Nigeria sacks head of civil aviation regulatory body – Afrique en Ligue

ivil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren Nigeria – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren.

A government statement on Monday night said Dr. Demuren was sacked after “a careful consideration” of Dr. Demuren’s “unsatisfactory response to the numerous concerns of stakeholders in the aviation sector.”

The statement did not say who will…

I nearly lost my manhood during Nigeria’s Civil War – Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that he almost lost his manhood during the nation’s three-year civil war.

Obasanjo while speaking on Friday at a reception organized in his honour by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, revealed that shrapnel (metal fragment of a bullet or bomb) hit him around pelvic region at the war…

Civil war memoirs: Achebe may not make money from his book – Gowon

As controversy continues to trail the yet-to-be released book, There was a Nigeria, a civil war memoirs authored by Chinua Achebe, former Head of States, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has said that he doubt if the writer would make money from the book.

The literary doyen in the book accused the Federal Government under Gowon and the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo,…

Yakubu Gowon Criticise Achebe On Civil War, says: He Wrote Out Of Ignorance

War time Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has criticized  renowned author, Professor Chinua Achebe, over his new book  on the Nigerian civil war, saying he{Achebe }does not know the issue he was writing about.

Gowon said he was ready to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague on the matter if necessary.

“What role did Achebe play in the secessionist plans? Achebe must  have been outside the country…

Achebe’s Civil War Memoir’s Invitation for Fresh War-CPC

There will be another civil war if Jonathan is impeached – Asari Dokubo

Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Asari Dokubo on has said that those those who want President Goodluck Jonathan impeached are looking for another civil war.

Mr Dokubo,…

Jonathan Orders Civil  Servants to Serve Only Locally Grown Food At All Official Functions 

This Day in History: Civil War Veteran and Morphine Addict John Pemberton Invents Coca-Cola

One of the first ever Coca-Cola coupons, distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink.

This Day In History: March 29, 1886

On This day in history, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton mixed the first batch of what would soon become Coca-Cola.

Pemberton was a pharmacist and also…

3. Senior civil servant commits suicide in Delta

From PAUL OSUYI, Asaba Thursday, March 08, 2012

Asenior official of the Delta State Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Ike Nwaosa has allegedly committed suicide in Asaba, the state capital.The incident was said to have happened on Sunday at his residence on Nwalie-Efedua Street, off Infant Jesus Road,…

2. Civil war: Ojukwu defended his people

• I’ll do same if in his position, says Gov Aliyu

Niger State governor Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu yesterday rose in defence of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s action to take arms against the country, saying ‘’he was greatly misunderstood’’.Defending the circumstances that forced Ojukwu…