Friday, July 18, 2014
FIFA lifts ban on Nigeria
Built-In Safeguards to Prevent Financial Shocks From US Sanctions Against Russia - Psaki
WASHINGTON, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - The extended sectoral sanctions imposed by the United States were specifically designed to minimize possible financial market shocks, US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
Russian Aviation Authorities Call on IAC to Investigate Malaysian Plane Crash in Ukraine
The crash of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 in Ukraine should be investigated by the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) involving all the respective stakeholders, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) said.
"We need to agree as soon as possible, so that the researchers, experts in plane crash investigation, IAC experts could examine the circumstances, collect the so-called black boxes, remove the dead bodies, identify the dead in the most appropriate place, so that the bodies can be given to the relatives for burial," Rosaviatsiya head Alexander Neradko said in an interview with Rossiya-24 television channel.
Rescuers Recover Second Black Box From Malaysia Airlines Crash in East Ukraine
Rescue workers have recovered the second black box from the Malaysian Airlines passenger airplane that crashed in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported citing an eyewitness Friday.
Earlier a spokesman from the Vostok Battalion said that they had found several objects that could be black boxes near the town of Torez where the aircraft crashed.
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed near the town of Torez in the Donetsk Region on Thursday. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board, none of them survived.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH17: Ukrainian Army Buk Missile Likely Downed Malaysian Plane - Source
UA forces are ready to any kind of provocation. Here''s the news of anti-aircraft complex 'BUK' allegedly uncontrolled by Ukrainian army right before the plane crash
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Malaysia Airlines Boeing Crashes in Ukraine
Kazakhstan’s principle airline Air Astana has suspended its flights from Almaty to Kiev in connection with the crash of the Malaysian aircraft over the territory of Ukraine, the company said. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed near the city of Donetsk on Thursday. There were at least 280 passengers, including 23 US citizens, and 15 crew members on board. Flight controllers reported that the plane disappeared from radar screens while flying at an altitude of about 10,000 meters (some 33,000 feet). Witnesses told RIA Novosti the debris of the plane covers an area of about one square kilometer, and at least several dozen bodies were found scattered around the crash site
Assad sworn in for third term as Syrian president
Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new seven-year term as President of Syria for the third time on Wednesday, media reports. "I pledge to respect the constitution and protect the people of Syria," he said during a live broadcast on Syrian television at a red carpet ceremony held at the presidential palace in Damascus.
The presidential election was held last month in areas of central and northern Syria that still remain under state control by approximately 88.7 percent. Assad defeated two other candidates that were seen by some as puppets rather than actual opponents.
Self-defense fighters downed two Ukrainian strike aircraft – Donetsk People's Republic Read
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic downed two Sukhoi Su-25 assault aircraft belonging to the Two Ukrainian Air Force, which were attacking the positions of the region’s self-defense fighters, Interfax cites Donbas militia’s information center as saying.
"One of the aircraft was shot from a portable air defense system near Horlivka. It flew into clouds of smoke in the direction of Myrhorod airdrome. The situation with the second one is being clarified," the militia stated.
Other sources have not confirmed the fact as of yet.
Omisore seeks probe of alleged assassination plot
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has called security agencies in the state to carry out a thorough investigation into the allegation of assassination plot levelled against him by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Omisore said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday by his media aide, Mr. Diran Odeyemi.
The spokesperson for the APC in the state, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, had on Saturday accused Omisore of plotting to assassinate four leaders of the ruling party in Osun State.
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I’ve no governorship ambition, says Fola Adeola
A former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Mr. Fola Adeola, has said that at 60 he is too old to contest the 2015 governorship election in Ogun State.
He said those linking him with the 2015 governorship election in Ogun State were not representing his ambition well.
Adeola, a delegate in the National Conference, made the clarification in Abuja against the background of a recent report that he was “oiling the machinery of his campaign” to take over from Governor Ibikunle Amosun, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress......
APC: GEJ desperate, behind Nyako’s removal.
THE opposition All Progressives Congress has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of masterminding the removal of ex-Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State.
The APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, called a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, where he accused the President of clamping down on opposition in his desire for re-election in 2015.
Odigie-Oyegun said, “Having bastardised the army, the police, the courts, aviation and the electoral commission, he has now moved to the next level: impeachment. Every impeachment or threat of it in recent times has the imprint of President Jonathan.
“As we speak, the Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, has been impeached at the instance of the President and his party; they have moved to Nasarawa, their next stop, while Rivers, Edo and Borno, all APC states, are not being spared the destabilisation that precedes their new-found weapon.“What was Nyako impeached for? Offences he allegedly committed five years ago. Those offences were not impeachable when he was in the Peoples Democratic Party. But the moment he defected to the APC, they became impeachable.”Continue..
War on Terror: Boko Haram gaining the upper hand -Danjuma
A former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Wednesday told President Goodluck Jonathan that the Boko Haram Islamic sect appeared to be having the upper hand in the ongoing terror war in the country.
He said more should be urgently done for the war to be won quickly.
Danjuma spoke at the inauguration of the Victims Support Fund by President Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The committee is saddled with the responsibilities of identifying sources and ways of raising sustainable funding to support victims of terror activities; and to develop appropriate strategies for the fund raising.
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Reps summon Jega over Osun voter cards
The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission 48 hours to give a progress report on the distribution of the Permanent Voter Card in Osun State and other states of the Federation.
The House laid emphasis on the case of Osun State, the next state on the line for governorship election.
In passing a resolution on the issue in Abuja, it summoned the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to appear before the House Committee on Electoral Matters within 48 hours to give the progress report.
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Lagos okays 6-month maternity leave, 10 days for fathers
Female Student of Babcock University Killed In A Hotel In Lagos
A female undergraduate of Babcock University, Ms Busayo Ogunkoya, has been killed by one Azeez Ibrahim during a birthday party in a hotel in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. Immediately the incident happened, there was confusion in the vicinity as many of the invited guests fled the hotel.
A source who was present during the unfortunate incident disclosed that Ibrahim was drunk. He said that “the incident happened on Saturday night when Busayo and her friends were having a party.
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Flamboyant Pastor, Allan instructs church people to transfer half their income to him
Jungle Justice: Hoax US Returnee, Serial Womaniser Found Dead At Dina Hotel In Lagos
He usually meet girls on Facebook and lie about his financial status,when the girls come n visit,they lodge,have s3x then he gives them dud cheque.That’s his module operandi till that fateful day.
He met a babe on Facebook according to the gist,she is in d east’he told her he will be returning from the States.but he refused to disclose her name to his friends.
On the day of the rendezvous, he got his friend to drive him to hotel acting as the cab driver bringing him from d airport.dressed as a Yankee returnee.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Photos: Aregbesola gets More Support In Home Town – Ilesha Rally
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Chibok family release statement on aborted meeting with Jonathan
We the members of the Kibaku (Chibok) Community and representatives of the 12 fathers and 5 escaped girls who were hosted by Malala during her visit to Nigeria hereby speak on their behalf to offer to Nigerians the facts as they are and to put the records straight and correct the erroneous impression making rounds in the media on the botched meeting with the President: Continue...#Bringbackourgirls group also released a statement regarding this. Continue...
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