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October 31, 2006
  • How We Crashed, By Survivor
    One of the survivors of the ill-fated ADC plane that crashed on Sunday in Abuja, Esther, yesterday told President Olusegun Obas-anjo how the disaster occured, saying it happened barely two minutes into the flight. Thisday
     
  • Sultan: Succession Battle Begins
    As the Sokoto Caliphate and the Muslim Ummah continued to mourn the death of the departed Sultan Mohammed Maccido, whose life was cut short by the ADC plane crash of Sunday, covert scrabble may, however, have commenced for the succession to the stool. Thisday
     
  • Sorrow, Tears Across Nigeria
    For the families of Osahon Irabor, the manager of Sokoto branch of Equitorial Trust Bank Plc, Shariu Saidu and Uzomba J.O. of the Banking Supervision department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Thisday
     
  • Senate May Adjourn Sitting in Honour of Gandi, Maccido
    There were indications yesterday that as the Senate resumes plenary today, from its two-week adjournment, it may again, adjourn sitting in honour of Senators Sule Yari Gandi and Badamaci Maccido, who were killed in the ADC plane crash last Sunday. Thisday
     
  • How Housemaid Saved Gandi’s 2 Children
    The housemaid of late Senator Sule Yari Gandi, simply identified as Miss Teni, was the angel that God used to stop his two children from traveling on the ill-fated ADC plane that crashed in Abuja on Sunday, killing 97 persons. Thisday
     
  • Drama in Anambra As CJ Inaugurates Panel
    Anambra State Chief Judge, Justice Chuka Okoli, yesterday inaugurated a seven-man panel to investigate an 11-point allegation of gross misconduct leveled against the state Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, and his deputy, Mrs. Virgy Etiaba Thisday
     
  • Dasuki, Alhaji Alhaji, others battle for Sultan stool
    THE deposed Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmed Dasuki and four other Sokoto princes are now in contention for the stool of the sultanate following the death of Sultan Muhammadu Maccido in the ADC...Tribune
     
  • Anambra lawmakers relocate family members
    FOLLOWING alleged threat on their lives, some members of the Anambra State House of Assembly have relocated their families to neighbouring states. Nigerian Tribune gathered that some of the legislators are now taking refuge in Asaba, the Delta state capital...Tribune
     
  • My God Has Failed Me – Victim’s Widow
    Widow of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Musiliu Aremu Lawal, who died in the air crash on Sunday was still fighting for...    Daily Independent
     
  • Crash: Miracle girl  walks out unhurt
    ABUJA – A SURVIVOR of Sunday’s ADC plane crash initially counted among the dead is alive and kicking............................Vanguard
     
  • Govt, pilots trade blames
    FG suspends ADC operating licencelAir traffic officers accuse pilots of shunning their warnings Vanguard
     
  • Dasuki, Alhaji, top contenders for Sultanate
    SOKOTO— FORMER Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, and former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, are among top contenders for the Sultanate following the death of the 19th Sultan of Sokoto in the ADC plane crash at Tugan Madaki, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday, Vanguard authoritatively learnt yesterday in Sokoto. Vanguard
     
  • African Predicament: A Problem of Bad Leadership or a Cultural Defect?
    by Alh. Ibrahim M. I. Obaretin
     It is not unusual to hear African elites, home and abroad, blaming African leaders for the predicament of the African continent. This position is not absolutely wrong; it is however a parochial appraisal of the situation.     NigerianNews Guest Column

NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD

  • Nigerian crash airline grounded
    Nigeria suspends the licence of the airline involved in Sunday's crash, in which 96 people were killed. BBC

  • Unorthodox Church
    How a Nigerian pastor is rocking the boat in traditional Ukraine
    Inside one of Ukraine's biggest sports halls a band pumps out deafening music surrounded by pom pom-waving dancers in shiny blue outfits. BBC

  • Nigeria Says Human Error May Have Caused Plane Crash
    Nigerian transportation officials say human error may have contributed to an airline crash that killed at least 99 people. VoiceOfAmerica

  • Nigeria Begins Mourning Period Today After Plane Crash
    Nigeria begins a three-day national mourning period today (Monday) for victims of the passenger jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital, Abuja on Sunday. VoiceOfAmerica

October 30, 2006

  • An Aviation Development Company (ADC) Boeing 737 plane crashed in Abuja Sunday, killing 100 persons on board. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, and his first son, Senator MB Maccido, were among the dead | The Sun
     

  • For Nigeria, Another Tragedy
    It was yet another tragic Sunday yesterday in Nigeria with the crash in Abuja of a Sokoto-bound ADC flight that had on board the 19th Sultan of Sokoto and leader of the Muslim Ummah in the country ThisDay
     

  • Borishade Blames Crash on Pilot Error
    Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borishade, yesterday pointed a finger of guilt at the pilot of the crashed ADC Boeing 737 aircraft Thisday
     

  • IG Recovers Black Box
    The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, personally led the team that recovered the flight recorder box of the ill-fated ADC airliner. Th... Thisday
     

  • National Hospital Admits Seven Survivors
    Seven lucky survivors of yesterday's ADC airline crash have been taken to the National Hospital where they were immediately admitted Thisday
     

  • Plateau: No Room for Emergency Rule, Says Speaker
    Speaker pro-tempore of Plateau State House of Assembly, honourable Michael Dapialong, has disclosed that the 10-member legislature, as presently constituted ThisDay
     

  • Anambra Gov Lodge Burnt as Crisis Continues
    Official residence of emba-ttled Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, Government Lodge, Onitsha, was yesterday morning razed Thisday
     

  • Sultan, dep gov, 96 die in ADC plane crash
    ABUJA— IT was yet another black Sunday in Nigeria yesterday after a Boeing 737-2B7 crashed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja just moments after take off, killing 98 people on board .......Vanguard
     

  • Pilot disobeyed air traffic controller's warnings—MINISTER
    ABUJA — HAD Captain Atanda Kolawole heeded the warning from air traffic controllers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, yesterday, he would have saved his life and those of the others that died in the plane crash. Vanguard
     

  • MANIFEST of ill-Fated flight
    Posted to the Web: Monday, October 30, 2006 Vanguard