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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Dana Airplane With 153 Passengers Crashes In Lagos |
on: 3-06-2012 04:53 PM
| A state official says a passenger plane has crashed into a two-story building in Nigeria's largest city of Lagos.
Femi Oke-Osanyinpolu, Lagos state emergency state manager, said Sunday that casualty numbers are unknown.
Harold Denuren, head of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed the crash.
He said the Dana Air flight was heading from Abuja to Lagos in Nigeria. He said federal authorities were on their way to the site of the crash.
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The Director General of the National Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren, has confirmed that none of the about 160 passengers and crew on board the crashed Dana Airline survived. Naijapals also gathered that there were other casualties from the houses that were affected by the crash. | | | | |
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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Abiola University: Police To Treat Protesters As Criminals |
on: 3-06-2012 02:44 PM
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The commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Umar Manko, has said that students of the Moshood Abiola University, who are still protesting the change of name of their institution from the University of Lagos, will henceforth be treated as criminals.
Manko said the position was taken since the students have been asked to vacate the school.
Manko, who spoke as the students again on Friday attempted to embark on another round of protest, said that with the order closing the school already issued, anyone who violates it can no longer be regarded as a student but a criminal.
He directed policemen on duty at the school not to condone any act of lawlessness.
More regular and riot policemen have been deployed to watch over the school and prevent the sort of protest that saw commercial and social life around the vicinity of the school almost paralysed owing to the protest in the last four days.
The protest began shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan announced the change of name of the institution on May 29, 2012 in his Democracy Day broadcast.
On Wednesday, the students blocked the ever-busy Third Mainland Bridge, resulting in traffic chaos.
They also blocked all access roads in and around their Akoka, Yaba, campus.
On Friday, the policemen deployed to the school used tear gas to disperse those that were gathering to continue with the protest.
Some hoodlums reportedly hijacked the protest on Friday, leading to a clash with the policemen.
Meanwhile the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday advised students of the University of Lagos to see the renaming of the university by President Jonathan as an honour done to the late Chief MKO Abiola.
NANS president Comrade Dauda Mohammed told leadership weekend that it is pathetic that renaming of UNILAG after Abiola could attract such level of criticism despite the fact that the immortalisation of MKO Abiola a hero was long overdue.
According to him, “Having watched the events of the last few days as regards the renaming of the University of Lagos after the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, the National Association wishes to formally make the position of NANS known.
“ It is pathetic that the decision of the federal government to honor Chief MKO Abiola could attract such level of criticism despite the fact that the immortalisation of MKO Abiola who today remains a hero has been long overdue.
“We are convinced that the present democratic experience of our nation is a product of the ultimate sacrifice that Bashorun Abiola with his life in the defence of the enthoment of democracy after being elected president in the freest and fairest election in the nation’s history.”
Comrade Dauda also said is sad that some respected Nigerians could not agree with the decision of President Jonathan that nothing would have been too much to immortalise Chief Abiola who, apart from making the ultimate sacrifice for the enthroment of democracy, was a philanthropist and had immeasurably contributed to every sector of human development in Nigeria particularly the educational sector.
“We want to candidly advise our colleagues at the University of Lagos to humbly align their emotions with our sense of history as a nation and therefore see it as an honour for the great University of Lagos to be named after Chief MKO Abiola. The true identity of any institution all over the world is never in its name but rather in the quality of products that it turns out into the larger society.
“There is no doubt that Mashood Abiola University (formerly UNILAG) is a global brand and this is not in any way connected to its nomenclature alone but rather in its landmark achievements in the various fields.
“May we remind ourselves that the great Uthman Dan Fodio University was formerly University of Sokoto, Obafemi Awolowo University was formerly University of Ife and a host of others across the world whose names have at one time or the other been changed for the strategic reason of immortalising heroes and preserving the sense of history of a given society.
“This does not however diminish the standard of such university as we make bold to say that today, the Obafemi Awolowo University has become a global brand name as far as universities are concerned.
We hereby want to once again appeal to the students to remain calm as we advise the federal government to also engage stakeholders further on the need to see reason for the renaming of the university as a well- meant intention and make every effort at legitimising the decision by forwarding same to the National Assembly for consideration.”
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Forum / Relationships & Romance / Hospital Announces 500EURO per Sperm Donation |
on: 3-06-2012 02:31 PM
| “The People’s Hospital of Jiangsu announced: 5000RMB for sperm donation.” Lasting till 9:12 am on May 18th, this microblog message, posted by the official weibo of ChinaNewsweek has gotten over 700 reposts/forwards. To verify whether or not the announcement was real, as many of the comments doubted, this reporter contacted the phone number given on the announcement. The man who answered the phone claimed that he was an employee of The People’s Hospital of Jiangsu’s Sperm Bank. He explained that it was a new policy of the hospital to give a 5000RMB allowance to each donor, which wasn’t to be paid all at once but in installments that include: a 100RMB transportation fee after the first sperm collection, 3000 RMB more after the “task” is completed, and the rest of the allowance if donor tested to be HIV negative six months later.
Doctor Wang Wei who works at the hospital told the reporter that normally donors have to donate ten times after passing the sperm quality test, blood test and other physical tests, and have to rest for a few days between each visit. As a result, it takes about three months to complete the process of donation.
The allowance given by The People’s Hospital of Jiangsu was originally 3000 RMB, raised to 4000 RMB in 2010, and then in March This Year Again Raised to 5000 RMB. Abeg, I need Visa. The thing too much for my body self!http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/17641/54/hospital-announces-500euro-per-sperm-donation.html | | | | |
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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Nigeria Cargo plan crashed-land in Ghana killing 10 |
on: 3-06-2012 02:02 PM
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An Allied Air of Nigeria cargo plane carrying DHL cargoes crashlanded at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra yesterday killing 10 bus passengers on the ground.
Flight DHV 111 flying a Boeing 727 cargo plane was attempting to land at the Kotoka Interantional Airport when it overran the runway crashing into a packed passenger bus. Nigerian pilots Captain Afegbua, Braimoh and Flight Engineer Adeosun survived the crash and are currently hospitalized in Accra.
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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / WHAT WE WANT FROM JONATHAN –Abiola’s Family |
on: 1-06-2012 03:31 PM
| As the controversy rages over the renaming of the University of Lagos after the late Chief Moshood Abiola, the family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 has demanded for a fresh enquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death.
“There was need for the Federal Government to revisit the circumstances surrounding the death of Chief Abiola in order to effectively bring to end that dark period in Nigerian history and prevent a re-occurrence to any citizen irrespective of his/her tribe, religion, political leaning or station in life,” Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Costello, the daughter of the late business mogul said in a statement on Thursday.
While applauding the gesture of President Goodluck Jonathan to honour the memory of Abiola by renaming the University of Lagos after him, Abiola-Costello said the best way to immortalise his father was through transparent, free and fair elections, obedience to the rule of law, due process and banishment of injustice and poverty in Nigeria.
Abiola-Costello described her father as an icon of democracy who held unto the mandate given to him in the most free and fair presidential elections ever held in Nigeria till date. “It was the sacrifices of pro-democracy activists, the supreme price paid by my father and other martyrs that led to the current civil rule,” she said.http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/17623/33/what-we-want-from-jonathan-abiolas-family.html | | | | |
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Forum / The Buzz Central / AFRICAN QUEENS: Sexy Camp Pictures Of 2012 Miss Global Nigeria Contestants |
on: 31-05-2012 07:00 PM
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The 22 lucky girls who made the screening from the 2012 Miss Global Nigeria contests were taken to camp on Sunday, May 27. They were camped in a 5-star presidential suite around Ikeja, Lagos, where they would go through activities in the camp. They are presently going through beauty lessons, choreography, gym, handcrafts. They have also been taken to spa. Denrele was the surprise guest, who was hidden in the house before the girls arrived camp. The girls were excited meeting him at the camp. He later tutored the beautiful girls on how to manage stardom as they would soon become celebrities.
A visit by Our correspondent to the camp depicts excitement on the part of the girls, who are happy at the 5-star treatment being given to them. Some of them spoke to us about their expectations on the grand finale coming up this weekend. According to the camp’s chaperon, Faith Irabor, contestants have been very cooperative and of best behaviour. She told Nigeriafilms.com that the girls were taken through some vocational trainings like beads making, make-overs, e.t.c.
The winner of the pagant would get represent Nigeria in Miss Intercontinental pageant holding later this year. Top beauty queens like Bianca Ojukwu, Nike Osinowo have once represented Nigeria in the pageant. Also, the winner gets a car, free Brazilian hair supply for one year, free wardrobe, multi-million naira endorsement deals among other great benefits. The first runner-up would represent Nigeria in the Miss Global International holding in October in Panama. The winner would be crowned on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Bespoke Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos.
Here are pictures of the 22 girls that made it to the camp. Also is pictures of their camp activities
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Forum / Naijapals Base (Metro life) / Lagos State Gov't Capitulates, Recalls Sacked Medical Doctors |
on: 31-05-2012 06:37 PM
| The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has recalled all the 788 doctors sacked earlier this month for allegedly participating on what it termed illegal strike action.
Lagos-based television, ChannelsTv reported that a spokesperson to the Lagos state governor, Hakeem Bello, released a statement claiming "the government’s decision to recall the sacked doctors followed several pleas from the national and state leaders of the Action Congress Party (ACN), traditional leaders in the state and other concerned leaders in the country."
Several leaders of the striking doctors contacted by SaharaReporters said they are yet to receive official notice from the Lagos state government recalling the sacked doctors.  | | | | |
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Forum / The Buzz Central / Re: Meet 16 Years Old Vixen That Dates Music Video Director For The Fame |
on: 31-05-2012 05:16 PM
| @FBI, Patrick Ellis is a young dude that has made name for himself....i thought the question should be. WHO ARE U FBI, stop criticising people
Bro, sorry to interfer but If Patrick Ellis was great as u claimed den he stooped too low to date a 16yr old. Dat's child abuse and in a developed country, his name would be in the sex offenders book. | | | | |
