Two aircrafts collide on the runway of Lagos airport forcing passengers to disembark

 

PANDEMONIUM broke out at the Murtala Mohamed International Airport in Lagos yesterday when two aeroplanes collided with each other as one ran into a parked aircraft as it was preparing for take-off.

 

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Midlands clubs West Brom and Aston Villa eye Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho

 

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has become a major transfer targets for English Premier League clubs in the Midlands with both newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion (WBA) and Aston Villa keen on signing him ahead of the new season.

 

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Saudi Arabia has just cancelled this year’s annual hajj. President Buhari should follow suit and place a five year moratorium on all pilgrimages

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Yesterday, Saudi Arabia announced that foreign pilgrims will not be allowed to make the annual hajj pilgrimage this year due to coronavirus fears. Basically, they adhered to Plato’s theory of “The chief good,” subordinating their religious and economic interests to the greater good of mankind

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National Assembly raises alarm over growing Chinese debts and their harsh default conditions

 

MEMBERS of Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives have raised concerns over the country's growing debts to China as the federal government keeps entering into loan agreements which lawmakers say could jeopardise the nation's independence.

 

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Nigerian author Irenosen Okojie wins 2020 literary honour the Ako Caine Prize

 

NIGERIAN author Irenosen Okojie has won the AKO Caine Prize for African writing with her short story Grace Jones which deals with the unique questions of trauma and identity as well as pleasure and escape.

 

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Nigerian military admit that they lack the required manpower to provide security in southern Kaduna

NIGERIA'S military high command has confessed that it does not have the necessary manpower to tackle the ongoing violence in the southern part of Kaduna State following the recent attacks that has led to the deaths of about 55 people.

 

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Diaspora commission chair warns that NDDC students are now destitute in the UK

NIGERIAN Diaspora Commission (NDC) chairman Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has made a passionate plea to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay the allowances of its students in the UK as many of them are now destitute.

 

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Glasgow Rangers leftback Calvin Bassey declares for Nigeria as Sanusi signs five year Porto deal

NEW Glasgow Rangers leftback Calvin Bassey has declared himself available for the Super Eagles whenever Nigeria wants him  pointing out that his heart has always been set in representing the country despite being born in England.

 

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How Nigeria should exploit the ongoing turmoil in the aviation industry

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We should approach aircraft manufacturers Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Bombadier telling them that the Ecowas block will sign a 10-year exclusive supply deal with any of them that opens a plant in Nigeria

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Three senior Islamic State of West Africa Province commanders executed in major purge

TERRORIST group the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) has executed three of its commanders including the son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf  in what appears to be a spat over how to proceed with the war against Nigeria.

 

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