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US tourists allege N125,000 extortion at Seme Border

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Sunday, March 5th, 2017

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Two citizens of the United States of America on expedition to Nigeria on Thursday accused officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service of extorting N125,000 from them at the Seme Border in Lagos State despite having complete travel documents. The US citizens, who identified themselves as Dr Randy McKinney and Lana McKinney, […]

Osinbajo directs oil companies to relocate headquarters to Niger-Delta

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics Sunday, March 5th, 2017

By Dennis Udoma UYO-Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their States of operation to mitigate tension in host communities. Osinbajo, gave the directive at a Town Hall meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Thursday during continuation visit to […]

Senator Dahiru seeks removal of Sokoto State Governor Tambuwal

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Sokoto, State News Friday, March 3rd, 2017

The Federal High Court in Abuja will on March 10 give ruling on whether to allow or refuse an application seeking to amend an originating summon pleading for the removal of the Sokoto State governor, Malam Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from office on the account that the primary election of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that produced […]

Okorocha commends IGP, DSS, CP for killing Vampire

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Okorocha commends IGP, DSS, CP for killing Vampire Published March 3, 2017 Gibson Achonu,. OwerriThe Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, for dispatching the special squad that worked with officers and men of the Imo Police Command led by its Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, that finally ended the […]

Ayade celebrates birthday with refugees

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Mudiaga Affe, CalabarThe Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday celebrated his 49th birthday Mudiaga Affe, CalabarThe Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday celebrated his 49th birthday with Bakassi refugees amidst fanfare. The event was in fulfilment to celebrate his birthday with the internally displace persons at Ikpa-Nkaya, Akwa-Ikot-Eyo-Edem in […]

Zimbabwe floods kill 246, render thousands homeless

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help those hit by floods that have killed 246 people since December. Officials say floods, which follow a crippling drought, have swept through villages, destroying roads, crops and livestock in the south of the country. The air force has transported some marooned villagers to safety. Last week the […]

Xenophobic attacks: Militants threaten MTN, others as Obasanjo berates S’African leaders

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Chukwudi Akasike, Samuel Awoyinfa, Leke Baiyewu and Adelani Adepegba A coalition of Niger Delta militants, on Wednesday, threatened to blow up Multichoice, owner of DSTV; MTN, Shoprite and 16 other major South African investments in Nigeria if the Federal Government failed to shut them down within one month. The militant groups, who were reacting to […]

Picture: Spain appoints a sexy young woman as Minister for sex

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Spain has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to help boost the country’s “catastrophically low” birth rate . Young couples have reportedly blamed being “too tired after a full day at work” and “late nights” for the decrease. So, faced with a rapidly declining population, the Senado de Espana has tasked demographic expert Edelmira Barreira with sorting […]

Canada is new haven for migrants, not Trump’s America

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 3rd, 2017

A taxi stops in the small town of Champlain. Loaded down with belongings, a family with two children gets out and hurries to the road’s end at a stream marking the US-Canada border. “We are coming all the way from Jersey City,” says the father, Mohammed Ahmed. The city near New York is more than […]

Another 180 Nigerians return from Libya on Tuesday

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja -Punch Another 180 Nigerians are expected back in Nigeria from Libya on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Commission, Sadiya Farouk, at the Presidential […]