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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
In the biggest bust of its kind in recent memory, Customs and Border Protection authorities at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport arrested a woman allegedly carrying 91 pellets of heroin inside her body. In all, 32-year-old Sherifat Lamidi had swallowed 2½ pounds of the drug, packed inside balloon-like packaging, the agency said. “As far as we […]
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Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Detained Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin and three others charged with the December 30 murder of the factional leader of the Oyo State National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako, alias Eleweomo, yesterday began moves to regain their freedom with the filing of their bail application in an Ibadan High Court. The […]
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Headlines, Presidency
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has told an Abuja High Court that any attempt to stop him from contesting the 2011 presidential election on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would amount to an infringement on his fundamental rights under the constitution. He made the submission as the court has fixed Monday January 10 […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
United States and Nigerian anti-narcotics agents have arrested three persons for alleged drug trafficking in separate operations in Lagos and Detriot, US. US federal authorities said a Nigerian woman, Sherifat Lamidi, was arrested in Detroit after she admitted swallowing 91 pellets of heroin on an international flight from Nigeria, the Associated Press reports. The Department […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
A District Court in Southern Texas, United States has sentenced a Nigerian, Obisike Nwankwo, and two others, Dr. Howard Grant and John Lachman, to a total of 88 months for their roles in a multi-million dollar Durable Medical Equipment fraud scheme. The convictions, which were contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the US […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Heavily armed men suspected to be kidnappers, yesterday night, invaded the Agbani Road, Enugu State home of top actor/comedian, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu and abducted his wife and three children. The abductors who came in a BMW car later released two of his children, a boy and girl, but were still holding […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Ahead of this week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect candidates for National Assembly elections, indications have emerged that, Maryam, wife of an incumbent member of the House of Representatives and eldest daughter of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may have been offered the Reps ticket on a platter of gold. Maryam, who […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Headlines, Party Politics
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The crisis rocking the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) deepened on Wednesday as the suspended Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Denis Aghanya, dragged the party’s Chairman, Sen. Rufai Sani Hanga, before an Abuja high court challenging his suspension from the party. In the suit filed by his lawyer, Mr. Sunday Ameh, SAN, Aghanya is […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday night formally endorsed the former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections. In his acceptance speech shortly after his ratification, Buhari said he decided to dump his former party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) because of the unprincipled behaviour […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
A man and his wife who were on their way to United States were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as suspects with 160 wraps of illicit drug, heroin by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Owolabi Ganiyu Amoo, also known as Johnson Bamiduro , 60, a printer, was arrested with his […]
