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272 inmates die in Honduras’ prison fire

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 16th, 2012

IN what is termed the deadliest fire in years in the country’s overcrowded prison system, about 272 inmates were killed and dozens injured when a fire tore through a prison in Honduras, officials in the Central American country said yesterday. “We are pulling out bodies… The situation is serious. Most (inmates) have suffocated,” Agence France […]

Abdulmutallab, ‘underwear bomber’ faces sentence in US

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics Thursday, February 16th, 2012

DETROIT (AFP) – The young Nigerian dubbed the “underwear bomber” after he tried to blow up a packed US-bound airliner on Christmas Day in 2009 will be sentenced at a hearing here Thursday. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, faces a mandatory life sentence after pleading guilty in October to eight charges, including the attempted murder of […]

British divorcee loses £40,000 to Nigerian fraudster

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

A divorcee was tricked into sending £40,000 to a Nigerian fraudster she met over the internet. Vicky Fowkes, 59, decided to start dating online in early summer 2010 and by August she was sending money through ‘moneygrams’ to a man in Nigeria she believed was a charming Briton called John Hawkins. By November 2010 the […]

Wonderful Zambia celebrate historic win with street parties

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

February 14, 2012 by Agency Reporter Zambian supporters poured into the streets of the capital in the early hours of Monday and partied to celebrate the first Africa Cup of Nations title won by the copper-rich country. Confident of victory before the kick-off of a final won 8-7 on penalties against Cote d’Ivoire after 120 […]

Columbia singer, Shakira, attacked by a sea lion in South Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

February 14, 2012 by Agency reporter 9 Comments A sea lion has attacked Colombian singer, Shakira, as she enjoys her holiday in Cape Town, South Africa. Shakira posted about the incident on her Twitter account and followed it up with a full ‘special report’ and photographs of the encounter on Facebook. Although she was not hurt by the […]

AU body rejects Nigeria’s human rights report

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

February 14, 2012 by Friday Olokor Special Rapporteur on Women’s Rights of the ACHPR, Mrs. Soyata Maiga | credits: File copy The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights has picked holes in the report presented by Nigeria at its 50th session between October 24 and November 7 in The Gambia last year. ACHCR, in […]

Zambia lifts African Cup of Nations, Beats Ivory Coast (8-7) in dramatic penalty shootout

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Toe to toe … Ivory Coast’s Tiote challenged by Zambian skipper Christopher Katongo RELATED STORIES Perfect Zambia eye Nations Cup success Tear gas as Nations Cup gets underway Zambia 0-0 Ivory Coast [Zambia win 8-7 after extra time and penalty shootout] ZAMBIA won the African Cup of Nations Sunday, beating pre-tournament favourites Ivory Coast 8-7 […]

FG sends 109 Niger Delta youths to UK varsities

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, February 12th, 2012

The Federal Government through the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. kingsley Kuku, has concluded arrangements to dispatch 109 youths of the Niger Delta region to study diverse courses in universities and colleges in the United kingdom and Cyprus. Kuku said during an orientation programme organised for the youths […]

American musical icon, Whitney Houston, dies at 48 (RIP)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Breaking News, Headlines Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behaviour and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Beverly Hills police Lieutenant Mark Rosen told KABC-TV that Ms. Houston died in her room on the fourth floor of […]

Panel dismisses $235m fine on BA, Virgin Atlantic (Was the panel bribed?)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 9th, 2012

LAGOS – The panel set up by the federal government to investigate the price fixing allegation levelled against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways has exonerated both airlines. The panel, instituted by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, also dismissed the $235 million fine slammed on the two British airlines. The panel unanimously held that the […]