Air Canada buys 61 Boeing 737s for $6.5 bn

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Air Canada announced Wednesday it had placed a firm $6.5 billion order for 61 Boeing 737 MAX narrow-body aircraft, with options on 18 more planes and purchase rights for 30 others. The order - which comes as the airline seeks to replace its aging Airbus A320 and A321 fleet - concerns 33 of the MAX 8 version of the 737, and 28 of the MAX 9 aircraft.

US threatens Ukraine, says considers sanctions against the country.

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The US State Department said on Wednesday it is considering all options, including sanctions, toward Ukraine, where riot police moved against demonstrators overnight after weeks of protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

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"All policy options, including sanctions, are on the table, in our view, but obviously that still is being evaluated," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, declining to specify what kinds of sanctions may be under consideration.

ASUU- Presidency received 50 Warning Letters Before ASUU Strike Began - Fagge

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that no fewer than 50 letters were written between 2011 and 2012 to the presidency to avert the ongoing strike.  ASUU president, Nasir Fagge, who was represented by, Olorunyomi Oju, a don, disclosed this at the 2013 World Human Rights Day celebration on Tuesday in Osogbo.

Pres. GEJ replies OBJ, Says letter is self-serving & provocative

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The presidency has responded to former leader Obasanjo's letter to President Jonathan wherever he accused the present leader of getting measures calculated at destroying Nigeria. See the State House press release below...

We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Presidency acknowledges that it has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo.

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ASUU STRIKE: "All Issues Resolved"

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The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that all contending issues between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government have been resolved.
He made the disclosure in a statement following his meeting with the leadership of the union on Wednesday.
He also lauded the patriotism and strong will demonstrated by members of the union to uplift the standard of education in the country.

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Photos: Nelson Mandela's body lying in state in Pretoria.

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The body of late anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela this morning arrived South African government Union Building, Pretoria, where it'll lie in state for 3 days. The public, invited heads of states and international guests will be able to see his body from today till Friday. He will soon be buried in his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape province on Sunday Dec. 15th. 

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Ex- Nigerian diplomat in court for allegedly demanding S-ex from female colleague.

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 According to a report by Daily Mail, a Nigerian doctor & former diplomat, Dr Chukwuma Igbokwe, (pictured above) is in court, accused of bullying and sexually harassing his junior colleague.

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    A doctor and former diplomat grabbed a female colleague from behind and thrust himself towards her before exposing himself and suggesting she performed a sex act, a tribunal heard. Dr Chukwuma Igbokwe, 46, also asked the woman for sex on his desk, it has been claimed.

VIDE0 Post: Police Barricade Rivers House of Assembly, Disperse Protesters With Tear Gas

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Jonathan, Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala Involved In NNPC Diversion Of $50 Billion Crude Oil Funds-PREMIUM TIMES

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President Goodluck Jonathan and two of his top ministers may be attempting a cover-up on what clearly competes as Nigeria’s biggest fraud ever, involving the illegal diversion, or theft, of over N8 trillion crude oil sales proceeds.

Ex-President Obasanjo got a strong message for Pres. Jonathan, Accuses Him Of Lying, Destroying Nigeria And Promoting Corruption.

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An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written what clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.

“Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter dated December 2, 2013 and exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday.

"Lots of cheques that people donated bounced" OJB says in new interview

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During a recent interview with HipHop World magazine, OJB said that many cheques given to him towards his kidney transplant, bounced.

There are well meaning and bitter people in Naija. Most people were just complaining and these people didn’t even donate. All the figures flying in the air then were just fake and make-belief from different angles because if we had the money we wouldn’t have the governor donate N16million.

Uruguay set to become first country to legalize growing, buying and selling marijuana.

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 South American country Uruguay is set to become the first country in the world to allow its citizens to grow, sell, buy and smoke marijuana. The country's Senate began its final debate on the issue today Tuesday Dec. 10th and claim they want to legalize it in a bid to take the business from criminals.

If this bill, which has the support of majority of the House and the president of the country, is passed, Uruguay will be the first country to legalize a trade that is illegal everywhere else in the world.

Reuben Abati replies Speaker Tambuwal

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 Recently the speaker of Home of Representatives Tambuwal said that Leader Jonathan's gestures is encouraging corruption in Nigeria. The speaker said the leader is encouraging corrupt practices by'declining to do something on corruption instances exposed by the National Assembly.'

“Take the subsidy probe, the pension, the SEC probe and recently the bullet proof car cases. After the House of Representatives did a diligent job by probing and exposing the cases, you now see something else when it comes to prosecution." Tabumwal said while responding to questions at an anti-corruption seminar organized by NBA, in Abuja.

President spokesperson, Reuben Abati has replied Tanbuwal. See his tweets below...

Heartless: “He flushed the toilet at the wrong time” – says Landlord who beat his tenant to death

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A 65-year old person, Adebayo Akinrinlade, was recently charged to court for practically beating  his tenant, Uche Jordan to death.
Akinrinlade was arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate Judge in  Lagos.
The person who lives at No. 40, Church Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, is facing a one-count charge of unlawful beating, leading to death.
Premium Times reports:

The Prosecutor, Chidi Okoye, said that the accused committed the offence on April 1, at No. 40, Church Street, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja.

Just in- ASUU: Government Withdraws Ultimatum, CBN Confirms ₦200b Account

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The Federal Government (FG) announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing the ultimatum given to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protesters resume or be sacked following appeals from well-meaning Nigerians and substantial compliance with the directive by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

Ex-Jailers, Prisoners, Unite To Honour Mandela

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Nelson Mandela's prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa

CAPE TOWN  - Nelson Mandela’s former jailers and fellow prisoners united in his memory Tuesday across the water from Robben Island where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.  Ex-prison guard Christo Brand was among some 200 people packed into an auditorium at the ferry departure point — known as “Nelson Mandela Gateway” — to the island off Cape Town which is now a museum and top tourist site.

President Goodluck Jonathan Snubbed At Mandela’s Memorial. (Must Read)

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Despite leaving Nigeria early for the funeral of late South African leader, Nelson Mandela, President Goodluck Jonathan has been snubbed by the South African authorities at the State Memorial Service of the anti-apartheid leader.

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Cairo police again uses tear gas against protesters, injures 6 people

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In the heart of Cairo one can again smell tear gas. Clashes occurred in the world's largest Islamic University Al-Azhar. Several hundred students, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, disrupted educational lectures, and then went to the streets and blocked several highways.Islamists threw stones, firecrackers and bottles at the arrived police.A similar situation occurred in the square near the University of Cairo.There they also had to deal with students using tear gas grenades. Six people got injured.

Ukranian riot police arrive to Independence Square in Kiev

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Several hundred people from special forces of Ukraine arrived at Kiev Independence Square. After that, the State Executive read a court decision to protesters about banning the mass protests in the city center. According to the coordinators of the protest, police arrived from the other part of the square as well. Law enforcers are facing barricades. Ukrainian opposition earlier said that it expects to break up the protests on Kiev's Independence Square during the next few hours.