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172 Nigerian migrants flown home from Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 11th, 2016

The formalities for their departure were organised by the Libyan authorities and the mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Before embarking, their personal belongings, which were confiscated at the time of their arrest, were returned alongside a boarding pass. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA The International Organization for Migration flew 172 Nigerian migrants […]

Explosion rocks CBN office in Calabar

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, March 11th, 2016

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Eighteen persons have been injured, while two others are on critical condition, after a gas cylinder exploded in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The explosion, which happened at about 11am on Friday, shattered the CBN banking hall and caused traffic jam on roads around […]

Manslaughter: A’Court affirms five years imprisonment for Nollywood star, IbinaboFiberesima

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), Top Stories Friday, March 11th, 2016

Ibinabo Fiberesima 1097 Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of a Lagos State High Court sentencing an ex-beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, to five years imprisonment for manslaughter. The lower court presided over by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi had convicted Fiberesima of manslaughter, ruling that the actress’ reckless driving […]

Picture: Police arrest Lekki Gardens MD for collapsed building

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 11th, 2016

Scenes of the collapsed building. Photos: Sodiq Adelakun 16482 The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Mr. Richard Nyong, for the collapse of a five-storeyed building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lagos State, which killed no fewer than 35 persons. It was learnt that 34-year-old […]

FG uncovers fresh 11,000 ghost workers

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Olalekan Adetayo The Federal Government is currently working to expose another 11,000 ghost workers on its payroll in its second batch of staff audit. This is coming shortly after the government deleted 23,000 ghost workers from its payroll and saving the nation N2.29bn per month. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this to […]

FG appoints Dakuku Peterside as DG NIMASA

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, March 10th, 2016

The Federal Government has appointed Dakuku Peterside as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The appointment takes effect from today, March 10, a statement said. Peterside was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State and a close ally of the […]

Court grants Badeh N2bn bail

Posted by admin Air Force, Armed Forces, EFCC Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh (retd), in the sum of N2bn. The bail is to be guaranteed by two sureties in the sum of N1bn each. Justice James Tsoho, in […]

Prophet accused of raping daughter

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 10th, 2016

An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, in prison custody for alleged rape of his seven-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiye Omoruyi, refused to admit the cleric to bail. The prosecutor, Kenneth Ugiagbe, said […]

Biafra: Anyaoku rejects IPOB’s appointment

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Thursday, March 10th, 2016

16601 Gbenga Adeniji and Ihuoma Chiedozie A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has rejected his nomination as one of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra’s representatives to negotiate or discuss on behalf of the group. IPOB had on Wednesday listed Anyaoku as one of the “credible Igbo elders” that would represent it in […]

American missionary sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping orphans in Kenya

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

A former missionary convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in a US prison. Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had faced up to 30 years on each of four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. He was ordered to pay restitution of […]