sule, who are all from the North. Looking at Nigeria at 53, he lamented that things had degenerated and offers the way forward.
Embassy Attack: FG postpones Nigeria-Russia Business Forum in Moscow
The Federal government has postponed the planned Nigeria-Russia Business Forum following an attack on the country’s embassy office in Moscow by some ex-Niger Delta militants.
Ondo govt. shocked over plane crash
The Ondo State Government has described the crash of the plane bearing the corpse of former Gov. Olusegun Agagu as it was taking off from Lagos, as shocking.
Lagos plane crash: Death toll rises to at least 13
Death toll from the Lagos plane that crashed on Thursday morning has risen to thirteen official said.
Nine bodies recovered, six survivors confirmed in Lagos plane crash
LAGOS(AFP) – Nine bodies have been recovered so far from the charter plane which crashed shortly after takeoff in Lagos on Thursday, and six survivors confirmed. The plane was said ti have crashed landed shortly after it suffered an engine failure near an airport fuel depot and killing at least nine people, officials said. The Associated […]
Gambia pulls out of British Commonwealth
The Gambian government announced Wednesday that the former British colony is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, saying it would “never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”.
At least 8 confirmed dead in Lagos plane crash
A plane with 20 people on board suffered engine failure Thursday shortly after takeoff in Lagos, crash-landing near an airport fuel depot and killing at least eight people, officials told AFP.
NFVCB reduces censorship rate, to launch new classification label
The National Film and Video Censor’s Board (NFVCB,) has reduced the censorship rate for home videos by 50 per cent as part of ongoing reforms in the sector.
Many killed in Lagos plane crash
A plane, belonging to Associated Airline, Thursday morning, crashed at the Lagos Airport.
Vanguard gathered the crashed occurred at the local wing of the airport, near the cargo shed.
Marry virgin for me, man tells wife insisting on divorce
Mohammed Audu, 51, of Tudun Wada, Mararaba in Nasarawa State, has asked a Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Aso Pada, to order his wife, Maryam, 25, to marry a virgin for him.
Rock-blasting at quarries can subject residents to hardship – Geologist
Mr Femi Akingbade, a former Director in the Nigeria Mining Corporation (NMC), on Wednesday in Abuja warned that people living around quarries risked health hazards and damage to property.
