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US couple arrested for holding Nigerian captive for two years

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Texas husband and wife who allegedly forced a 38-year-old Nigerian to care for their five children over a two-year-period and never paying her have been arrested by federal authorities. According to PEOPLE.COM, a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation alleges that Chudy and Sandra Nsobundu, 56 and 50, respectively, were detained on Monday on […]

Calls for Jacob Zuma’s impeachment over $24 million home renovation scandal

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

South Africa’s charismatic leader Jacob Zuma is a former herdboy who was once known as the “Teflon president” — but no longer. Late US president Ronald Reagan first earned the sobriquet Teflon — “nothing sticks” — for surviving a series of scandals while in office, and 73-year-old Zuma did much the same through a very […]

Man stoned to death over electricity bill

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Vanguard BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN – A 36-years-old man, Felix Omokhoa is facing murder charge at Ekpoma Magistrate Court, Ekpoma-Edo State, for allegedly stoning to death his neighbour, one Richard Ikekhua over electricity bill. The accused who allegedly committed the crime on January 16, 2016 in Ukpoke-Uhiele, Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, hit a […]

Priest arrested for having sex with minors

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun Rome, Italy – A priest, a junior football coach and an HIV-positive man were among 11 people arrested in northern Italy on charges of paying for sex with minors, police said Thursday. The arrests in the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions follow a six-month investigation led by detectives in Brescia into a prostitution network which […]

Abuja land grab: Senate vows to probe OBJ, GEJ, & El Rufai

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, vowed to probe former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan as well as ministers who served under them to correct alleged violation of the master plan of the nation’s capital city. Addressing journalists, yesterday, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Senator […]

Suicide bombers kill 62 in Borno IDP Camp

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun Suicide bombers kill 62 in Borno IDP Camp From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Two female bombers, pretending as displaced Boko Haram victims, sneaked into an Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in Borno’s Dikwa town and killed no fewer than 62 persons. According to a Civilian JTF member and military source who preferred anonymity, the bombers […]

100,000 Nigerians Live Abroad as Refugees

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, on Thursday said that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living outside Nigeria as refugees in neighbouring countries. Thomas-Linda, who announced this to Journalists from across Africa in a tele-press conference, said that Boko Haram attacks had forced more than one million Nigerians out […]

Yobe: Insurgency has gulped N15bn – Gov.

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam has urged residents who fled the state at the heat of the insurgency to return home, assuring them of adequate safety and security. The governor also said there is no area in the state under the control of Boko Haram, adding that the war against insurgency in that […]

Arms Deal Scandal: Why army cannot investigate retired generals

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has said the army cannot investigate roles played by ex-army chiefs and other senior officers in the ongoing $2.1billion arms deal scandal because, as retired personnel, they fall beyond the purview of the army. Buratai, who responded to questions from the House of Representatives Committee on Army […]

Scores injured as APC supporters clash in Ondo

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Ondo, Party Politics, State News Thursday, February 11th, 2016

About twenty persons sustained injuries during a bloody clash among members of All Progressives Congress (APC), at Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government area of Ondo State. Also, an unconfirmed report said two persons were feared dead during the fracas which ensued between the loyalists of a Governorship aspirant, Dr Segun Abraham who were […]