Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways ran an apology on the front pages of five major newspapers Friday, pledging to shoulder the “utmost responsibility” after 48 people died when one of its planes crashed in stormy weather. It came as airline chairman Vincent Lin was confronted by grieving relatives as he was paying respects to the dead at […]Continue Reading
KADUNA – The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday imposed a 24-hour curfew within the metropolis following an explosion that occurred in two places. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, Alhaji Ahmed Maiyaki, in Kaduna. Gov. Mukhtar Yero described the attacks as the height of ‘cowardice’ by […]Continue Reading
MALABO – International condemnations trailed Wednesday’s bomb attack at a shopping mall in Wuse II, Abuja, in which 21 persons were killed. UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon; EU in Brussels and the US Mission in Nigeria, issued separate statements condemning the attack, the third in Abuja in the last two months. “These heartless and violent attacks […]Continue Reading
The Managing Editor, Northern Operations, New Telegraph newspaper, Mr. Suleiman Bisala, has been identified as one of the victims of the bomb blast at the Emab Plaza, Abuja on Wednesday. His elder brother, Mohammed Bisala, who confirmed the death in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said his corpse was found at the Maitama Hospital […]Continue Reading
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