Jonathan Confirms SaharaReporters As Authentic Source Of News, As Late Brother Set To Be Buried On Saturday
President Goodluck Jonathan has told a visiting delegation of the South South caucus of the House of Representatives that he was shocked by the news of the passing away of his brother: even before he was briefed by his aides, he discovered that SaharaReporters had broken the news to the world.
U.S Judge Dismisses Ugwuonye’s Suit Against SaharaReporters
Founder of Saharareporters.com, Omoyele Sowore
Judge Peter J. Messitte, a United States District Judge, has dismissed a defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit filed in 2009 by Nigerian-born controversial attorney, Emeka Ugwuonye, against Sowore Omoyele, the founder of saharareporters.com.
Fresh Attacks In Plateau, As More Than 130 Corpses Litter Deserted Villages
SaharaReporters has learnt that more than 130 corpses have been found in two deserted villages in Barkin Ladi local government area in of Plateau following fresh attacks by out-of-control killers.
The gruesome discovery came barely two days after two top politicians were killed by gunmen as they attended a burial ceremony for numerous victims of a mass slaughter.
Question of The Day On SaharaTV Live Show
Today’s Question of the Day
Ghanaian Economist, Prof.George Ayittey says President Goodluck Jonathan is a “joke” and Nigerians are “Battered souls and Broken spirits”.Are these comments helpful or hurtful?
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PHOTONEWS: Suicide Car Bombing Of Jos Church
President Jonathan Declares Three Days of National Mourning For Victims of Dana Plane Crash
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of national mourning in honour of the lives lost in the Dana plane crash in Lagos today.
According to a State House press statement, President Jonathan has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for tomorrow, and directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for the mourning period. He has also ordered the fullest possible investigation into the crash.
In compliance with the President’s directive, the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has travelled to Lagos to oversee the crash investigations.
“President Jonathan assures air travellers in the country that every possible effort will be made to ensure that the right lessons are learnt from the tragic loss of valuable lives in today’s plane crash and that further measures will be put in place to boost aviation safety in the country,” the statement said.
It has been a traumatic and tragic 24 hours for Nigeria. In Ghana yesterday, an Allied Air Boeing 727-200 plane from Nigeria crashed at Kotoka Airport; 10 people were reported to have been killed.
This morning in the Yelwan Tudu area of Bauchi, a suicide bomber drove a car into the Harvest Field Church of Christ, leaving 10 dead and at least 40 injured.
Flight 9J-992: Did Dana Air Purchase An Aircraft With a Pre-Existing Safety Problem?
A preliminary independent inquiry into the Dana Air crash of Sunday June 3, 2012 reveals that Dana Air might have purchased an aircraft with a pre-existing safety issue and a troubling past safety record. The question therefore is whether the necessary due diligence was carried out on the aircraft in question prior to purchase and operation in Nigeria. Or whether the Nigerian aviation authorities were aware of this fact before allowing the said aircraft into service locally.
Dana Air’s McDonnell Douglas - MD-83 - jet is part of a fleet that was sold off by Alaskan Airlines in 2008 as the company upgraded its existing fleet to include more fuel-efficient aircrafts.
However, prior to this deal Alaskan Airlines has had several incidents with some of its MD-83 aircrafts, at least one of such incidents resulted in a fatal air crash. The air crash occurred on January 31st 2000, when Alaskan Airlines 261, crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing two pilots, three cabin crewmembers, and 83 passengers.
Dr. Damages on SaharaTV Episode 43-In this 43 episode, Dr. Damages does something nobody else has done about the renaming of UNILAG after Moshood Abiola- he stepped outside the box. He looked at all the beautiful things that will come out of the new name for the students and professors of that university.
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Sacked Workers Disrupt ExxonMobil’s Operations, Block Buses Of Oil Workers
Angry junior workers at Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) blocked the passage of buses carrying employees and a security escort after the junior group was laid off by the company.
Over 1,000 aggrieved junior workers were ordered to let the buses pass by Gov. Godswil Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State who later cancelled a proposed meeting between ExxonMobil management and ex-militants from Akwa Ibom.
Akpabio was in Ibeno, host community to ExxonMobil, on Monday to commission office blocks in the oil firm. He credited the operation of ExxonMobil for the high revenue profile of the state.
The entrance to the Qua Iboe Terminal remained locked while the workers who carried placards blocked the access road to the facility as at 2pm on Thursday.
I May Run In 2015, Says Buhari• He Is Upright – Obasanjo
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the Congress for Political Change (CPC) at the 2011 elections, said today he may run again for President in 2015.
If he does, he will be doing so for a fourth time, and in every election since Nigeria’s return to a democratic system.
His statement came on a day in Abuja when Buhari’s character was acknowledged by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who described him as an “upright” man.
Buhari had previously said he would not run again after 2011, but he indicated he might reconsider that position because of pressures from Nigerians and different groups.
The CPC leader made the remarks at the headquarters of the Congress for Progressive Change in Abuja where he had gone to show solidarity to some troubled members of its National Executive Committee (NEC). Only recently, the NEC was sacked by a faction of the party, and a factional leader installed.
“I said I was not going to submit myself for re-election in 2015,” he recalled. “But then I said, I would allow my party to decide. Since then, people have been coming, individually and groups, they have been talking to me.”
Obasanjo made his comment at a book launch in Abuja, at which Buhari was also present. Obasanjo, the two-time leader who is facing serial attacks upon his character and legacy from various sources, said he had found Buhari’s record to be unblemished.
PHOTONEWS: Angry UNILAG Students Occupy Late VC Funeral Church Service in Lagos To Protest Name Change
Students of University of Lagos [UNILAG] continued their resistance to the name change announced by President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29th 2012. The university was renamed Moshood Abiola University of Lagos [MAULAG] by official fiat during a national broadcast marking the ruling party’s “Democracy Day” but today student’s of the institution defied security operatives and an official closure order announced by the authorities yesterday.
The students directed the convoy taking their late Vice Chancellor Shofoluwe’s body to take over the Herbert Macaulay way, and they occupied it until the train slowly reached the All Saints Church Yaba venue of the funeral service while the funeral service went on in the Church the students continued their protest against their university name change by President Jonathan.
Still On UNILAG: We Are Not Deceived By Your Distraction; NDLF Tells President Jonathan
The Nigeria Democratic Liberty Forum (NDLF) had joined the hordes of Nigerian organizations and individuals, which are dismissing the renaming of the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University.
The New York based group, in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Bukola Oreofe, described the matter as an “infantile effort to distract the attention of Nigerians from the disastrous scorecard of the Jonathan administration during its anniversary,” noting that it comes “at a time when the President Goodluck Jonathan’s government has wreaked monumental havoc on education and the nation through massive corruption and unprecedented ineptitude.” According to NDLF, “President Goodluck Jonathan has been on the saddle of Nigeria’s leadership for two years and we have witnessed Nigeria turning into a huge joke in the comity of nations and the citizens despaired.
Quality of life has become decimated through acts that were once considered alien such as the wanton loss of lives through the murderous actions of Boko Haram (BH) with the government adorning a bizarre spectacle. Rather than combat the BH menace, the President could only state that his government has been infiltrated by Boko Haram. He has since not identify such members or conspirators within his government.
No one including his security chiefs has been held accountable for this gross display of lack of competence.
Still On UNILAG: We Are Not Deceived By Your Distraction; NDLF Tells President Jonathan
The Nigeria Democratic Liberty Forum (NDLF) had joined the hordes of Nigerian organizations and individuals, which are dismissing the renaming of the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University.
The New York based group, in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Bukola Oreofe, described the matter as an “infantile effort to distract the attention of Nigerians from the disastrous scorecard of the Jonathan administration during its anniversary,” noting that it comes “at a time when the President Goodluck Jonathan’s government has wreaked monumental havoc on education and the nation through massive corruption and unprecedented ineptitude.” According to NDLF, “President Goodluck Jonathan has been on the saddle of Nigeria’s leadership for two years and we have witnessed Nigeria turning into a huge joke in the comity of nations and the citizens despaired.
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