Tukur, Oyinlola’s power tussle divides PDP

All is not well within the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party as the   Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamaga Tukur, and  Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, are  reportedly on warpath.

Our correspondent learnt  that  Oyinlola, in some memos, accused some Tukur’s aides  of working against  the party.

BRIBERY SCANDAL: 'MY Image was Doctored' - Lawan

Hon. Farouk Lawan

CHAIRMAN of the House of  Representatives Committee on the probe of fuel subsidy mismanagement, Mr. Farouk Lawan, said on Sunday that the video purportedly showing him receiving a bribe from an oil marketer was  doctored.

The Lawan committee, which discovered that subsidy thieves had stolen N1.7trn from government coffers as a direct consequence of malpractices in the oil sector, had been embroiled in bribery scandal since last week.

Fuel Subsidy Probe: How I Bribed Law Makers, By Otedola

Femi Otedola

 The full details of the $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe were revealed yesterday, as one of the major actors in the scandal has opened up on what transpired.

In an exclusive interview with THISDAY, chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, who hitherto was suspected of being behind the $3 million bribery scandal, blew the lid on what transpired and how chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, had collected $620,000 from him in a sting operation masterminded by the security agencies.

DANA Crash Probe: Trust Me, Jonathan Begs Nigerians

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to trust him, saying that firm decisions would be taken over the Dana Air plane crash in Lagos on Sunday, just as he set up a 10-man presidential administrative and technical committee to investigate the remote cause of the crash which claimed over 200 lives.

President Jonathan said he had directed that the fullest possible investigation be conducted into the remote and immediate causes of the Dana crash.

London 2012 Olympics to Stream Live on YouTube.

 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it will live stream the London 2012 Olympic Games in 64 territories on the IOC’s channel on YouTube http://youtube.com/olympic.

During the Olympics Games (July 27 to August 12), sports fans in these 64 territories across Asia and Africa will be able to enjoy live coverage of the events as well as highlight clips on this digital platform — free-of-charge. Viewers from these territories will be able to watch the streams on the IOC’s YouTube channel, accessible online or Internet enabled devices like smart devices/mobile phones and other YouTube-enabled devices.

DANA CRASH: The Unusual Love Story A Couple

 

 

One of the most tragic stories from the ill-fated flight Dana Air 992 that crashed in Lagos on Sunday revolves around Maimuna Anyene, a Connecticut-based Nigerian woman, who died along with her husband, sister, her four kids, two cousins and her mother, Mrs. Mijindadi.

Ms. Anyene, who is being mourned by friends, relatives and colleagues around the world, was described by several sources as having a boisterous laughter, a happy spirit and an infectiously cheerful disposition.

One of the late woman’s spirits closest friends captured her spirits. “When Maimuna laughed, she was always loud, joyful, and even crazy in the good sense. She laughed spontaneously and excitedly. It was a full-of-life kind of laughter that seemed to come from deep within her belly. She laughed without inhibitions. She was pretty and had cute dimples that made her round face memorable.”

3 Days of National Mourning, Flag Flying at Half Mast ... So, What?

Flags at the Presidential Villa yesterday. Photo: NAN

     “The death that kills one’s peer is only being proverbial to one” – Yoruba Proverb

By: Olusesan Ogunyooye (@sesansoulmate)

I most certainly value human lives. I most definitely understand that the grieve of the bereaved is better imagined than experience. My heart still breaks, it still bleeds at the thought of beautiful lives, promising future; the dreams of fellow Nigerians (and some expatriates) that were avoidably aborted on the flight to death last Sunday. The sight of the scenes still cuts my heart so poignantly.

But forgive me if this sounds callous and inhuman to you: I done no mourning! Even though I saw several flags at half mast; in my mind, I hoist them to fly full mast like every other day. Yes! Please tell the president I rebelled in my mind.

History of Air Crashed In Nigeria - DANA Crash was a Disaster waiting to Happen

This is not the first time an air mishap has claimed a large number of people. The history of air mishaps in Nigeria shows that:

1.       November 20, 1969 – Nigeria Airways BAC VC10 crashes on landing killing 87 on board.

2.       January 22, 1973 – Royal Jordanian Airlines flight 707 carrying 171 Nigerian Muslims returning from Mecca and 5 crewmen died in crash in Kano, Nigeria.

3.       March 1, 1978 – Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashes in Kano killing 16.

LAGOS PLANE CRASH CLAIMS NNPC SPOKES MAN.

 
The Dana Air line crash may have claimed NNPC Spokes Man Dr. Levi Ajuonuma and Director of Mainstream Bank, Shehu Sa'ad; information reaching this blog has said.


A plane carrying 150 passengers and six crew members crashed into a building in Lagos on Sunday, the head of Civil Aviation Authority told AFP, adding that he fears none had survived.
Although a reliable source told said 156 persons were killed, authorities Put the casualty level at 153.
 
"It was a Dana (airline) flight out of (the capital) Abuja to Lagos with about 153 people on board," Harold Demuren said. "I don't believe there are any survivors."
Lagos State police spokesman Joseph Jaiyeoba told AFP the plane went down in the Iju neighbourhood on the mainland of the city, where most of the city's population is concentrated. The crash happened near the airport.

A spokesman for Nigerian airline Dana confirmed one of its planes had crashed but could not immediately provide further details.
"I can confirm that one of our planes crashed today on the outskirts of Lagos," Tony Usidamen told AFP.
"We lost communication with the aircraft. We are going to issue an official statement."
Lagos, the largest city in Africa's most populous nation

Unilag Olodo Vs ASS HOLE ROCK Fisher Man: Who will be the MALU?

By: Olusesan Ogunyooye (@sesansoulmate)

The fact that I renamed you guys MALU doesn’t warrant you all act like animals. You are constituting nuisance and rubbishing our image in the international circle. I paid heavily with the tax payers’ money to appear on Vogue Magazine just last month.

With due respect sir, we are not cows. Cows would have swallowed your bitter pill hook, line and sinker. OccupyUnilag!

Ha ha ha! The only place where human beings live is in this rock. That is why we don’t die like cows when Boko Haram strikes. All of you outside the rock act like cows and die like cows. That’s why I have to treat you like cows. Did you forget how I sent your brothers in uniform after you in January when you refuse to leave the streets? How I told you it is N97 or I’ll send Boko Haram after you?