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Diezani deposited $115.01m, gave Belgore, Sulaiman N450m -Witness

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

Ramon Oladimeji An official of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Olaobaju, on Monday, narrated how a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, stashed a sum of $115,010,000 in the bank with subsequent instructions to convert it to naira and be distributed among individuals in the 36 states of the federation. Among the […]

We’ll strike US silly, if…. says North Korea

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

We’ll strike US silly, if…. says North Korea — 14th March 2017 North Korean has threatened that it would launch ‘merciless’ attacks against the United States if an aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson, which is joining South Korean forces for exercises, infringes on its sovereignty or dignity. Pyongyang, which has […]

EU MP fined, suspended for saying women are weaker, less intelligent than men

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

EU MP fined, suspended for saying women are weaker, less intelligent than men — 14th March 2017 A Polish member of the European Union Parliament is to lose his subsistence allowance of $9,750 as punishment for calling women “weaker” and “less intelligent” during a debate. Parliament President Antonio Tajani while announcing the punishment for Janusz […]

Sex is food of brain, it helps you think clearly – Study

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

Sex is food of brain, it helps you think clearly – Study — 14th March 2017 A study has revealed that when you have sex that leads to orgasm, your brain is happy and enters a mode that enables it function optimally, improving your cognition and helping you to think clearly. A 2010 study found […]

Cholera kills 80 in Zamfara

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

Cholera kills 80 in Zamfara — 14th March 2017 No fewer than 80 persons had been killed by Cholera in Zamfara State in the last one month. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Gummi, dislclosed this on Tuesday, in Gusau. Alhaji Gummi maintained that about 500 others were currently receiving He said the disease […]

CAF chief Issa Hayatou to face anti-monopoly charges in Egypt

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

Caf president Issa Hayatou is coming under increasing pressure Egypt’s general prosecution has referred Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou to the country’s Economic Court on charges of violating local anti-monopoly rules. Caf Secretary General Hicham El Amrani has also been charged. A lawyer representing both parties attended a hearing in on Monday. With […]

N450m fraud: EFCC amends charges against Belgore, joins ex-Petroleum Minister, Allison-Madueke

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics, Women Politics Monday, March 13th, 2017

There was a twist on Monday in Lagos in the ongoing trial of Mohammed Belgore (SAN), and a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman for alleged N450 million money laundering as the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was joined in the suit. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prosecutor had […]

Churches, training ground for future leaders – Obasanjo

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Saturday, March 11th, 2017

A former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Saturday in Lagos that good governance was imperative for the socio-economic growth of the country. Obasanjo said this at the Pro. Gabriel Fakeye Memorial Lecture entitled, “The Challenge of Good Governance, National Stability and Development” at Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni O. He said […]

CAF Champions League: Rangers, Rivers Utd ready to roll

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 11th, 2017

Champions League title hopefuls, Rangers International of Enugu and Rivers United will this weekend rub shoulders with the big guns as the continent’s premium, club competition enters its last-32 stage. Rangers are away in Egypt to face Zamalek while Rivers United host Al Merrikh of Sudan in Port Harcourt in the first of two-legged encounters. […]

Picture: ‘World’s heaviest woman’ undergoes weight-loss surgery in Mumbai

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 10th, 2017

Eman Ahmed A 36-year-old Egyptian woman reportedly the heaviest in the world has undergone successful weight-loss surgery at the Saifee Hospital in Mumbai, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday. Eman Ahmed was flown to Mumbai on a cargo plane on Feb. 11 in the hope that the hospital’s bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) specialists would […]