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4 killed as helicopter crashes into Lagos Lagoon
3 rescued passengers hospitalised By PHILIP NWOSU & LOUIS IBA FOUR persons have been confirmed dead, while three others were hospitalized when a helicopter crashed in Lagos yesterday. Witnesses...
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Ooni of Ife, symbol of peace and national unity –Kalu
EMINENT businessman and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has expressed sadness over the passing away of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, describing him as an embodiment of peace. He...
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Sijuwade has joined his ancestors –Aregbesola
By Moshood Adebayo THE funeral rites for the transition of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II climaxed yesterday with the proclamation of the passage of the reverred monarch. Even...
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Why we petitioned EFCC against Ex-Gov Orji, wife, son –Group
IN the last few weeks, the issue of a petition written by a group, Save Abia Initiative for Change, SAI4C, to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, against the immediate past governor...
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The police/The Sun National Security summit, timely – Experts
By Ola Agbaje, Christopher Oji and Chioma Igbokwe EXPERTS said yesterday that the forthcoming security summit jointly organized by the Nigeria Police and The Sun Publishing Limited is a welcome...
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Don’t negotiate with terrorists, Chadian leader tells Nigeria
…As Boko Haram’s new leader seeks dialogue with FG …Cameroon forces kill 10 insurgents, arrest several By Emma Emeozor CHADIAN leader Idriss Deby yesterday fueled the speculation that Boko Haram...
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More heads to roll in NNPC
•15 new GMs appointed From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja & ADEWALE SANYAOLU, Lagos THE Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has...
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Lagos helicopter crash: Two more bodies, aircraft debris recovered from lagoon
By Christopher Oji and Oluwole Rotimi The bodies of two passengers of the ill-fated aircraft marked 5NBGD belonging to Bristow Helicopters that plunged into the Lagos Lagoon at the Oworonsoki end of...
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Boko Haram: Buhari gives Service Chiefs 3-month ultimatum
• Says, don’t joke with soldiers’ welfare From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has given Service Chiefs three months to end insurgency, militancy, armed robbery, kidnappings...
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Police/The Sun National Security Summit: Governors, others enlist
• Why we are partnering with police – Osagie By Neta Nwosu Barely three days to the national security summit organised by the Nigeria Police, in collaboration with The Sun Publishing Limited,...
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Security beef-up at Rivers INEC office
… As commission’s task force arrives Port Harcourt From Tony John, Port Harcourt Security has been beefed up at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located on Aba Road in...
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Oba Okunade Sijuwade (1930-2015)
Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, the 50th Ooni of Ife in the present day Osun State, Nigeria, came, saw and conquered during his 85 years sojourn on earth. The manner, in which he was born on January...
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Ooni: Controversial in life as in death
Stories by Yinka Fabowale, Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan and Olanrewaju Oyedeji, Ile Ife When the drama surrounding the death of Oba Sijuade started, it was a real thriller with many denials and allegations...
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Govs Ahmed, Mimiko, others mourn Ooni of Ife
By Our Reporters Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, his Ondo State counterpart, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Ekiti State,...
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Expect results in 60 days – Kachikwu
Ibe Kachikwu, group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has assured Nigerians that the impact of the ongoing reforms in the corporation would be felt within the...
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I want tall, dark sexy guy – Rachael Okonkwo
Actress, Rachael Okonkwo aka Nkoli Nwa Nnsukka has come a long way from dancing gospel music videos to acting movies. The Nsukka, Enugu born actress has no doubt earned for herself a place in Nollywood...
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Kuramo: This seedy Beach of a place
■ Inside one of Lagos’ crime, sex and drug empires BY HENRY OKONKWO Kuramo Beach on Lagos Island fell to ocean fury and the rage of the Lagos State government in 2012. The state government had closed...
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Bristow helicopter crash: Black box recovered
Controversy over plane capacity BY LOUIS IBA The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday announced that the flight recorders, popularly known as black boxes, to the Sikosky 76 helicopter...
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Don’t defect to APC –Jonathan, group beg Bayelsa PDP bigwigs
FROM FEMI FOLARANMI, YENAGOA Former President Goodluck Jonathan and some top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a last minute effort to salvage the party in the state have pleaded with...
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Election tribunals: Buhari moves in to save APC
■ Heads 10-man committee over Benue crisis FROM ADE ALADE, ABUJA Worried that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is on the verge of losing its electoral victory in Benue to the opposition...
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