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The Princess Diaries: How Stella Oduah got away with everything (YNaija Long Read)

by Wole Olabanji The crowd in the terminal is as thick as toothbrush bristles, total strangers packed so tightly that they are literally breathing down each other’s necks. The angst…

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#AssociatedAirlinesCrash: Why the Agagu plane crashed – Expert

Facts emerged yesterday on the probable reasons the chartered Embraer 120 aircraft carrying the corpse of former Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday minutes after it took…

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BREAKING: Associated Airlines plane carrying late Agagu’s body crashes in Lagos (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo There are indications that an Associated Airlines aircraft has crashed at the Murtala Mohammed Domestic Terminal leaving an unknown number of casualties. Sources say the light plane,…

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#DanaAnniversary: Victims’ families yet to get compensation one year after

by Akan Ido The families of those involved in the Dana Air crash which happened a year today are yet to receive compensation over the crash. Lloyds Underwriters, located in…

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Someone recollects: The terrifying moment when the Dana plane crashed

by Ahmed Adeyanju One year after, my personal anguish is lessened by time. Not so for those whose loved ones died. Not so for the aviation authorities and the emergency crew…

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#DanaAnniversary: Always remembered, never to be forgotten

by Kingsley Iweka Fading away like the stars of the morning, losing their light in the glorious sun; thus would we pass from this earth and it’s toiling, only remembered…

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Opinion: Unpaid goon of the cabal

by Oluseun Onigbinde 2012 has ended. My President has gotten N161bn for stabilize fuel in festive period. Yet I still queue to buy at N110 per litre. The Cabal and…

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“Horrified”: Governor Fashola apologises to journalists assaulted in mortuary

by Adeniyi Abdul Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has condemned the attack on a Leadership Newspaper photojournalist at the mortuarty at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. Fashola yesterday…

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Dana Crash: Journalist attacked at mortuary (Warning: Graphic Image)

by Adeniyi Abdul A photojournalist with Leadership Newspapers was reportedly brutalised at the mortuary where the bodies of the Dana Air crash victims are being held. Benedict Uwalaka, who had…

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2 months after: Lagos State to release bodies of Dana Crash victims to families

by Adeniyi Abdul It's been over 2 months since the Dana Air crash took place, claiming the lives of all 153 passengers on board but the bodies of the victims…

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Crisis Averted: Arik aircraft loses wing in take-off mishap

by Adeniyi Abdul Concerns over Nigeria's aviation industry have been understandable high since the occurrence of the Dana Air crash last month and this latest mishap is only bound to…

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We’ve been abandoned – Dana crash victims’ families

by Isi Esene The families of the victims of the Dana Air crash have resolved to unite and form a formidable front in facing the challenges which might arise as…

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Opinion: Diary of a confused activist

by Temitope Gafaar I am a helpless activist; human rights, environmental, political, and religious; sometimes, even animal. I want things to change in Nigeria. "God save us all." I have been…

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Information they need: NLI hosts families of Dana Air tragedy

The families of the victims of Dana Air Tragedy will be hosted by the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI) on July 14 at the Muson Center, Lagos at 10:00. An Information…

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On #DanaCrashAction & Farouk Lawan: You’re nobody without a (good) name

by Akin Akintayo Of reputational value Almost 10 years ago, I went on a walk around my neighbourhood with my uncle as he lamented the apparent disobedience of his sons…

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Opinion: We are the cause of our own problems

Of course, every leadership is a product of its citizenry. They do not fall from the skies. It is from amongst us that we ‘elect’ them. Chinedu Anarado The mood pervading…

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#DanaCrash: We must not forget, say organisers of memorial service

by Stanley Azuakola With the pace at which the talking points in Nigeria change as new developments occur in the polity, it takes less than a week for Nigerians to…

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#DanaCrash: Candle light service planned for June 17

by Stanley Azuakola Some concerned Nigerians are finalising plans to conduct a candlelight memorial service in honour of the over 160 people who died in the Dana air disaster on…

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EnoughisEnough Nigeria: More senseless deaths – what is a Nigerian life worth?

    by EnoughisEnough Nigeria The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government - Chapter 2, Section 14 2(b), Constitution of the Federal Republic…

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#DanaCrash: Nigerian widower sues U.S. companies that designed, made, and sold the ill-fated plane Dana Air MD-83 plane

by Chi Ibe A Nigerian man based in the US has sued the U.S. companies that designed, manufactured and sold the ill-fated plane Dana Air MD-83 plane after his wife…

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#Danacrash: Airline operators kick back … reject Dana crash committee

by Stanley Azuakola Surprisingly, Nigerians who are highly cynical of government constituted committees, this time, welcome the Federal Government’s move to set up a  committee to investigate the Dana Air plane…

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#DanaCrash: Men in Black – President Jonathan, ministers mourn Dana victims at FEC meeting

It was a solemn time today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the Federal Executive Committee dedicated its weekly meeting to the memory of the Dana plane crash victims. The…

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#DanaCrash: Pastor predicted the plane crash two weeks ago, we fasted but my wife and kid still died’

Photo credit:Kansas city star I really feel sad for the death of my wife and my daughter. She is a very smart girl and would have been 11 years old…

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#DanaCrash: Nwabuwa Okafor, was sleeping at home when the plane crashed into him

by Chi Ibe photo credit: Vanguard James Okafor was unable to control his emotion as he spoke to news men yesterday. He was still trying to come to terms with the…

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