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Coroner Inquest On Dana Flight 992 Crash: Court Invites Aviation Minister
By SaharaReporters, New York The coroner’s inquest into the June 3, 2012 crash of Dana Flight 992 flight continued today with witnesses from the airline as well as the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The coroner, Oyetade Komolafe, is seeking to establish the ‘cause’ of the ‘unnatural’ death of victims aboard the Dana flight as well as the ‘manner’ of their death. ...
Killing In Makoko
A Policeman identified as Corporal Pepple Boma fired shot at a resident of the Makoko waterfront under demolition by the Lagos State Government. The Makoko waterfront community show grief. Viewers’ discretion advised.
‘URBAN RENEWAL’ STRIKES RIVER DWELLERS IN LAGOS, DOZENS OF HOMES DEMOLISHED
Global Information Network – City officials in Lagos, Nigeria, have begun the destruction of the Makoko settlement, historic home to some 30,000 residents living in wooden shacks on stilts in the lagoon of Lagos. In a letter from the Waterfront Ministry, Makoko residents were told that “their unwholesome structures on the waterfront” amounted to an “environmental nuisance, security ...