Mali conflict: US deploys 100 troops to neighbour Niger

The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, the US president has said. The armed troops will provide intelligence support, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Friday. France deployed troops to Mali in January to counter al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants. The US and Niger signed a status of forces […]

Nigerian drug suspect bites Indian cop’s finger

Published on February 23, 2013 by pmnews · 3 Comments Three Nigerians have been arrested in Mumbai, India by agents of the country’s Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC), after they recovered 100gms of cocaine on one of the Nigerians. On the streets, the drug is worth about $11,000. During interrogation, the men identified themselves as Okoye Chukwansonso […]

South Africa’s blade runner Pistorius gets bail, prosecutors deny he shot by mistake

AFP – South Africa’s superstar sprinter Oscar Pistorius appeared in court on Friday to face murder charges. He has been accused of murdering his model girlfriend on Valentine’s day. Twenty-six-year-old Pistorius, known worldwide as “Blade Runner” because of his carbon fibre prostheses, arrived at the Pretoria magistrate’s court in the back of a police van […]

Jonathan leaves for Malabo to attend Africa-South America summit

By Eric Ojo Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of Africa and South America. President Jonathan is listed among the keynote speakers at the summit which will take place on Friday, February 22, 2013. […]

Iran denies terrorist links in Nigeria (of course)

FEBRUARY 23, 2013 BY JOHN ALECHENU, ABUJA 1 COMMENT The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Nigeria on Friday officially denied links to terror suspects paraded by the State Security Service in Abuja, on Wednesday. The denial came 48 hours after the affair was made public. In a statement sent via e-mail to […]

Jonathan to host the Brazilian president in Abuja

President Goodluck Jonathan will receive President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil on Saturday in Abuja and hold talks with her on the further expansion of trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Brazil. President Rousseff’s official visit to Nigerian is in furtherance of efforts to boost economic and developmental cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil which were […]

FG, UK block extremist groups’ funds

The Federal Government and Britain have tightened their grip on funds flowing to the Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, Ansaru, in their determination to cripple the activities of the terror groups. Saturday PUNCH learnt that Nigeria and Britain had in conjunction with some other countries intensified the search for sources of funding for these […]

Kenya: Gunmen open fire at mosque near Somali border

Seven people have been shot dead in an attack on a mosque in a village in north-eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, officials have said. Villagers told the BBC that 10 gunmen opened fire as people were leaving the mosque after early morning prayers. Five men were killed and then two women who heard […]

Iranian militants send Nigerian terrorist after Americans, Israelis in Lagos; target ex head of state – SSS

The suspect was recruited to target hotels and offices frequented by Americans and Israelis Iranian extremists trained and equipped a Nigerian accomplice to go after American and Israeli interests in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, in a broad-based plot that would have killed many, the State Security Service said on Wednesday. The proposed attacker, Abdullahi Mustapha […]

FG arraigns 15 Russians for illegal firearms importation

Federal Government has arraigned 15 Russians for unlawful importation of arms and ammunition. The Nigerian Navy on October 18, 2012, arrested the accused foreigners and arraigned them before Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday. The accused, who pleaded not guilty to the four counts in the charge are Zhelyazkov Andrey […]

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