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Girl stabs brother to death in Warri over house chores

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI WARRI—A girl, Omasan, 21, allegedly murdered her younger brother, Laju, in Ugbuwangue, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday. Laju, a student of Yonwuren College, was said to have bled to death from a stab to his chest by Omasan, following a disagreement over sharing of house chores. Trouble, Vanguard learned, […]

Picture: Black Miss Japan fights racial prejudice

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin colour. Far from being put off by the backlash, Miyamoto resolved to use her new-found fame to help fight racial prejudice — in much the same way British […]

Senate presidency: 70 Senators queue behind Saraki, Ndume

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – AS the National Assembly continues to wait patiently for the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to announce the zoning of political positions, a group known as The Like Minds with about 70 members has emerged to give backing to the aspirations of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ali […]

Iheanacho opts to battle Aguero for Man City shirt

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

NIGERIAN youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho, is so sure of his ability that he has opted to stay at Manchester City to battle for a first team shirt than go out on loan to another club, reports Africanfootball.com. Manchester City has many attacking options including Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Wilfried Bony and Stevan Jovetic, but Iheanacho is […]

Don’t seek admission in Houdegbe University, Cotonou, NUC warns students

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday cautioned Nigerian students against seeking admission in Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic (HNAUB). The NUC Deputy Director of Press, Malam Ibrahim Yakassai, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, the commission has a lot of […]

Azikiwe’s first son dies at 75

Posted by admin Headlines, Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Presidency Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, the first son of pioneer President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, is feared dead. A family source who pleaded not to be named said he passed on at Bromeo Hospital on Sunday at the age of 75. It was gathered that he had been battling protracted respiratory related ailment for some years […]

Two Nigerians sent to 12 years in prison in Vietnam for email fraud

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

A Vietnamese court has sentenced two Nigerian men, Christian Nnadike, 34, and Collins Deke, 37, to 12 years each in a Vietnam prison for hacking into emails of local companies, contact the company’s foreign partners and swindle them of their money. The men along with a Vietnamese female accomplice, Le Thi Kim Quyen, was sentenced […]

Nigerian visa goes for a dollar in 13 countries

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Monday, May 11th, 2015

While many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document. But the fact is that the Nigerian Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website, indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, […]

Kaduna attackers, the unbelievers and hell bound, wanted my head for being ‘an infidel’ — Redeemed Church pastor

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, May 11th, 2015

By Luka Binniyat Old giant threes with fat, twisting trunks that outlived their colonial planters, spread forth their huge branches of green leaves over the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Jengree in Bassa Local Government Area, LGA, of Plateau State. The hospital, said to be over 60 years old, bore all the trappings of colonial structures […]

12 soldiers condemned to death afraid for their lives as army authority unleashes starvation strategy on them

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, May 10th, 2015

Sahara Reporters has learnt of a covert plan to ‘kill’ a group of soldiers who were arrested late last year on charges of mutiny and attempted murder. The soldiers who have been held since September last year managed to reach out to the outside world via text messages, using the opportunity to reveal the conditions […]