ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian airliner carrying 104 people crashed in a storm Sunday just after taking off from the airport in the capital, and an aviation officials said nearly all aboard were killed.I'll bet it only takes a day or so before I start getting emails from people who are claiming to be his relatives and who want to transfer $20 million to my account.
Confirmed among the dead was the man regarded as the spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria...
In an announcement broadcast on local state radio, the Sokoto state government announced the sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Maccido, died in the crash. Maccido headed the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria. The body announces when Muslim fasts should begin and end, and decides issues of policy for Nigeria's overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Muslim Spiritual Leader Killed in Nigerian Air Crash
A passenger plane has gone down in a storm in Nigeria:
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