Emirates suspends all flights to Lagos as other airlines divert to Accra and Dakar due to poor visibility equipment

EMIRATES Airlines has suspended all flights to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos until further notice saying it will only resume operations there when the facility's damaged instrument landing system (ILS) is fixed.

 

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Oyo Amotekun bill requires applicants get recommendation letters from DPO and local government chairmen

ANY operative who wants to serve in the regional security outfit Amotekun in Oyo State must get a letter of recommendation from his or her divisional police officer (DPO) and local government chairman attesting to their good character.

 

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Osun monarchs ask Governor Oyetola to suspend Oluwo for beating up fellow traditional ruler

SEVERAL traditional rulers in Osun State have asked Governor Gboyega Oyetola to suspend the Oluwo of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi from office after he embarrassed them by beating up a fellow monarch at a meeting yesterday.

 

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Dele Alampasu signs three year deal with Latvian Europa League-bound side Ventspils

FORMER Golden Eaglets goalkeeper Dele Alampasu has signed a three year contract with Latvian first division side FK Ventspils that will keep him at the club until January 2022 in a move that has revived his flagging career.

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo slams southeast governors for failing to launch security body similar to Amotekun

PAN-CULTURAL Igbo group Ohaneze Ndigbo has slammed the five governors of the southeast geo-political zone calling them sell-outs for failing to establish a regional security network similar to the Amotekun project launched in the southwest.

 

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It is time Nigeria started using the tombs of Usman Dan Fodio and Samuel Ajayi Crowther as religious pilgrimage cash cows

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Annually, about 80,000 Nigerians perform the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. On average, each trip costs about $5,000, which is way below the average Nigerian salary, so the government has to subsidise it from our meagre national resources

(2) Similarly, about 30,000 Nigerian Christians go on annual pilgrimages to Israel each year. According to the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Board, the cost of each fare is about $2,000

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Ekiti State House of Assembly becomes first legislature to pass Amotekun bill into law

MEMBERS of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have passed the Ekiti State Security Network Agency bill into law thus becoming the first state in the southwest geo-political zone to formally create the regional body Amotekun.

 

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Nigeria's newly proposed Green Africa Airways places orders for 50 A220 Airbus planes

PROPOSED Nigerian airline Green Africa Airways has placed an eyebrow-raising order for 50 Airbus A220-300 aircrafts in what is a massive $117bn deal which when delivered will equip it to become a major player in the global aviation industry.

 

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Igbo traditional leaders walk out of security meeting with five governors and police boss

SEVERAL Igbo leaders including traditional monarchs and the president-general of Ohaneze Ndigbo recently walked out of a meeting with the five state governors from across the southeast geo-political zone unhappy at the way they are being treated.

 

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Rohr advices Yobo to go and acquire his coaching qualifications if he wants to succeed

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has advised his newly-appointed assistant Joseph Yobo to acquire his coaching qualifications in the immediate future if he wants to go on to become a great manager.

 

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