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15,316 Nigerians languish in foreign prisons

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

BY HENRY UMORU, LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU & JOSEPH ERUNKE DELEGATES were told yesterday that 16, 300 Nigerians were as of 2012 languishing in prisons abroad with some of them on death row. According to the revelation, 6,000 Nigerians are awaiting death penalties for drug-related offences, while 5,145 Nigerian girls are in bondage after being trafficked. Another […]

Eagles’ $2m demand shocks Senate President

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

Senate President, David Mark, got a taste of the national team camp when he held a meeting with the Super Eagles in Campinas just before their opening match against Iran in Group F of the 2014 World Cup on Monday. Mark led the Federal Government delegation to the World Cup in Brazil. Our correspondent learnt […]

Uraguay striker Liuz Suarez bites Italian player during World Cup encounter – could be banned for 2 years

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

nts | credits: bbc.co.uk Uruguay striker Luis Suarez should be banned for “as long as possible” if he is found guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, according to former England captain Alan Shearer. Liverpool forward Suarez appeared to bite Chiellini just before Uruguay scored their winning goal. The Italian certainly felt he was bitten, […]

Ekiti election was fraudulent, says Aregbesola

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun. The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which […]

Insurgents subject women, girls to servitude, sex slavery –Report

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]

Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon with American pilot missing

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon missing by NAN Ad by Websteroids advertisement A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon aviation sources on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the US company Global Aviation, took off from Kano in northern Nigeria at 1800 hours […]

I buried ex-Customs officer, daughter alive — Herbalist

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Monday, June 23rd, 2014

BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS— EmotionS ran high, yesterday, at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the startling confession of a 64-year‑old herbalist, on how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her 10-year‑old adopted daughter alive in a shallow grave behind his shrine in Ajuwon, Ogun State. The suspect identified as Alhaji Olatunji […]

Ekiti: I’m not desperate for office, says Fayemi

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Monday, June 23rd, 2014

By Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke Ado Ekiti — Dr Kayode Fayemi, out-going governor of Ekiti State, yesterday reiterated that he would not challenge the result of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state because he is “not desperate to remain in office,” even as commendations poured in on […]

Nigeria to host investment forum in Russia — Envoy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, June 23rd, 2014

The Nigerian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, said it has concluded plans to host an investment forum focused mainly on energy for the business community in Russia. The investment forum is meant to boost trade relations between the two countries, which is said to be very low. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia, Chief Asang E. Asang, who […]

Dangote gets $300m facility for refinery construction

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 23rd, 2014

BY EDIRI EJOH, with agency report Dangote Industries Limited has secured a $300 million facility from African Development Bank, AFDB to finance the construction of its crude oil refinery and Greenfield fertilizer manufacturing plant. According to the AFDB, the loan is designed to help boost fuel supply and fertilizer production in Nigeria. The AFDB said, […]