KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan court sentenced the country’s top opposition political leader to eight years in prison on Tuesday for treason and on a charge stemming from this central African nation’s murderous ethnic attacks 18 years ago — genocide denial. The opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, returned to Rwanda in 2010 after living abroad […]
Published on October 30, 2012 by pmnews Twenty-One Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission has announced. Male pilgrims that died were 13. The commission’s bulletin shows that Katsina State has the highest figure of four; Sokoto, three, Kano, Lagos, Zamfara and Ogun recorded two deaths each. Oyo, Gombe, Yobe and the […]
US tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams have landed Nigeria ahead of the two-nation tour that will see them play exhibition matches and train kids. Venus arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at about 3PM on Tuesday, October 30,2012 with officials from the ‘Breaking The Mould,’ BTM campaign team as well as pressmen […]
China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and demanded that Nigeria take “concrete measures” to better protect its nationals. Gunmen shot dead the Chinese construction worker in the violence-torn city of Maiduguri on Friday last week, the second killing of a Chinese national […]
THE Kano State police command has arrested a Sudanese and nine other suspects in connection with terror attacks on security personnel, especially the recent killing of two members of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday, said eight of the […]
Written by Wale Adele Saturday, 20 October 2012 Just as the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) announced the death of 14 pilgrims, another pilgrim from Lagos State has died, bringing the total number of Nigerian Pilgrims, that have died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage to 15. The Lagos pilgrim, Taoreed Oshodi, 62, […]
LAGOS (AFP) – The Nigerian archbishop named by Pope Benedict XVI to the Vatican’s College of Cardinals on Wednesday told AFP his appointment was “a great honour to Africa”. John Olufemi Onaiyekan, the archbishop of Abuja, was one of six non-European prelates nominated by the pope to the elite body that remains heavily weighted in […]
Mauritius 19, Ghana 64, South Africa 39 By STEVE AGBOTA The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank yesterday released the 10th edition of Doing Business report series, ranking Nigeria 131 out of 185 countries surveyed. Doing Business analyzes regulations that apply to an economy’s businesses during their life cycle, including start-up and operations, trading […]
We ‘ll protect minority rights, says Mark From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Quebec Canada Nigeria has commenced fresh talks with the Republic of Cameroon on the fate of Nigerians in the ceded Bakassi Peninsula. Senate President David Mark made this known at the ongoing 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Quebec, Canada. The Senate President is expected […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) evacuated 215 stranded Nigerians from the Republic of Gabon to Nigeria on Sunday night. The evacuation was necessitated when the Gabonese authorities issued an eviction notice to Nigerian fishermen living in Nende, Mouka and Kenza Islands to move away eventhough the majority of them had lived there for many […]
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