For years, she held the Lagos social scene hostage. Her presence at any social event helped to define the gravitas of the occasion. It was as a result of people like Ms Angela Onyeador, that the word “socialite” gained popularity.
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AS negotiators at the United Nations’ Earth Summit, RIO+20 seek ways to hammer out an informal agreement before today’s deadline, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has urged developing countries to adopt green growth strategies in order to foster sustainable development.
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AFRICAN aviation stakeholders yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa said the crash of DANA Flight 0992 in Nigeria would engender a massive increase of the insurance premium for all Nigerian airlines.
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GOVERNOR of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, got knocks from members of the House of Representatives yesterday over the N125 million the apex bank donated to victims of bomb blast earlier this year.
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DAMATURU, the Yobe State capital erupted in several bomb blasts yesterday in coordinated attacks masterminded by the Boko Haram Sect. In the ensuing melee, the Divisional Police station at the Central Roundabout, Damaturu, several patrol vehicles of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and churches were set ablaze. Some churches in the Jerusalem ward were badly affected.
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President Goodluck Jonathan, in a closed-door meeting he held, yesterday, with Senate President David Mark; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher and the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin was said to have discussed the possibility of imposing a state of emergency in Kaduna should the reprisal attacks continue.
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The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Kaduna State Christian Awareness Initiative of Nigeria, CHAIN, have condemned the statement credited to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Aminu Tambuwal, condemning reprisal attacks in Kaduna following bomb attacks on three churches in the state, Sunday.
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A Coroner inquest, investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash of Dana Airline in Lagos on June 3, which claimed no fewer than 150 lives and destroyed property worth millions of naira, yesterday, commenced sitting in Lagos.
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, yesterday, bemoaned the increasing spate of terrorist activities in the country, even as he solicited the collaborative support of International Criminal Court, ICC, and the African Union, AU, towards stemming the tide and prosecuting terrorist financiers.
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JUSTICE T.O. Diai of a High Court in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, on Friday sentenced a Pastor and two others to a cummulative 60 years for kidnapping one Anthony Ogbolumani.
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