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if it was igbo now these bloody tribalist will jump out and try to paint us bad they have betrayed the trust b/w igbos and them without knowing other tribes have learn and they dont talk much about igbo these days but yaribas some still bring bad name to their tribe by talking bad about us,but not knowing that way we will distance ourselves from them they stand alone

were are the Yoruba tribalist Bluetooth,ryno,eko ile,and many more should go and deal with these abokis code red code red OPC wey dem

bittyend: Are Igbos not going to join the party to complete WAZOBIA?

leave igbos out of it

and you cant blame the pilot either because i believe he was a well trained american pilot see




Pilot in Lagos crash an American’
on JUNE 4, 2012 · in NEWS
10:27 am
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The pilot of yesterday’s Dana Airlines commercial aircraft that crashed at Iju, Lagos, was an American, a CNN report has said.

According to the report, the pilot of the ill-fated flight which claimed about 170 lives, radioed that the plane was having trouble just minutes earlier, an airline official told CNN on Monday.

Meanwhile search and recue operations continued Monday morning as two cranes arrived to clear debris and allow rescue workers better access to the building on Popoola street, off Toye junction at Iju near the airport.

The pilot declared an emergency as the plane was on final approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, and witnesses said it appeared the plane was having engine trouble, said Oscar Wason, Dana Air’s director of operations.

The airline did not release the pilot’s name or hometown.

The co-pilot was from India, and the flight engineer from Indonesia, Wason told CNN.

It was gathered that a team of Boeing engineers were en route to investigate the crash, Wason said.

According to Wason, ‘the airplane that crashed was 22 years old, and was purchased from Alaska Airlines. It underwent a routine maintenance checkup every 200 hours, and it had just been inspected three days earlier.’


Well now more news are coming out we should know more of the details i hope that Nigeria govt are not hiding the rest of the info?they should give the black box to professionals to find out what really happen inside that plane

RICHIE BOI: i think you should be high on something. why everything Boko Haram?

you see why oyibo people are better than us,so if 9/11 happen in Nigeria you will blame it on faulty plane?i shake my head black people have a long way to go

benspeakout: The ill-fated Dana plane was said to had been under repair for several weeks and the airline's station manager protested its use but the Indian management insisted that it should fly. The German stations are reporting that the plane which crashed should never have taken off because of its write off state and that they are even wondering how the plane made it to Lagos.

From Dana's website, the plane was said to be a "Boeing MD-83". Well, Boeing and MacDonald/Douglas have corroborated from time to time, but according to Wikipedia, no such plane exists. That's really not important. Actually it's not really built by Boeing. It was designed and built by McDonald Douglas and later the company was bought by Boeing.
These airplanes are no longer manufactured and the Chinese have built many of these airplanes on their own. You have to look at how the airplane was maintained and how proficient the flight crew was in its operation.
The MD 80/83 planes have a terrific flight record and also have a high cost of routine maintenance. The American owners opted to sell these planes to developing countries in Africa and Asia cheaply irregardless of its high maintenance standards.
The western world deemed them too expensive to maintain, so they sold them. Does anyone think that aviation mechanics in Nigeria know something that the western world doesn't? I know they do maintain the planes in Nigeria but these planes must get regular maintenance at internationally recognized facilities in order to get landing privileges. Dana's MD83 airplanes were previously owned by Alaska Airlines. Don't fo[b]rget Alaska had a fatal accident couple of years back over the Pacific ocean due to bad maintenance.
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In Essence, in the aviation industry when maintenance and management is in a crash course, destination is almost never guaranteed.


FOOTNOTE> Can we really trust the Indians and Chinese to better manage our industries?

that is my point so why landing in over populated area?

That plane was hijacked how come both the church and plane clash happen the same day?the incident looks well planned by terrorist it reminds me of 9/11

Secondly since Nigerians history local or int planes clashes never happen these way,i mean normally flight clashes happen either in the sea or bush why residence area were people live? some witness says the plane hover in the air for few mins b4 landing in a populated area.....

RIP

GEJ NICE ONE RESPECT THE DEAD

why the same day?they blew the church and these one to distract people again,i don tell una finish boko haram enter plane,if una like abuse me my advice for my people be careful avoid public gathering, bus stops,think twice b4 you make any move

Another suicide bomb boko haram una dey try......................

This is very bad.RIP..................

maasoap: When you guys succeeded in blowing up your worship centers, you put the blame on Islam. But whenever they're caught in their attempt, they always turned out to be one of you. May be you need to dig up the number of people who have been caught while trying to blow up churches in various states and let's see how many of them were Muslims and how many were christians. Anybody can call BBC or Thisday paper and call himself Boko guy and claim responsibility. We now know better.

stop hiding the truth,if Islam are good religion why is it in america FBI have special squad that monitor Muslims?and their are other religions such as Christianity, earthiest, Buddhism's,harlo chrihsna, Jehovah witness, occultism,Synagogue, upon all these worship centers why Islam? something is wrong in your religion i don't blame you cant see it,repent and give ur life to Christ if not,hell is waiting for you.................

*Death Toll Rise to t14.
**52 People Injured.

listen the worst that can happen now govt will send JTF and they will go in and fish out some local almajiris brain washed boys and tell you that the members have been arrested,usual statement.Till another bomb blow again some were,i have warn you shortsightedness Nigerians to forget 2015 it is not possible at the moment so if you like shout all you like who will rule a dead country nigeria or not is all fantasy in your little mind

pls can anybody point to me any Muslim country in the map that are living in peace just one,i will show you a vegetarian tiger

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bashr8: yeah you keep saying that , poor buhari and ribadu fell for it , ode, i repeat nobody can win election and rule wthout igbos but this time around we are presenting a candidate lets see how it goes, if yorubas like let them votefor a northerner rather than an igbo man we dont care.

is their wahala people are now wise even Somalians

the question should be were did yoruba really come from,were they caved out from Benin kingdom and later settle in SW part of the country or did they came from neighboring country and settle in SW of Nigeria?

am sure thousands of Nigerians have various testimonies and reminiscences on their encounters with the late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the presidential election of June 12, 1993. Here is the story of my last encounters with the man of history.


It was a few minutes to flight time on May 9, 1994. As I ran towards the boarding gate to catch the last South African Airways flight to Johannesburg, I was told to take it easy as other passengers were still awaited and behind me. After handing over my boarding papers, I turned around and to my surprise, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was standing behind me waiting to board the same aircraft to Johannesburg for the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of a free South Africa.


Abiola was with his wife of blessed memory, Kudirat, my senior friend and Publisher of AFRICA TODAY Books and Magazines, Chief Ralph Uwechue, and my brother journalist, Cameron Daoudu, who writes for the London Observer. I hugged the Bashorun as I had not seen him for almost a year since the June 12, 1993 presidential election. We soon settled into the flight on which Bashorun, Kudirat and I were seated on the same row. Kudirat sat by the window.


First he upbraided and scolded me for not supporting his 1993 presidential bid despite our relationship. I also accused him of backing and funding my opponent, the late Chris Okolie in my senatorial bid in 1991. We made peace when he told the story of how he had to drive several hours by road from Ilorin to Lagos to attend my marriage to my ex-wife in Lagos City Hall, in August 1987. We discussed Nigeria and the unresolved political crises. We discussed Nelson Mandela and his impending presidency and what it meant for Africa. I then invited him (and he accepted) to attend and speak at our global conference on Change & Challenge in South Africa in Lagos, on June 8, 1994.


Soon after we landed at the Johannesburg International Airport, we were ushered into the VIP welcome area for foreign visitors to the Mandela inauguration. I was the first to go through the immigration. MKO and his delegation went through another immigration desk but I could hear him clearly tell the immigration officials that he was the President of Nigeria. As soon as he said that the immigration officials apologised for the oversight and asked for a few minutes to get their protocols right; the officials were visibly confused as Heads of State delegations were treated differently. As I tried to make my way out, the head of the team came to me and asked, “I can see you are also a Nigerian; is he the President of Nigeria?” Silence…


MKO and his delegation who were only about five steps away from me were listening to my every word… and I had only just reconciled with the man on the aircraft… How was I to respond to this? I quickly collected my thoughts and said to the SA official: “Yes, he was elected President of Nigeria… eh… but you may wish to also contact the Nigerian Embassy.” I made my way out into the bus to the Carlton Hotel in central Johannesburg, where invited guests were booked.

MKO and the delegation were given official cars to the Carlton Hotel – I later heard these were the official cars reserved for the then Head of State, General Sani Abacha, and his delegation. After checking into the Carlton Hotel, a quick bath and change of clothing, I made my way with a friend in a protocol bus (no cars for private guests were allowed to the venue) to Pretoria.


Entering the Union Buildings venue of the Mandela inauguration was mind-blowing. It was one moment in history that will remain etched in my memory forever. The first Nigerian I saw as I climbed those majestic stairs was Dele Olojede in his reporter tunic.

He was there reporting for the New York’s Newsday. The dias was even more intimidating. It was a roll call of global leaders and celebrities: from Fidel Castro to Colin Powell; from the late Yassar Arafat to Hilary Clinton. You name the celebrity and world leaders, they were present: kings, queens, actors, writers, icons et al.. Abiola and his team sat quietly among them… I could also see former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Emeka Anyaoku at different points in the audience.


Moments later, I saw the Nigerian delegation arrive. Babagana Kingibe, Abiola’s preside-ntial running mate and then Minister of Foreign Affairs, quickly spotted and walked towards me. After a handshake and a bear hug, he took me to greet General Sani Abacha who was with former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, former President Shehu Shagari and Admiral Alison Madueke (then in the Armed Forces Ruling Council). After which Kingibe asked where Abiola was seated. As I pointed towards the direction of Abiola, he hit my hand and said, “Haba! Please do not point towards him…!” The official Nigerian delegation was obviously shaken by the ‘unofficial’ Nigerian delegation!


We all watched South Africa’s powerful entry onto the world stage. I was struck that all VVIP dignitaries were seated together in the audience and the stage was reserved only for Nelson Mandela, F W de-Klerk and heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle like Oliver Thambo and Govan Mbeki. Many in that audience were moved to tears as Mandela took power and spoke eloquently.

At the end it seemed Abiola was transformed and determined to reclaim his mandate from Abacha and his fellow travelers. Cameron Daodu told me at the end of the ceremony that Abiola was now a changed man and would not be attending the Inauguration Banquet but instead would be heading back to London that night to re-energise his struggle. I was not surprised when a few days later, NADECO was formed.


I did not see Abiola after the inauguration and went ahead with plans for our international conference on ‘Change & Challenge in South Africa’ held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos on June 8, 1994. On the eve of the event, I got Dele Momodu, my founding Editor at Leaders & Company Ltd to confirm if Abiola would still be keeping his promise to attend the event given the tense political climate at that time. Abiola confirmed that he would attend. On that fateful June day, Abiola showed up with Momodu and several others.

He took the Abacha regime to the cleaners, demanded his mandate to a standing ovation and challenged the military as never before… That was to be his last public appearance as a free man. After his speech he went underground only to re-appear on June 12 at Epetedo, Lagos on the anniversary of his election to declare himself President. The rest, as they say, is history.


For me, hosting Abiola began my collision with the Abacha regime. And only worsened when we began publishing THISDAY on January 22, 1995. The results were my harassment, detention and exile.


I returned from exile weeks after Abacha’s death. On July 7, 1998 when I learnt then UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, US official Susan Rice and others were in Abuja to secure Abiola’s release, I headed to Abuja. As I alighted from the aircraft, I got a call from Peter Igbinedion, former Managing Director of FAAN who immediately said, “Hold on for Baba.” Kingibe got on the phone and asked where I was. I said I had just landed at Abuja airport. He asked that I proceed urgently to Aso Rock clinic, near the Presidential Villa. Not sensing anything I made my way to Aso Rock Clinic where I saw Kingibe and Igbinedion standing with long faces in the company of Bisi Abiola, Doyin Abiola and Lola Abiola-Edewor. I did not need to be told much.


I went into the clinic and found the covered body of Abiola on the clinic bed and his slippers on the floor. Kingibe took me away and told me the new Head of State wanted to see me immediately. General Abdulsalami Abubakar sat in his living room with his military and security brass – a few of whom were my tormentors a few weeks earlier - and asked: ‘Nduka, how do we handle the media?’ I told the General, ‘There is nothing to handle! Just get on live television and tell the world everything…’. The meeting lasted a few minutes and we made our way out of the Abuja barracks where Abdulsalami was still residing. But the impact of that day may have changed our nation for good and given us the democracy we know of today.


Clearly, several of Abdulsalami’s colleagues were in no mood to hand over power to Abiola or a democratically elected government in a short time. Abiola’s death in custody changed all that. For one it gave Abdulsalami Abubakar the impetus to hand over power when he did on May 29, 1999, against the wishes of many of his colleagues. I tell this story as witness to history to demonstrate what I consider the nexus between Abiola’s untimely death and our Fourth Republic Democracy. And President Goodluck Jonathan was right in the circumstance to honour Abiola for his martyrdom. Many have expressed the view that whilst Abiola was deserving of honour, the name of the University of Lagos should not have been changed to Moshood Abiola University.


Now let us deal with the form and substance. Most agree with the substance of President Jonathan’s action that Abiola be honoured, but many do not agree with the form that the honour has taken; many more would have wished more consultations. Some – especially in the Unilag community - do not just wish to give up a part of the Unilag brand for MKO Abiola. As a collective, we have forgotten so soon the man who lost his life for Nigeria to have freedom (of choice) and keep the military in the barracks. Some even say you do not name iconic global universities like UNILAG and Harvard after individuals. Indeed Harvard University was named after John Harvard when he became that university's earliest benefactor in 1636.


Abiola was a great benefactor to major universities in Nigeria, especially the University of Lagos to which he gave N100 million in the eighties (about N15 billion in today’s Naira). James Buchanan Duke renamed Duke University after his father Washington Duke in 1904 while Cornell University was named after historian Ezra Cornell! Harvard, Duke and Cornell are amongst the world's top ranking universities as is John Hopkins University whose name was changed from the University of Baltimore to John Hopkins University in 1876.


Or is it the first University in New York City whose name was changed from Kings College to Columbia College (and later university) after 30 years of scholarship? What about Princeton University which started out as College of New Jersey? And Yale University which also started out as The Collegiate School in 1701 and renamed 17 years later after a Welsh businessman in India, Elihu Yale?


We can go on and on… Universities are not made by names, they become global centers of research and excellence through hard work and scholarship! What we need now is to promote research and scholarship not just in the renamed Moshood Abiola University of Lagos, but in all Nigerian universities so they truly can be centres of excellence and learning. What we need now is not to betray Abiola or blight his ultimate sacrifice, but ensure that we keep his legacies alive. What we need now is not to name stadia and buildings after Abiola, because stadia do not last forever as do great centres of ideas and learning like universities. For sooner or later structures are demolished in the face of architectural advances, sporting developments, and/ or growing demands of expanding cities.


What if Onikan Stadium, Lagos was named after the late Obafemi Awolowo: will it still be fit for purpose? I also agree with the many who say Abiola is not the only icon of our democratic struggle and so should not be the only one so honoured. To them I say there are many more anniversaries ahead for fallen heroes such as Shehu Yar'Adua to be honoured. But today is Abiola’s moment. Let us give him all his due. Imperfect as he was, he was truly the symbol of our Fourth Republic Democracy.

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just saw it on BBC news

Onlytruth: I will repeat what I said earlier: NDIGBO are the party(APGA), the party is not Ndigbo. If the party dies today, we will simply float another one; CPC sprang out of the desert sands overnight. A new party can spring out of the lush vegetation of Igboland in a twinkle of an eye.
This drama is good for us because it would prepare us better for 2015.

correct

you see the reason why we need an int airport in SE,it will bring investment and a lot of things to the grass roots...

this is what i love about my professional people, the ones from Diasporas should come home and contribute, improving our health system, cancer awareness,show us the commitment install equipment that will help our women to know more about their health and encouragement for them to go for a regular check ups on bosom care education i love it....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Oj0gnHXG0

they teach the young local doctors too brilliant sorry for some viewers the pix is quiet disturbing....

well more news later

babapupa: Another monorail? Is the entire iboland doing blind follow follow or its the same lack of imagination, vision and originality?

eko ile i thought that the oil in ur soup have corrected some damaged cells in ur oily brain or no hope at all?

Dede1: Bros, you are still talking about to render any federally focused party irrelevant in Igbo land. I want Igbo land out of Nigeria entirely.

that will be a good turn around for us,then we can have a breathing space and build a correct city for our children and the next generation to enjoy a beautiful and safe country

my cousin have to travel all the way to Lagos to get his British visa do u no how risky it is driving that Benin ore road just for visa the reason we don't have embassy in SE is because of lack of int airport i believe strongly oyibo will even prefer opening their embassies in the east but tribalism will not let them do it,so that is why i don't care about Nigeria we can all sink together if things are not balanced the way it suppose to be

i told you people that the state will lose economically cant mess with the investors they hold the key

Adamawa's Economy Grinds to a Halt as Igbo Depart in Droves over Boko Haram Attacks.

An escalating insecurity that has seen several armed attacks in Adamawa state has forced businesses to shut down, hitting hard on the northeastern state’s socio-economy and sending many of the mainly non-indigene business operators away from the state.

Since the attacks broke out in December 2011, more than 30 people have been killed in drive-by shootings, and many of the victims are from the southeastern part of the country, who form the bulk of the state’s business community.

The Igbo Cultural Association said the attacks “appeared targeted at the Igbo race,” an allegation that has been disclaimed by the Adamawa state government which has assured residents of the state of increased security.

In response to a recent attack that occurred penultimate Monday behind the Power Holding Company of Nigeria PHCN Jimeta office on Taraba Street, Governor Murtala Nyako announced a ban on motorcycle operations within the state capital. He re- assured the Igbo community of their safety in the state.

President General of Igbo Cultural Association, Ofor Eze Nwachukwu, told PREMIUM TIMES the assurances have hardly given sufficient guarantees to the bulk of Igbo business community, many who he confirmed had fled the state.

Socio-economic activities in the state have slowed down tremendously since the Monday killings in which five people are said to have died. Many shops and businesses have refused to open for services as many fear the authorities were not “doing enough to offer them protection.”

PREMIUM TIMES has of recent sighted an unusually high number of luxury buses departing Yola, the state capital for Nigeria’s south, many of the passengers aboard the vehicles, women and children.

The Monday attacks by yet to be identified gunmen - although security sources told PREMIUM TIMES the attackers have been arrested - saw gunmen opening fire on the gathering of sympathizers killing five of them on the spot and wounding 10 others.

“It was like a commando film of a sort; in my entire life I have never seen anything close to this”, recounted Okoye Amselem, who himself sustained bruises from the stampede. Policemen who were around during the attack scampered for safety, he said.

“Yesterday around 7:30 to 8:00pm we heard gunshot three times, we immediately took cover, after a while we ran to the scene and saw our brother Simon lying down in the pool of his blood, dead; and we took him to the morgue at the Specialists hospital”.

“This morning our people assembled to discuss what happened and how to approach the security challenge bedeviling us, suddenly unknown persons came into the midst of the crowd and opened fire indiscriminately and killed five people instantly, injuring many, I can’t give the number now”, a Mr. Anslem, looking terrified, recalled.

The purpose of the gathering by Mr. Simon's kith and kin, it was learnt, was to make arrangement on how to give him a befitting burial, before the unsuspecting gunmen swooped on the gathering, shooting sporadically on the mourners.

However Mr. Ofor Eze berated the Adamawa state government for not showing enough concern saying since the recent attack occurred, no top government functionary administration had visited to commiserate with the victims, nor invited them to assuage their feelings.

“As I am talking to you only security operatives have cared to talk to us, and so far we are left to cater for the wounded and also bearing mortuary expenses at the ICA level,” he said.

Similar attacks occurred last December in Mubi, another town in Adamawa state, where sympathizers and relatives of some slain traders had gathered to finalize the funeral arrangement for some deceased members felled in a previous attack.

While they were at the planning, armed men returned and fired at the gathering killing additional 14 persons.

Since then, the state has witnessed recurring incidences that are gradually bringing the state business economy to a halt. - premium Times.
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