Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor set to serve half a century jail term in UK

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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed. Sweden and Rwanda had also offered to imprison him following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague.

It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. Mr Wright made the announcement in a written statement to Parliament.

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National Union of Electricity Employees Threaten Nationwide Blackout If FG Doesn't End ASUU Strike In 7 Days

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Labour activist and General Secretary, National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Joe Ajaero has given the Federal Government 1 week to solve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or cripple the Nation with the mother-of-all-strikes.
Ajaero who was speaking throughout the opening of an exercise workshop organized for labour leaders in Enugu, threatened to ally with other unions in the united states to participate ASUU on a solidarity stike if the impasse persists.

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Naija Woman Or Foreign Woman?

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Am just wondering if anyone can comment on what they think.If you date or marry a white woman,they’ll tell you they love you and won’t care about anything,they’ll give you love and care.If they don’t love you ,they’ll open up and let you know why they no longer love you.But why,mostly Nigerian woman won’t open up how they feel towards you, even if they no longer love you they won’t say it, mostly when the guy has Money.

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9 members of a family, 13 the others killed in fresh strike in Plateau by cattle rustlers

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A man and eight members of his family were attacked and killed in the early hours of today Thursday October 10th by men suspected to be cattle rustlers. The man identified as Tsok Gwom, who's a cattle rearer, lived in a residential area in the Bajin Kogi area District of Barkinladi LGA of Plateau State, was killed alongside his wife, his sister, an added woman, five children andthe man's neighbour. Eyewitnesses said armed men numbering over 30 stormed the region around 2.00am and massacred the family. The gunshots they fire during the attack alerted vigilante members in the neighborhood who launched a reprisal attack, killing about 12 of the attackers. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations officer in Plateau, Felicia Anslem, said policemen have been deployed to the area.

Agagu's Son, Feyi Agagu Flown Abroad As Situation Worsen

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Inspite of the claims by aero medical experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane crash and son of the late governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was responding well to treatment, new reports say he was yesterday flown abroad for better medical attention.

Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash, simply identified as Akin, has already been transferred abroad for medical attention.

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HEARTLESS: Person Eliminates Wife Over Money, Grinds Her In to 7 Parts

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Police in India on Wednesday arrested 41-year-old Sudhir Maskare for allegedly murdering wife Deepti, 30, and disposing of her chopped body parts into Wainganga River, Hudkeshwar.
Sudhir, who had a love marriage in 2003, cut Deepti's body into seven pieces after killing her at their Mahalaxmi Nagar home in Manewada on September 11. After disposing of her body, Sudhir lodged a missing complaint with the police.

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WICKED: Woman grabbed and Squeezed Man's Testicle Until He Bled

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A person has revealed that his drunken ex-roommate brutally attacked him. According to police reports, Sonny Dolquist says that after his drunken ex-roommate came over to grab her stuff, she attacked him and squeezed his testicles to the point these were  bleeding.  33-year-old Jennifer Singletary reportedly arrived as Dolquist's to pick her stuff only to discover that he had already put them out on the porch on her behalf
Things took a change for the worse when Singletary allegedly forced her way inside, started throwing things and punched Dolquist in the head. Throughout the scuffle, Singletary put Dolquist's testicles in a vice-like grip before Dolquist was able to throw her from the house.
Singletary was arrested and place in jail

Nollywood Actor Osita Iheme gets Another Honour

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Nollywood actor Osita Iheme, popularly referred to as Paw-Paw was honoured as a ‘New generation ambassador'by Rotary International. This increases the many awards the actor has received, like the 2011 conferment of the Person in the Federal Republic (MFR) award by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The 30-year-old actor was honoured at a Rotary International event that was held at the National Theatre, Lagos.
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"A Call For The Resignation Of Aviation Minister Is Not Only Stupid, But Wicked " -AGN President

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Ibinabo Fiberisma may be the AGN President and the organizer of Miss Earth beauty pageant which just held. Ms. Ibinabo is angry at people who required the resignation of the Aviation minister, Stella Oduah following the recent plane crash. Find her letter below.

CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY NIGERIA!
NCAA AND NIGERIAN AIRLINES - WHO MAINTAINS THE NIGERIAN AIRLINES'FLEET

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Kabo Airlines suspends pilot that nearly crash land Airplane last week

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This was disclosed in Abuja, Tuesday, by the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu during an interactive session with news men. It could be recalled that the Kabo plane was conveying 512 passengers from Kano Airport , en route Saudi Arabia when it'd to accomplish a crisis landing at the Sokoto Airport. Following the plane landed, it had been found that its tyres were deflated and it damaged some parts of the instrument landing system at the airport. The pilot also did not comply with the directive given by air traffic controller on duty that the plane should land on runway 08 , but alternatively diverted to some other runway. The passengers who were on pilgrimage to Mecca were safely evacuated and subsequently transferred to some other aircraft which took them to their destination.

Sefiu Alao's Partner Dies: Fuji Musician losses wife To Heart Strike

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Fuji musician Sefiu Alao Adekunle popularly called JJC is bereaved. Sefiu Alao lost his wife of many years, Alhaja Nimota Adekunle on Monday at a private hospital in Lagos state. According to doctors report, Alhaja Nimota Adekunle died of heart attack in the early hours of October 7, 2013 after all medical efforts to resuscitate her proved abortive. Popularly called Iya Rafiat, the late wife of the Egba-born Fuji musician was laid to rest in Abeokuta Ogun state around 10:35 am on Tuesday in accordance to Islamic rites.
May her soul rest in perfect peace. Ase !!

180 B’Haram insurgents killed by Camerounian soldiers – Military

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A fierce gunfight launched  against the fundamentalist Islamist group, Boko Haram, by Camerounian soldiers has led to  the killing   of no fewer than 180 insurgents and two gendarmes  around a Nigerian  border with Cameroun.

It was gathered that during the battle which took place on Tuesday evening, many of  the wounded insurgents   were also arrested.

About 200 rifles, 70 machine guns and heavy military hardware were said to have been  recovered from the insurgents by the soldiers.

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Individual without traveling knowledge lands plane after pilot comes sick and eventually died

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A brave aeroplane passenger without flying experience was forced to take control the controls and make an emergency landing yesterday after the pilot fell ill &  eventually died.  The hero passenger was helped by two instructors who guided him fly the Cessna into Humberside Airport, in north Lincolnshire, from the ground.
Some witnesses described the plane bumping on the runway and sparks coming off the leading of it.

Roy Murray, one of many flight instructors who helped the passenger land the plane, told the BBC the passenger had no flying experience and did a'remarkable job '.

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Heart-breaking history of Adebola Omowale who died after being rejected medical treatment in a hospital for stab wounds

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Adebola Omowale,the 40-year-old man which was allegedly stabbed to death, last weekend, by some military officers in a viewing centre around Lekki beach area in Lagos state might have survived if he had received urgent medical attention after the incident.  In reality, it had been revealed that the injured man walked to a nearby hospital, clutching his intestines in his hands and then be told by nurses that he wouldn't be treated unless he produced a police report.

 Crime Alert learnt that after several pleas for him to receive, at least, first aid treatment pending when sympathizers who stumbled on a healthcare facility with him provides the report, the badly injured man reclined to fate and laid on a pavement helplessly, waiting for succour.

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ASUU strike not politically motivated, NLC tells Jonathan

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NIGERIA Labour Congress,NLC, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance the impression that ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was a political action against his government as nothing could be farther from the truth. After that it advised the President to tackle the crises in the education sector and prevent a shut-down of the sector.

 NLC in a statement by its President, Abdulwaheed Omar, told President Jonathan that those telling him that the strike was politically motivated were the President's enemies who rather than tell him the reality preferred to indulge in sycophancy, hypocrisy and boot-licking. 

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Shooting Stars Striker, Moses Ogaga Dies

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Shooting Stars have announced the death of theirstriker Moses Ogaga. Ogaga passed on this yesterday while his family was taking him to Kano from Ogbomosho for furthertreatment of his fever. He was admitted at a private hospital in Ibadan where he was treated for typhoid fever. He was 26. May his soul rest in peace.

This sad news is coming just days after another Nigeria league player, Sanni Abacha who played for Kwara United died in Ilorin.

Oyedepo, Dangote, Adenuga and others to pay ₦400m luxury tax on private jets

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Based on a story by Encomium magazine, Bishop David Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the most effective 10 Nigerian billionaires who will probably pay countless millions of naira annually as luxury tax due to the imposition of a whooping $4,000 luxury tax by Aviation Ministry on private jet owners and operators per departure.

 

Some of these super rich Nigerians make use of their jets 3/4 times in weekly either within or outside Nigeria and for every trip, it is a cool $4, 000 tax. Carry on after the break. - Top 10 List

ASUU Strike Will Be Over Soon, Says Mr President Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday to finish the doctors'and university teachers'strike. The teachers'is over 90 days. Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will also be on strike. The professionals are blaming the federal government for failing to generally meet up with the agreement reached with them. Jonathan promised to finish the strike when he received the leaders of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), led by its President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele.

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Boko Haram Chief, Shekau Exhibits Gripped Assorted Tools From Nigerian Troops, Vows Fresh Attacks

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Leader of the most wanted and dreaded Boko Haram Terrorists, Abubakar Shekau,  who claims he's still alive yesterday, appeared in a new video, displaying assorted weapons which he claimed his fighters seized from the Nigerian troops during face-offs.

“The weapons are here for anyone doubting our capacity to see. We have snatched armoured tanks, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Hilux 4 wheel trucks and  assorted ammunitions, all from the Nigerian security forces who are claiming that that they have decimated us,” Shekau claimed.

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"Senator Smart Adeyemi Talks about Associated Airline Crash", says Plane Was On Test Flight

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Senator Smart Adeyemi, PDP, Kogi West, have said that the Associated Aircraft that carried the corpse of Late Agagu to Ekiti for burial and killed MIC Boss, Deji Falae and others was on test flight, in respect to what people told him during the investigations. The plane departed Lagos for Akure on test flight and was under repairs before then and was supposed to carry only engineers for the flight test and not passengers.

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