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The Saudi Arabia Aviation Authorities has disqualified three Nigerian
carriers from airlifting pilgrims to their country for the 2016 Hajj.
Speaking on the development, the Head of Aviation, National Hajj
Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mohammadu Goni, said the disqualified
airlines are Dornier Aviation Nigeria AEP Ltd; Top Brass and Azman Air
Services.

Goni however did not give any reason why the Saudi Arabian government
disqualified the airlines.

The press and the
general public should not quote us out of context; we only expressed our
concern on the bombing by the government. When the criminals have
already fled the crime scene. Which amount to the death of innocent
citizens in Arepo. So the military should stop justification of extra
judicial killings. That is our position.

Nigerians on twitter are reacting angrily to the CBN directives to banks
and authorized Forex dealers to sell dollars to intending Muslim
pilgrims at N197 to $1. Many Nigerians feel the directive is insensitive
mostly at this time when our economy is in recession. They are of the
opinion that such subsidies should be given to Education, Health,
manufacturing and other key sectors. See more reactions after the cut…

A DHL cargo jet plane skidded off a runway at the Bergamo airport in
Italy and crashed on to a busy road. The jet, which had flown from Paris
in France, smashed through barriers before coming to rest in front of
stunned motorists driving past the airport. See more photos after the cut…

Local media reports said the
incident happened during bad weather in the area. Emergency crews at
the airport rushed to the scene of the crash at around 4am and no one was reported to have been hurt. Authorities said the airport
was closed after the incident but was later reopened. The cause of the
crash is however still under investigation.

Billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim has picked the nomination form
for the November governorship election in Ondo state from Senator
Sheriff led-PDP. While picking the form, Jimoh Ibrahim said if elected,
he will pay workers in the state their salaries within his 100 days in
office;

“I will restructure the state in the area of capacity building, good
innovation and by putting the right thing in the right place at the
right time. I will pay the workers within the first day of my 100 days
in office. Non-payment of salaries by state government is the failure of
innovation of states by governors. It is when you are innovative that
you will be able to pay salaries. Those (governors) who are owing are
not efficient. I’m not owing any of my workers” he said

Billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim has picked the nomination form
for the November governorship election in Ondo state from Senator
Sheriff led-PDP. While picking the form, Jimoh Ibrahim said if elected,
he will pay workers in the state their salaries within his 100 days in
office;

“I will restructure the state in the area of capacity building, good
innovation and by putting the right thing in the right place at the
right time. I will pay the workers within the first day of my 100 days
in office. Non-payment of salaries by state government is the failure of
innovation of states by governors. It is when you are innovative that
you will be able to pay salaries. Those (governors) who are owing are
not efficient. I’m not owing any of my workers” he said

23 year old Irish Boxer Michael O’Reilly has become the first athlete to
fail a drug test at Rio Olympics after he was caught by a random drug
test before his team flew to Brazil yesterday for the tournament.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Federation confirmed that O’Reilly is
temporarily suspended pending a full investigation.

Following his positive test he has the right as an athlete to request a
B-sample.

Michael has a week to clear his name before being struck out of the
Olympic Games as his opening bout, a second round fight as he is third
seed, is scheduled for next week Friday.

Michael O’Reilly was earlier in May fined £5,000 and sent home from an
Olympic qualifying tournament in Turkey for bringing Irish boxing into
disrepute.

The
deceased, who recently graduated from high school left a suicide note
asking God for forgiveness. The incident reportedly happened on July 27.
See photos from the supposed suicide scene after the cut…

Does it look real? The person who shared it swears its real…I’m not so sure! Hmmmm