EU import from Nigeria hits 33bn Euros

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BY Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA — Nigeria in 2012 recorded a trade surplus of 33 billion Euros with the European Union, EU, in overall trade volume of 44.4 billion Euros.

Similarly, out-going Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Deng Boqing, said weekend that the trade volume between Nigeria and China was $13 billion in 2013.

Kill subsidy before it kills us!

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This week, we will closely examine the inference of the sum of $8.9bn (about N1.4tn) that NNPC confirmed it legitimately retained as fuel subsidy between January 2012 and July 2013!  SUBSIDY-EXPRESSWe recall that the National Assembly approved “an additional sum of N161.6bn to augment the initial N881bn voted for subsidy in 2012; thus, total fuel subsidy approved for 2012 was presumed to be about N1.05tn (i.e. more than 20% of the total budgeted expenditure of N4.7tn) for that year.”

Stripped and Tortured Ejigbo Women: Men That Tortured 2 Women For "Stealing" Pepper nabbed In Lagos

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Saharareporters has learned of the arrest of all the perpetrators of a bestial torture and sodomy of three women in Ejigbo which happened February last year.  The arrest of the sodomy gang, Saharareporters was reliably informed, happened at the palace of Oba Moruf Adisa Ojoola of Ejigbo earlier today.

The arrest was possible due to immense pressure on  Oba Moruf himself, he reportedly got all the men assembled at his palace around 11pm Saturday night. The gathering of the gang by Oba Moruf followed a closure of the market yesterday, which prevented the market men and women from carrying out their trading activities until the perpetrators were identified and brought to book.

Anti-gay law: Canadian Govt cancels President Jonathan’s state visit

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A state visit being planned by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to Canada for February has been canceled by the Canadian Government.  The cancellation happened in the same week it was revealed the President secretly signed a controversial law banning gays, lesbians, and sexual minorities in Nigeria. Sources in Abuja told Saharareporters that the Nigerian Ambassador to Canada, Ojo Madueke, was told to inform President Jonathan that the state visit to Canada scheduled for February 13 and 14th 2014 has now been canceled.

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3year old girl beaten black and blue by 2 year old classmate - Pics

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This story is so bizarre & pics of the injured child are horrific. Don't understand why a school would refuse to remove a child known to fight and injure other children. And how can a child be so violent at just 2? Most importantly where were the school staff when the attack took place? Story below..

The mother of a little girl who was beaten black and blue by an 'out-of-control' two-year-old at nursery has called for the child's expulsion. Katie Ann Guttridge, aged three, sustained a bruised eye socket, scratches and three bite marks when she was attacked by her classmate during playtime at Ratby Pre-School Nursery in Leicester. The little girl's mother, Clara Mackow, said her daughter was almost blinded in the attack and that her injuries were so bad that she was taken to hospital with a suspected broken eye socket.

Check out what Gov. Fashola said about Gov. Oshiomole

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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday, said  he would vote for his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, if he decides to run for the Presidency. Speaking in Benin City at a youth summit organised by the Edo State Government, with the theme, ‘Nigeria’s centenary: Defining the issues and setting agenda for the future of our youths,’ Fashola said, “If Governor Adams Oshiomhole decides to run as President of this country, he will have my vote. He is the kind of leader that Nigeria needs. I say that because, I have spent five memorable years of my life in Benin City as an undergraduate and as a youth corps member and they are very fond memories that I hold dear in my heart today.

Convicted Cross-border Robbery Kingpin, Hamani Tidjani, Dies In Prison After 10 Years In Custody-PREMIUM TIMES

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Suspected trans-border car snatcher, Hamani Tidjani, has died after 10 years in prison custody, PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed.

Mr. Tidjani, who was arrested by the police for allegedly masterminding a car snatching syndicate across the Nigeria-Benin Republic border, breathed his last at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

The spokesperson of the Lagos Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Biyi Jeje, told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Tidjani had been suffering partial stroke over the past nine months.

Russian officials visit Guantanamo, call the prison “black page in the history of the US”

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WASHINGTON (VR) –  After years of negotiations, high ranking representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the General Prosecutor's office were allowed to visit Guantanamo prison.
The purpose of the visit of the delegation led by Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rights, Konstantin Dolgov, was to meet with the Russian citizen Ravil Mingazov held at the prison and insure his release in the shortest possible time. After a press conference held at the Russian Embassy upon return to Washington, Mr. Dolgov gave an exclusive comment to Radio VR:

Ganaian journalist and main presenter of the BBC World dies at 41

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Ganaian journalist and main presenter of the BBC World News programme Focus on Africa, Komla Dumor has passed away. The TV anchor reportedly passed away at his home in London today Jan. 18th. He was 41.  Dumor joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade of journalism in Ghana. From then until 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service radio, before joining The World Today programme. In 2009 Komla Dumor became the first host of Africa Business Report on BBC World News. May his soul rest in peace...Ase !.

San Francisco Woman Loses $200,000 To Nigerian Keyboard master on Christian Mingle Dating

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A Woman in San Francisco, California, USA has lost $ 200,000 to a Nigerian scammer through an online dating site – Christian Mingle. The names of the woman is being withheld.

According to reports by San Francisco Gate, the 66 year old woman was led to believe that the Nigerian scammer was a British citizen stuck at sea on a Scottish oil rig.

SEE Photos Of GEJ smiling & handling over Tukur's sack letter + the Look on Tukur's face.

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 PDP NEC Meeting was held yesterday. The ex-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, officially removed from his position yesterday. His sack letter was confirmed by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday at the meeting of the National Executive Council of the party as the letter was passed on to him  but retrieved by Professor Wale Oladipo, the PDP's National Secretary and it was thereafter accepted by the National Executive Committee following a motion for acceptance moved by Governor Liyel Imoke of Rivers State.

Scientists reveal Babies Do Fake Cry To Get Attention ( Like upcoming celebrity hehe)

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Babies are known to cry to alert their parents to their distress to help ensure their survival.

Yet, confirming what many parents already suspect, scientists have found that infants also fake cry simply to get extra attention – particularly if they have brothers and sisters.

Japanese researchers studied two babies crying over a period of six months and believe the infants are capable of the clever deception.

Obama Shares lovely Picture With Wife Michelle, Wishes Her A happy Birthday

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 resident Barack Obama shared this lovely picture of wife, Michelle and himself on social media. He posted it to mark her birthday! Nice pics they got! See his tweet above.

I Cannot Marry Again Because The Sacrifices Are Too Much - Ayo Adesanya

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You are still single @45, would you still give marriage another shot?
Are you sure that I am still single?



I wouldn’t know until you tell me…
Well, it is my personal life and I don’t like discussing my private life with people. It is left for me and the people around me to know. So, am not going into any other details.

CIA plane crash lands with four tons of coke

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CIA Plane Crashes in Mexico

Seventeen months after an American-registered DC9 airliner was busted with 5.5 tons of cocaine, a major international scandal is brewing over a second drug trafficking incident in Mexico’s Yucatan involving an American-registered jet owned by a dummy front company of the kind usually associated with the CIA.
A weekend visit to “Donna Blue Aircraft Inc” of Coconut Beach FL., the company which FAA records show owned the Gulfstream II business jet (N987SA) which crash-landed with 3.7 tons of cocaine aboard in Mexico’s Yucatan two weeks ago, has revealed that the company’s listed address is an empty office suite with a blank sign out front.
http://2012indyinfo.com/2012/04/23/cia-plane-crash-lands-with-four-tons-of-coke-the-arnprior-news/

UN nuclear watchdog team arrives in Tehran: Iran monitoring to cost $6 million

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A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran on Saturday, another step towards implementing a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers which was finalized last week, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.

The team, led by nuclear engineer Massimo Aparo, will begin reporting to the IAEA on Monday, marking the official start of the deal, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.

Under the terms of the agreement with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, Iran will stop work on some portions of its nuclear program in exchange for relief from some international sanctions which have damaged the country's economy.

EU wants Russian energy but rejects Moscow integration efforts in Eurasia.

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It looks like the Europeans have been seriously offended with Moscow’s assistance to Ukraine, which had frozen the signing of the agreement on the associated membership in the EU and had made a choice in favour of developing relations with its Eastern neighbor. The upcoming 32th Russia-EU summit in Brussels on January 28 will be held in a truncated format and without a traditional dinner. Diplomats explain this by the need to concentrate on the most important things and as soon as possible.

Not two days, but only two hours are allocated now for the partners to discuss the key issues of interactions between Russia and the European Union. Moscow and Brussels have agreed that consideration of the details of numerous joint projects could wait, and they needed to focus on the issues of strategic partnership.

The matter will, of course, concern the economy and more specifically – energy, trade, international obligations and neighborly policy. It is unlikely that the President of Russia and his European colleagues will be able to avoid a conversation about the situation in Ukraine in the light of the last months’ events. The matter is that the European Union categorically rejects Moscow’s integration efforts in the Eurasian region, expert of the Institute of Europe Vladislav Belov says.

Nigerian Gays Take to the street to Protest anti gay law In Abuja

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Nigerian gays and lesbians, under the aegis of ‘The Right Defense’, are daring President Goodluck Jonathan, and would soon stage a demonstration in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, they said in a statement on Saturday.
Photo: Gays to protest in Abuja over the new law. The protest is against the anti-gay law signed by the president on January, 7.

2face Idibia Shares Childhood Picture, Says when he was Dreamer

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The star shared the picture on his IG with the words “In the beginning there was ………….a dreamer”.

Nigeria President Jonathan ‘Praised’ For Same-Sex Prohibition Law

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Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has received overwhelming support from Nigerians after signing a law that prohibits same-sex marriages, according to Reuben Abati, spokesman for Jonathan.

He says Nigerian lawmakers unanimously voted for the same-sex prohibition measure after receiving inputs from their constituents across the country.

The law imposes a 14-year jail sentence for same-sex couples. The same-sex marriage prohibition law also bans gay clubs, associations and other activities that promote homosexuality, according to Abati.