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Benue to begin yam export in June

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Yam tubers in heaps waiting for buyers enue State will begin the processing, marketing and packaging of yam for export in June this year, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) said in Makurdi on Thursday. Emmanuel Etim, Head of NEPC Export Assistance Office in Benue, disclosed this during a two-day stakeholders training and awareness for […]

Xenophobia: Nigerian mechanic killed by mob in South Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, April 9th, 2017

A Nigerian, working as an auto mechanic in South Africa was allegedly killed by some South Africans in Polokwane, Limpopo Province on Thursday April 6th, 2017. The Nigeria was identified as Rasak Ajao, the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa has confirmed. The High Commissioner Martins Cobham also confirmed that four other Nigerians were injured […]

Picture: Rising actress, Modupe Oyekunle, has died (RIP)

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Rising actress, Modupe Oyekunle, has died. The actress was said to have died in the early hours of Tuesday. According to an Abeokuta-based actor, Segun Ogungbe, Oyekunle passed on while giving birth to her third child in the Ogun State capital. She gave birth to a girl, who is said to be alive.wp_posts

Buhari hails Amaju’s emergence at CAF

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Buhari hails Amaju’s emergence at CAF Nigeria is making a return to the highest organ in CAF since the exit of Amos Adamu. Addressing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, Dalong said President Buhari congratulated Nigeria for clinching the CAF membership seat and the general progress of sports in the country. According to him, […]

Ahmed Musa to sue over wife beating reports

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Ahmed Musa and his wife Jamila eicester and Nigerian forward,Ahmed Musa is considering legal action after his agent described reports that he was arrested for beating up his wife on her birthday as “inaccurate”. The Nigeria international, who joined the Premier League champions last summer from CSKA Moscow for £16m, was questioned by Leicestershire police […]

Army Molestation of Civilians in Ogoniland is Unacceptable

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Following the deployment of soldiers to Ogoniland to curb increasing insecurity created by some gangs, there had been reports of molestation of innocent citizens going about their daily activities. On Saturday March 11, soldiers reportedly molested women along the Biara axis in Gokana local government area while they peacefully conducted their petty trade business at […]

Nigerian couple jailed in US • What they did to their 3-month-old baby will shock you

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Sunday, April 9th, 2017

A Nigerian couple, Arinola 33, and Olalekan Olawusi have been jailed in the United States for abusing their three-month-old baby. The couple were arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, US, on Monday, April 3 and arraigned in court. They were charged on a felony of child neglect, first hand degree child abuse. Providence Journal reports […]

US import of Nigerian oil hits 42-month high

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics Thursday, April 6th, 2017

‘Femi Asu The increase in the United States’ imports of Nigeria crude oil has continued, with a record import of 9.78 million barrels in January, the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration has revealed. Nigeria saw significant reduction in the US imports of its crude in recent years, starting from 2012, following the […]

50 Nigerians deported from Europe for immigration, drug crimes

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Thursday, April 6th, 2017

From: Louis Ibah About 50 Nigerians were, on Thursday, deported from various European countries for the violation of immigration laws and for drug related crimes. The deportees were brought into the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with a chartered aircraft with flight number P6-6991. The countries that deported the Nigerians are: […]

Picture: ‘Nigerian male nurse tried to kidnap teenager for sex in UK’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 6th, 2017

A cancer nurse, Michael Ohaegbu, attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl with intent to commit a sexual offence, a prosecutor told the Hull Crown Court, according to reports by the British Press. He is also facing three counts of voyeurism after another lady complained that he filmed her naked twice without her consent. The […]