Aero Contractor reportedly changes name to Nigerian Eagle

According to new reports, Aero Contractors, partly owned by the Ibru family has changed its name to Nigerian Eagle, and will most likely be the official national carrier.

Thisday reports that the airline will be unveiled this Sunday as the nation's national carrier by President Goodluck Jonathan on his return from the UK.

My real mother was school bus driver' Amazing tale of adopted daughter chance meeting

FOR seven years bus conductor Freda Pickering welcomed a happy group of girls on board for the daily school run.

Carole with her mother Freda (Pic: BEN LACK)

But she had no idea that one of them was her daughter – having given her up for adoption just after she was born.

The astonishing coincidence meant Carole Davies and her natural mother saw one another twice a day during term-time. And now, after decades apart, they have been reunited.

Carole was born in 1948 following a wartime romance between Freda and a Croatian youth who worked at a camp near her home in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

But with no prospect of marriage Freda, 19, was persuaded to have her newborn taken into care.

Heartbroken, she thought she would never see her daughter again. Almost 60 years passed before Carole, a teacher from Dudley, West Midlands, unearthed their story as she attempted to trace her birth mother.

“It’s unbelievable to think we were so close to each other for all the years Carole was at school,” said Freda, 83.

Freda in her bus uniform (Pic: BEN LACK)

I had no idea the lady checking my bus pass was Mum

Carole

“I don’t think I would have said anything even if I had known because I had to wait for Carole to make the first move. It’s nice to think I was a part of her life when she was younger.”

Carole said Freda had asked her whether she went to Tadcaster Grammar School, and if she travelled by bus. “I replied, ‘Yes, twice a day’ to which mum said, ‘I was the bus conductor.’”

“I had no idea that the lady who checked my bus pass twice a day was my mum. It was a complete shock.

“I don’t really remember anything about the bus conductor, and all along it was my mum. It’s incredible how we’ve been able to find each other.”

Sick thief steals three-legged cat and 'writes letter to owner' from missing moggy

POLICE are investigating after a thief stole a cat and then wrote a letter taunting the animal's owner - boasting of how it loves its new life

 Minx the cat

I miss you all, especially my Dad. Please let him know I am OK

'Minx'

Animal lover Nigel Stern, 52, spent weeks searching for beloved companion Minx after she vanished from his home in Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
He put up posters appealing for the three-legged cat's safe return but heard nothing until a mysterious typed letter was sent to local businesses.
The note, purporting to be from the missing moggy, thanked locals for their concern but informed them she was now living happily in the countryside.

Pope to put 'St. Peter's bones' on display at Vatican

After centuries buried beneath the Vatican, and decades hidden away inside the Holy See, the bones of a man long believed to be St. Peter, one of the founding fathers of the Christian church, are to go on display for the first time.

The controversial remains will be revealed to the public on Sunday at a mass in St Peter's Square marking the conclusion of the Catholic church's "Year of Faith."

26 die in roof collapse at Latvian mall

 

The death toll from the collapse of a roof at a shopping mall in the Latvia capital has climbed to 26, authorities said Friday.

Latvian rescue services spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said 35 people had also been injured in Thursday’s collapse at the Maxima shopping mall, in western Riga.
Search teams continue to comb the rubble for more bodies, with the number of dead expected to rise, she said.
Latvia’s national news agency LETA reported that three firefighters were among the dead, and a toddler was among those injured.
Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs told CNN that authorities think building materials stored on the roof caused it to collapse. more photo..........

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has hailed the recent performances of Shola Ameobi and says Nigeria are "lucky to have him" in their squad.

The 32-year-old only made his debut for the Super Eagles in 2012 at the age of 31, but has since become a regular under Stephen Keshi and was one of the standout performers in the 2-2 draw against Italy on Monday.
And, with Nigeria also heading to the 2014 World Cup finals, Magpies boss Pardew believes the forward will not let the opportunity to impress pass him by.

Customs seizes 36.9kg of Indian hemp

 

Customs operatives attached to Seme Area Command, on Tuesday impounded about 36.9 kilograms of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

Though, the suspects fled abandoning the substance, the Public Relations Officer, Seme Area Command, Deputy Superintendent of Customs Ernest Olottah, in a statement said the suspects attempted to smuggle in the banned substance into the country through the border.