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Nigerian among the 157 dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash Sunday

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines Sunday, March 10th, 2019

An Ethiopian Airlines plane Flight ET 302 enroute from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi crashed Sunday with no survivors among the 149 passengers and eight crew members. According to the airline, 18 Canadians are among the dead. The plane was carrying passengers from 33 countries. The brand new Boeing 737 plane […]

FG closes borders till Sunday

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General (retd) Abdulrahman Dambazau, has ordered the closure of borders for Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly polls. The closure order takes effect from noon today, to Sunday, March 10, at noon. Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede announced this in a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday. -Sunwp_posts

Lion kills owner in Czech Republic

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 7th, 2019

A 34-year-old man has been killed by his privately owned lion in the Czech Republic, news agency CTK reported on Tuesday. Michal Prasek owned the nine-year-old big cat and another lioness for breeding, reportedly drawing concern from local residents. Mr Prasek’s father found his body in the lion’s cage and told local media it […]

Billionaire dies during Paris penis enlargement operation

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Billionaire diamond trader Ehud Arye Laniad’s pursuit of a plentiful penis has ended in his death. The 65-year-old big wheel died of a heart attack at a private Paris hospital where he was undergoing a penis enlargement procedure. Reports say the Israeli-Belgian died on the operating table. Belgian media report that Laniad was stricken when […]

No such thing as Islamic State anymore: Escapees

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

The Islamic State is dead and finished.This is the definitive view of hundreds of shell-shocked and dishevelled, men, women and children who escaped from the little enclave being held by the Jihadists in Syria. “It’s over,” said 13-year-old Mahmoud, from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, as he trudged towards a lorry ready to take […]

1,863 Nigerians vanish in Russia, girls turned prostitutes

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

An estimated 1,863 Nigerians who came to Russia last year for the FIFA World Cup are still on the loose in the country, more than two months after their Fan IDs expired. Dozens of them, who were young women have been forced into prostitution by the traffickers who brought them into the country under the […]

Nigeria Prisons not taking Dariye abroad for treatment – Spokesman

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, National Politics, Plateau, Senate, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Prisons Service has said it would not fly out a former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye, who is reportedly suffering from kidney disease, for treatment abroad. The service stated that the Senator, who is serving a 10-year jail term in Kuje Prison, Abuja, is getting the best care at the […]

BREAKING: Panic in Maiduguri over heavy firing

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Maiduguri residents have been thrown into panic following heavy firing heard in different locations in the capital early today. Scores of residents around 1000 Housing Estate and those along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road are fleeing their homes as heavy sounds like multiple bomb explosions were heard in the area between 6:18am and 6:35am. Military jet […]

High turnout at Aso Rock polling units, Kyari hails INEC

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Elections, Elections 2019, Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, has commended the ad hoc staff of the Independent and Electoral Commission, for the promptness and professionalism in conducting the elections at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Kyari and the president’s son Yusuf were among early voters at the villa polling station. Accreditation and voting […]

Abdulsalami, Gov Bello express satisfaction over turnout of voters

Posted by admin Elections, Elections 2019, Headlines, Kogi, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

John Adams, Minna Former military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar has described as overwhelming the turnout of eligible voters for the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections, saying that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria. Gen Abdulsalami also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what he called “wonderful job” in the area […]