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40 minutes in, and no single attempt on target from City. Incredible!!

Chelsea with 80% possession..

Promise don hammer be dat

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the siezure of an aircraft belonging to Emirates Airline over N8.1 million judgment debt. The order was sequel to a motion filed by Dr Charles Mekwunye seeking for the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgment in a suit between Promise Mekwunye and the airline.

Granting the reliefs sought by Mekwunye, Justice Mohammed Liman, held, “It is accordingly ordered that an attachment is hereby issued on the judgment debtor’s aircraft registered as ‘A6 Aircraft Type 77W EK: 783/784’, or any other aircraft belonging to the judgment debtor which flies into Nigeria Territory, to be arrested and detained until the judgment debt is fully paid: in default after 30 days, the aircraft shall be auctioned to satisfy the judgment debt.” The judge also ordered that Emirates Airline shall bear the cost of maintainance and custody of the detained aircraft.

The matter stems from a ticket purchased in 2007 for $2,067 USD to enable Miss Promise Mekwunye to travel from Dallas – Houston – Dubai – Lagos and back. The ticket was confirmed more than three times before Mekwunye’s travel date on 17th December 2007.

On the day of her flight, Mekwunye showed up at the airport but was denied boarding without being given any reason for the denial. The filings state “she was merely told that the ticket had been canceled”. From here, no alternative plans nor accommodation were arranged by the airline. Mekwunye sought assistance from her father, who assisted her in purchasing another flight going out the next day. The flight was with a different airline using a longer route via London. The cost of this was US$3,200.

The matter was taken to court and in 2010 this is what the court had to say: “[Emirates] refusal to carry the (Appellant) from Dallas on the 17th December, 2007 amounts to a breach of contract of carriage with (her)…No limitation to liability applies here”.Consequently, the trial Court ordered “the ticket refund to the (Appellant) should be in full without any deduction or charge,” with a “further grant of N2.5 million in general damages and N250,000.00 in legal costs” to the Mekwunye.
Appeal after appeal

The matter was then taken to a court of appeal where Emirates won. However, Mekwunye appealed this ruling and took it to the Supreme Court. At the very bottom of the document it states that the decision was held:
“…the Court found merit in the appeal and accordingly allowed same…The judgment of the Federal High Court was restored…”

https://simpleflying.com/emirates-boeing-777-seizure-nigeria/

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced moments ago that she is asking House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler to proceed with articles of impeachment.

She began her statement my referencing some of the founders of the US.

"Another founder, Governor Morris, feared that a president may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust. He emphasized that this magistrate is not a king. The people are the king. They, therefore, created a constitutional remedy to protect against a dangerous or corrupt leader: Impeachment," Pelosi said.
She added, "In America, no one is above the law."

She then said Trump has "abused his power" as President.

"The President abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security," Pelosi said.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-12-05-2019/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

I am still waiting for Trump to apologize for falsely claiming that Obama was not a natural-born U.S. citizen. But, we all know there is a 99.99% chance that he would call it 'fake news'. Trump is a joke for real

As Prof Karlan has apologized, we also hope Trump apologizes for the falsehoods and insults he has dished out to various people.

Trump would have saved himself a lot of these shenanigans if he didn't block the likes of Mulvaney, Bolton, or Pompeo from testifying. Who knows whether those three gentlemen may have essentially exonerated Trump from the quid quo pro allegations.

It is increasingly looking as though the form of Abraham and Pulisic, and the valuable points the team is picking up against the bottom half teams, will qualify CFC for the Champions League next season

coluka:
I Don't know why you are applauding that, it's actually plain disgusting and disgraceful to be taking such a cheap shot at a 13-year-old boy and dragging his name into a political hearing in public. anyone with basic common sense should know that.

You really think she was attacking Baron Trump?

digz:
Assist by father Abraham

And aside from Vardy, he has been involved in the most goals in the league! Not bad for a 22 year old

Prof Karlan: Trump can name his son, Baron, but he can't make him a barron.
Damn! What a line

pamcode:
Thoughts?

My all-time Mourinho 11 would be (4-3-3):

--------------------------Cech-----------------------

--Maicon---------Terry----------Carvalho-------Cole---

----------------------Makalele------------------

--------------Lampard-----Sneijder---------------

-------Ronaldo-------Drogba--------Robben

In a 4-4-2 formation, my Mourinho all time 11 would be:

-----------------------Cech-------------------

--Maicon-------Terry------Carvalho------Cole---

-------------------Makalele-------------------

------------Sneijder------Ballack--------

-----------------Lampard-----------

-------------Drogba-----Ronaldo----------

Opening statements have begun in the House Judiciary Committee's first public hearing in the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Today, the panel will hear testimony from four constitutional law experts:

– Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor
– Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford University
– Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the University of North Carolina
– Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University

The House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing is now in session!

RIP to the man

Legally speaking, I fail to see how she would escape a death sentence. According to the report, she grabbed a knife after she noticed he was asleep, and proceeded to stab him.
That shows she killed him with intent and premeditation.

donstan18:
95.74% of Nigerian ladies don't wear panties, because they can't maintain it.

How do you know?

A potential setback...
[b]Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, may not open soon as expected despite resolving safety concerns that led to its shut down by the Federal Government.

This is so because a fresh crisis over ownership of adjoining land at the airport is threatening its reopening.

There is a land contest between a private estate developer, Arch. J.J Emejulu and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which, according to the airport authorities, may jeopardise moves to reactivate the airport.

The land dispute is based on series of unconnected court cases in which Arch. J.J Emejulu is seeking to exercise ownership right over spaces of land in the vicinity of the airport.

A source at the airport also stated that conflict between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Air Force attached to FAAN over land ownership is also there.

The source stated that the airport might be permanently closed down if there is encroachment into the reserved space.

According to an FAAN official at Enugu, the contested land is located at the takeoff end of the airport, and would breach safety headroom for planned extension of the runway.

In response to enquiries on the encroachment, the Chairman of House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, declared that nobody would stand in the way to reopening the airport as scheduled, warning those fighting for land to stop sabotaging the interest of the Southeast zone.

A construction firm, PW Limited, has been deployed to reconfigure and reconstruct the runway to accommodate wide body aircraft including the Boeing 787 and dreamliner series.

National Aviation Management Agency (NAMA) has also announced commencement of work on airfield lighting and safety systems as well as on modernization of the terminal building and new reopening deadline was fixed for April 2020.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/land-ownership-tussle-threatens-enugu-airport-reopening/amp/

She is free to dance anyhow in Church

IGBOSON1:
I admire you optimism even against the odds, but this increased activity you envision for AIIA when it reopens is still up in the air (pardon the pun )!

These works they're doing, will it see to the eventual completion of the abandoned terminal; will it install night-landing facilities (like Kano, Lagos and Abuja have) so planes can land at night? I imagine these are some of the major issues keeping the airlines you mentioned away from AIIA till date. But above all, if the aviation authorities -and by extension, the fed' gov't- isn't interested in getting more int'l airlines to serve AIIA, then it ain't gonna happen no matter the amount and quality of upgraded facilities available!

The minister promised to install airfield lighting. So, when the airport is reopened it will be able to accommodate night flights

Assuming the Akanu Ibiam airport is opened in April 2020, it would be a dream to see the likes of Emirates and KLM flying to Enugu. The reason I suspect, why they declined the Aviation ministry's invitation to add Enugu to their route network is due to the frankly below average facilities at the airport. Those airlines have certain standards which can't be compromised.

Moreover, it should be economically viable for Air Peace to serve Dubai, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Atlanta, and London; from Enugu. The aircraft of choice could be the A350-900 and/or B787-9. The Atlanta and London services may be three weekly flights during the European summer and Christmas periods; with reduced services during off peak periods.

Freshprince91:
Can you spend a world record fee on a goalkeeper only for you to bench him because the team is going through a rough patch?
£71m!!!!!!!!
You're right though, i think he needs competition.

I just checked and Ben Foster will be turning 37 next year! I guess CFC has to make do with Kepa for the foreseeable future till another decent u-25 goalie is discovered

Next Summer, Chelsea has to look in the direction of Ben Foster as the starting goalie. Kepa can deputize for him.

Lufthansa is facing a $6.428 million civil penalty from the US Federal Aviation Administration for conducting almost 900 flights that were “not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.”

The FAA alleges that Lufthansa operated flights into and out of San Diego International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport without the FAA authorization required to do so.

Foreign airlines can only conduct scheduled flights into and out of airports that are listed in their FAA-issued Operations Specifications, and the FAA alleges that neither airport was in Lufthansa’s Operations Specifications.

This relates to the following flights:

Between March 22, 2018, and May 27, 2019, Lufthansa operated approximately 600 flights with A340-300s between Frankfurt and San Diego.

Between October 28, 2018, and April 10, 2019, Lufthansa operated approximately 292 flights with A330-300 and 747-400 aircraft between Frankfurt and Philadelphia
Lufthansa has 30 days to respond to the FAA.

https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa-illegal-flights/

Schemerkhiz:
Ex-USA U-20 star, Mimi eyes Super Falcons call-up
. . 16 hours ago
Super Falcons of Nigeria
A former player of the United State of America U-20 women’s team, Mimi Asom has expressed her desire to play for seven time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria.
The youngster who is presently taking the Norwegian league by storm in the colours of Arna-Bjornar has scored seven goals since joining the club mid-season in July 2019.
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Although she just joined the club, Mimi has averaged the highest number of goals per minute played and she is the second top scorer in her team.

Born in the USA to Nigerian parents, Mimi played for the USA U-20 national team when she was 18 years old.
She, however, remains eligible to play for the Super Falcons without requiring clearance from FIFA.
Interestingly, she has not hidden her intention to continue to deliver on the pitch in order to achieve her dream.
Mimi moved to Norway from the USA after graduating from Princeton University in June 2019 where she played and was captain of the team.
She was voted the Ivy League (USA Collegiate football) offensive player of the year (2018). She led the Ivy League with 12 goals and one assist, scoring in nine consecutive matches; including a hat-trick against Yale University on September 22, 2018, and she was voted player of the week three times in the course of that league season.
Mimi was also named to the All-American team by United Soccer Coaches in 2018/2019. She also won the Golden Ball award at youth level.

She should be in frame for the 2020 AWCON

Will Trump take advantage of the House Judiciary Committee’s offer for him to gave legal counsel present at Wednesday’s impeachment hearing?

Why are they passing in their own half?!!!

isaiah9:
Wow. Which of them are we playing first?

February 6: Nigeria v Mozambique
February 8: Serbia v Nigeria
February 9: Nigeria v USA

Kovacic

Out of N10b allocated to the airport,

- N1bn will be used to complete the new international terminal

- The rest will be used to construct a cargo terminal, rehabilitate dilapidated structures, work on the runway and construction of a taxiway

diegwu02:
You need not find fault in everything the FG does, A closer check would have told you
1. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) is a major hub boast an annual Passenger traffic of 3.6 million compared to Enugu with a capacity of 350,000 annually. No need emphasizing which requires the Urgency.
2. The major Runway fix for NAIA took 5 weeks and 6 days, this was the most urgent requirement . the other repairs continued for up to 6 months.
The Airport runway is 3.6 km, not 4km like you erroneously wrote. and the 4 billion you stated was actually 5.6 billion and was later increased to 6.5 Billion to accommodate repairs of portions of the Taxiway
3. Akanu Ibiam Airport is being Upgraded to a full international status, the budget isn't for the Runway alone, The budget is for sustaining the infrastructural renewal at the airports as well as upgrade and provision of necessary air navigation equipment
4. the Initial completion timeline was December 2019 but was shifted to April 2020 not the 8 months you stated.

If you praise PMB once, nothing will happen to you.

Airfield lighting will he added to the runway and taxiway to enable night flights. So, after the project is complete, planes will be able to take off/land after 6pm

isaiah9 somehow