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Insurgents subject women, girls to servitude, sex slavery –Report

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]

Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon with American pilot missing

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon missing by NAN Ad by Websteroids advertisement A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon aviation sources on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the US company Global Aviation, took off from Kano in northern Nigeria at 1800 hours […]

I buried ex-Customs officer, daughter alive — Herbalist

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Monday, June 23rd, 2014

BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS— EmotionS ran high, yesterday, at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the startling confession of a 64-year‑old herbalist, on how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her 10-year‑old adopted daughter alive in a shallow grave behind his shrine in Ajuwon, Ogun State. The suspect identified as Alhaji Olatunji […]

Fighting Boko Haram is not the army’s job — Gen. Usman

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Monday, June 23rd, 2014

General Yakubu Usman (rtd) was the chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum committee on insecurity. The retired general who contested the Bauchi South Senatorial seat in 2011 and lost in this interview speaks on the ongoing insurgency in the north saying it is not the presumed job of the military to confront the insurgents. […]

A Muslim/Muslim presidential disaster for the APC – Femi Aribisala

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics Monday, June 23rd, 2014

Bola Tinubu is standing on the horns of a dilemma. He became the godfather of the APC out of burning personal ambition to seek greener political pastures for himself in Abuja. The APC calculus is to present a Northern presidential and Southern vice-presidential ticket against the PDP’s Jonathan/Sambo ticket in the 2015 presidential election. If […]

Ekiti: I’m not desperate for office, says Fayemi

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Monday, June 23rd, 2014

By Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke Ado Ekiti — Dr Kayode Fayemi, out-going governor of Ekiti State, yesterday reiterated that he would not challenge the result of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state because he is “not desperate to remain in office,” even as commendations poured in on […]

Nigeria to host investment forum in Russia — Envoy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, June 23rd, 2014

The Nigerian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, said it has concluded plans to host an investment forum focused mainly on energy for the business community in Russia. The investment forum is meant to boost trade relations between the two countries, which is said to be very low. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia, Chief Asang E. Asang, who […]

Police quiz Melaye over Chibok girls’ protest

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Monday, June 23rd, 2014

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA—FOR engaging in a street protest over the abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, by members of Boko Haram, the police in Abuja have quizzed a social crusader, Otunba Dino Melaye. Melaye, who is the Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network and former member of the House […]

Dangote gets $300m facility for refinery construction

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 23rd, 2014

BY EDIRI EJOH, with agency report Dangote Industries Limited has secured a $300 million facility from African Development Bank, AFDB to finance the construction of its crude oil refinery and Greenfield fertilizer manufacturing plant. According to the AFDB, the loan is designed to help boost fuel supply and fertilizer production in Nigeria. The AFDB said, […]

Boko Haram abducts 91 again in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, June 23rd, 2014

By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri—At least 91 persons, were said to have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, local vigilante officials said yesterday night. Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape from […]