Tag: #DanaCrash

TICKER: FAAN insists Dana Air deserves best airline award: “It’s for 2011,” it says

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Monday in Abuja that it had no regrets for choosing DANA Airline as “the best domestic carrier for 2011”. FAAN had on Friday…

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Eddie Iroh: Nigerian airlines are unsafe at any height

by Eddie Iroh Those of you who bother to read my occasional intervention on this page will bear witness to one glaring omission on my part. I try to avoid…

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Chude Jideonwo: For the man who changed my life; Levi Ajuonuma

by Chude Jideonwo photo credit: Leadership “Are you Levi Ajuonuma?” the question escaped, my voice lowered to its depths; my mind overpowered by awe. It was 2000. I was, with…

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Akwa-Ibom legislator defends Akpabio: “If only Dana Air had listened…”

by Hauwa Gambo Governor Godswill Akpabio faced mild criticism in the aftermath of the #DanaCrash in Lagos, when he reported that he had warned the Dana Air Management about the…

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: #DanaCrash investigators probe for contaminated fuel

by Hauwa Gambo There are reports that the team of investigators from our local Accident Investigation Bureau and the United States National Transportation Safety Board are looking seriously into samples…

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#WhatHeSaid: Dana Air will fly again soon, company executive says

by Hauwa Gambo Pilot Africa is reporting that Dana Air, which has been in the news after a fatal crash that killed over 200 people, will fly again soon. See…

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Henry Boyo: How a weak Naira led to the #DanaCrash

by Henry Boyo Dana aircraft It is now clear that over 150 innocent souls died recently as a result of the Dana Air crash.  Nigerians commiserate with families and friends…

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Opinion: Mourning Dana victims is hypocritical

by Ola-Abraham Emmanuel Too bad that the life of the rich is more valued than that of the poor, even by the poor. Following the plane crash that happened more…

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Sola Odunfa: Nigeria’s grief and gaping spectators

This piece was originally published on June 12, 2012 on the BBC website. I did not know anyone of them personally but who would not shed tears at the news…

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#DanaCrash and the UK/Nigerian factor: The last flight from Abuja

by Osyman Dias The UK is not a developed nation because the people are more intelligent or superior to us; they are developed because even their worst leaders have been…

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Two #DanaCrash families fight over body

When the Ifekanwa family identified the remains of their family member last week at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, Lagos, little did they know that their identification…

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Singing pilots and stinky aircraft: New York Times deconstructs air travel in Nigeria

by Hauwa Gambo This surreal piece was published by the New York Times this morning about the experience of travelling in Nigeria. As the writer notes, us impassive Nigerian travellers…

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In loving memory of Anita Onita, a friend lost in the Dana Crash, by Dayo Isreal

"Temidayo!" That's how she usually screamed my name, most times to get me to pick up the phone from upstairs or to tell me my food is ready. Her number was on…

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Violence in the house & on the streets: Airtime reviews BBA, MAUL student protest and more

Livi-   Democracy and death in the air This time, almost two weeks ago, what I was most concerned with was the Democracy Day and the celebrations which had or…

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Will we learn from this? (YNaija FrontPage)

This is probably the only country where the ‘once bitten twice shy’ saying doesn’t apply. “We have been telling the government that we, the poor people, are suffering and dying…

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Why air crash reports are never released – Ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode

by Hauwa Gambo To listen to Femi Fani-Kayode raise hell over ethnic wars and sovereign national conferences these days, you will be forgiven if you forgot that he was once…

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Lucas Togan: I was in a plane crash – and I died in vain

by Lucas Togan My Death. Let me tell you about the day I died. I was in a plane crash. I remember the last few minutes so well. Or maybe…

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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: Heartbreak ripples all the way to India, the US and Indonesia

Peter Waxtan By Tolu Orekoya The heartbreaking personal stories of those who died in the tragic Dana Air plane crash have dominated the news since the devastating crash on June 3 which…

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#DanaCrash: Victims’ families to be paid $100,000

    Ambulance and a throng of people at the scene of the #danaCrash by Tolu Orekoya Dana Air's insurance LLoyds of London will compensate the families of those who…

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Opinion: Nigerians will forget

by Lajubutu A. Lawrence Victims-of-Dana-Air-crash[ elomba.comCaveat lector: This article isn’t going to provide you any new insight, it will probably not tell you anything you don’t already know and you…

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#DanaCrash: Dana Air releases statement of condolence

Hathiramani during his second visit to the crash site Dana Air released a statement yesterday, over the tragic plane crash on June 3, 2012, killing all 153 passengers and crew on…

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Chude Jideonwo: We are living like animals in this country

by Chude Jideonwo Ambulance and a throng of people at the scene of the #danaCrash It occurred to me for the first time as I sat in the car’s front…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Why live long when you can live forever? (YNaija FrontPage)

As someone who has been close to death and dying more than I really should, I don’t believe this culture  of sweeping death under the all-encompassing rug of euphemism is…

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#DanaCrash: 137 bodies discovered so far, DNA testing needed to identify most

by Tolu Orekoya Recovery operations at the Dana Air flight 922 have unearthed 137 bodies, from the scene of the June 3, 2012 crash. According to the National Emergency Management,…

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YNaija Editorial: #DanaCrash – It is time to get desperate

  That is the real tragedy. That this clichéd vicious cycle has become the story of our existence; that we have chosen to stand by and watch our humanity chipped…

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Reuben Abati gets on Twitter, mis(fires) first salvo

Presidential Spokesman Reuben Abati has finally joined the ranks of Twitterphiles, sending three messages to the country and the world about the president's impending arrival at Lagos for a visit to the Dana Air plane…

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#DanaCrash: Official statement from Dana Air on the crash of its flight 9J 922

The Dana Air family is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of the passengers and crew of Flight 9J-992 of Sunday, June 3, 2012. The aircraft, with Registration Number 5N-RAM,…

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#DanaCrash: We’re in God’s hands?

by Joachim Mac-Ebong Life, especially in Nigeria, is like a throw of the dice. Every single movement from point A to point B is an exercise in faith. This is what my…

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#DanaCrash: What can you do to help?

by Tolu Orekoya As Nigerians commiserate with the families, loved ones, and friends of those who lost their lives in the Dana Air crash flight 0992 of June 3, 2012, the sense that Lagosians and Nigerians are…

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