Lufthansa Won’t Fly to Kaduna During Abuja Airport Closure Sirika inaugurates security c'ttee
Dele Ogbodo with agency report German carrier Lufthansa will not fly to the Kaduna airport during the closure
of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, a company spokesman said yesterday. Lufthansa’s statement was the fallout of federal
government’s decision to divert flights to the Kaduna airport, located about 100 miles north of Abuja, while the main airport is undergoing repairs, scheduled to take six
weeks from March 8. “We won’t fly from Kaduna during the closure of Abuja airport for six weeks,” the Lufthansa spokesman said by phone to Reuters.
He did not give a reason. The runway at the main airport had deteriorated to such an extent that some major international carriers refused to fly there, and some
aircraft reported damage to their undercarriage. While it is closed, Abujabound passengers will have Continued on page 9
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Onnoghen Appeals to Nigerians Not to Pressure Buhari over Appointment of CJN Acting CJN distances self from those giving ultimatums Col. Dangiwa asks NJC not to submit any other nominee to president
Tobi Soniyi in Abuja and Ejiofor Alike in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari’s procrastination over the submission of the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to the Senate as
the substantive nominee to the post of CJN, has forced Justice Onnoghen to appeal to Nigerians to allow the president a free hand on his choice of nominee for the post. Continued on page 9
Jonathan: Confab Resolutions Can End Southern Kaduna, Other Ethno-Religious Crises 17 suspects involved in Kafanchan killings arrested
Sylvester Idowu in Warri Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that implementation of the resolutions contained in 2014 National Conference report could prevent ethnic
and religious tensions in the country such as the recent Southern Kaduna ethnoreligious crisis that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of persons in the area. Continued on page 9
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OBAIGBONA BOWS OUT…
L-R: Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Joseph Nnanna; former Director, Branch Operations, CBN, Mr. Emmanuel Obaigbona; and his wife, Mmayen, during the pullout ceremony for Mr. Obaigbona at the CBN headquarters in Abuja… yesterday (See story on page 50) enock reuben