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“There is no truth in it at all” | Education minister debunks rumours that CRK has been removed from school’s curriculum

Nigeria's federal government says Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is compulsory for all Christian students, and Islamic Religious Studies (IRS) for their Muslim counterparts. The Ministers of Education, Adamu Adamu, said…

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Why tempering CRS and IRS is a good thing

by Alexander O. Onukwue Every Nigerian and his dog are dedicated to one religion or another, to tamper with that aspect of their lives is to tamper with the essence…

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Have IRS and CRS been removed from the curriculum?

by Alexander O. Onukwue There have been reports that the teaching of Islamic Religious Studies and Christian Religious Studies have been removed from the curriculum of secondary school students. This…

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Police IG’s son survives as IRS aircraft crash-lands in Niger Republic

by S'ola Filani   An aircraft, Fokker 100, belonging to IRS airlines crash-landed yesterday night around 7:30pm in Niger Republic on its way back to Nigeria after C (maintenance) checks.…

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Temie Giwa: Plane crashes – The act of God in the hands of men (Y! FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa The recent drama about the N225 million BMW shopping spree is ironic and incredibly sad, especially when one considers reports that the NCAA, agency in charge of…

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Plane crash averted as IRS Airlines makes emergency landing in Kaduna

by Oge Okonkwo Another plane crash was averted when an  IRS Airline carrying 89 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at the Kaduna Airport on Sunday, October 13, 2013.…

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Opinion: Where did David Mark get the money for his private university?

by Pius Adesanmi David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark, Nigeria’s Senate President, is one of those extremely wealthy soldiers produced by Ibrahim Babangida’s settlement philosophy. Fate has blessed him with an “illustrious”…

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Terrorism alert: Domestic airlines fear for safety and reconsider operating flights to Northern cities

by Rachel Ogbu From cancelling night-stops for their crew and aircraft in extremely volatile northern cities, especially Maiduguri some domestic carriers are seriously considering whether to continue operating flights all…

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Report: Dana Air suspended again over safety issues

by Rachel Ogbu Dana Air operating license has been suspended again pending the resolution of certain safety issues, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. The airline had recommenced operations…

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Celebrities scheduled to fly with Dana Air as airline resumes operations

by Daniel Anozie Dana Airlines resumed operations on Thursday with its first flight taking off from Lagos to Abuja. The flight with Registration No. 9J0359 took off from Lagos at…

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Giant of Africa: N9 billion spent annually to maintain Pres. Jonathan’s air fleet

by Akan Ido It has been revealed that about N9.08bn is being spent annually to maintain the Nigerian Presidential Air Fleet. Reports say the Presidential Air Fleet is the third…

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Grand Theft Ogun: Robbers cart away N20 million by climbing through window

by Lekan Olanrewaju The office of the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service has been raided by unknown robbers. The incident took place on Friday morning, with the 5 robbers gaining entry through…

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