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10 dead, 8 missing from boat capsize in Port Harcourt [DETAILS]

by Tony Tamuno No less than 10 people have drowned following the capsizing and sinking of a boat carrying 35 passengers. The passenger boat was headed for Port Harcourt when it suffered the mishap which killed 10 people, and 8 persons reportedly missing. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) co-ordinator, Onimode Bandele confirmed the incident saying, “We... Read More

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April 23, 2014

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Opinion: This boat called Nigeria is sinking!

by Victoria Obazim-Ohaeri This is a very trying period in the country’s history. The Nigerian boat is sinking with unrestrained haste. It is in trying times like this that responsible leadership is born and nurtured: a leadership that assumes FULL RESPONSIBILITY for its rights and wrongs. This latest memo emphatically alleging that the ongoing... Read More

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