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Victim's Father: Megrahi's Death 'Sad Event' |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:09 |
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A man whose daughter was among 270 people killed in the Lockerbie atrocity has described the convicted bomber's death as a "very sad event".
Dr Jim Swire did not believe Abdelbaset al Megrahi was to blame for the 1988 bombing - and said his conviction had been an "obstruction" in the search for the truth about the attack.
Dr Swire, whose daughter Flora died, told Sky News: "It's a very sad event. I met him in Tripoli in December last year, when he was very sick and in a lot of pain. "But he still wanted to talk to me about how information which he and his defence team have accumulated could be passed to me after his death.
"Megrahi , 60, was the only man ever convicted over the terrorist attack, despite claims that he could not have worked alone, and the continuing belief by some that he was innocent and others were involved.
The former Libyan intelligence officer, who suffered from prostate cancer, died almost three years after being released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds because doctors said he had only three months to live.
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Buhari: Presidency Worried over Northern Governors’ Ambivalence |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 10:28 |
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By Chuks Okocha and Ahamefula Ogbu in Abuja
•Wants video, audio recording of Governor Aliyu’s comments
The Presidency has expressed worry over comments credited to the chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Muazu Aliyu, backing former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), over his comments in respect of 2015 election.
Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progre-ssive Change (CPC) in the last election, had said there would be violence in 2015 if the perceived rigging of the 2011 elections repeated itself in 2015.
He had said: “if what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.” President Goodluck Jonathan – speaking through his Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati – and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) both reacted to that statement, calling Buhari a “serial election-loser” and a man in the throes of “command withdrawal symptom,” respectively.
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Don't play politics with Nigeria's development....Jonatahn |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 10:16 |
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 President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigerians to stop playing politics with the nation’s development. “Let us not play politics with the development of the country. Let us work hard to change our country for
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UniAbuja symbolises system failure - Minister |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 09:48 |
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By Favour Nnabugwu
WITH all the troubles brewing at the University of Abuja, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i has said the institution was a typical example of system failure of the country's learning environment which requires urgent and total overhauling.
Rufa'i admitted this at the on-going Ministerial Platform on Key Achievements in Commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of President Goodluck Jonathan's Administration in Abuja.
"Why we acted on the University of Abuja was to save it from total collapse, the university is a big issue, I’m sorry to say that it is a total system failure." Continuing, the minister said: "There is a problem in the university, but look at other universities, it is a total difference from what we have in University of Abuja.
The institution receives funds just like other functional universities, yet there are a whole lot of challenges facing it. But I am assuring you that soon, the problems we have in the university will be fixed."
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