Saturday, October 27, 2012
Girl, 13, Struck To Death By Lightning
World Bank: 19 Million In W’Africa Face Hunger
Ghana – A 13-year-old primary six pupil, Laila Nuhu died on the spot after she was struck by lightning last night in an open field in the Upper West regional capital, Wa.
Nollywood Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde Honoured as Beffta Film Icon
The Nollywood mega star who has appeared in over 300 hundred movies since starting her career at the tender age of 17 is popularly known for playing lead roles with films that smash the box office. Her recent films include Last Fight To Abuja, Amina, Ties That Bind and Ije.
Hailed as cinema box office queen, Omotola played lead role in the movie Ije, Africa’s biggest and highest earning movie in the cinemas to date. Omotola continues to appear on the screens globally with her latest movies Up Creek Without a Paddle and Blood on the Lagoon in post production .
Man Uses Witchcraft To Terrify Girls Into Sex Slavery Across Europe
Former security guard Osezua Osolase faces jail when he is sentenced on Monday [Oct. 29] for tricking impoverished young Nigerian girls into travelling to Britain before farming them out as sex workers for up (euros) 70,000 a time to continental gangs.
Police identified flight records and forged passport records to show that he recruited 28 girls and escorted many of them abroad over a 15-month period from 2010. But Osolase boasted to his victims that he had been running the scam for more than a decade.
Osolase deliberately targeted some of the most vulnerable girls in the world - orphaned, ill-educated and homeless - and brought them to Britain where he kept them captive.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Ribadu report leakage planned to embarrass govt – Presidency
The leakage of the report of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led committee that probed oil and gas transactions covering 2002 to 2012 and which uncovered widespread corruption and abuse of processes, is meant to embarrass the government.The Presidency said this while reacting to the publication of excerpts from the report by an international news agency, Reuters, and local media outfits on Wednesday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the excerpts from the
Governor Amaechi Buys $50 Million Bombardier Jet, Amid State’s Flood Disaster
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| Governor Rotimi Amaechi's Global 5000 Bombardier Jet-Photo Credit: James Chevrier |
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has acquired a brand new Bombardier Global 5000 (N565RS) for his exclusive use, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Mr. Amaechi’s lavish new “toy” comes at a time hundreds of thousands of residents in his state are displaced by the worst flooding crisis in the state’s history.
The newly purchased jet left Montreal-Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec to Dakar Yoff International Airport. And then it was delivered to the state government on October 7th 2012.
My wife wanted to run away when she discovered I was a boxer – Olu Moses, 83, Hogan Bassey’s Yaba Club teammate
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Olu Moses, who is still actively involved in boxing as a coach at 83, shares his experiences with ADEOLA BALOGUN and OLUFEMI ATOYEBI
At 83, you are still involved in boxing. Why are you not retired?
Boxing is my life. It is difficult to do without it. Besides, age has not affected my passion for the sport and that is why I still train the young ones to become good boxers. The boys I train now are preparing for the 2013 National Sports Festival, which is coming up in Lagos. I want them to be like me. I want them to make progress in the game. I believe that when we have boys and train them right from a
NDLEA Apprehended 8 Drug Suspects With 10.635kg Of Narcotics
Amongst the drug suspects apprehended was one Mr. Tembo Gideon aka Benson Okechukwu who was travelling to Thailand with about 2.522kilogrammes of methamphetamine tactically hidden inside local fabrics called Aso-Oke.
Speaking on the arrest, the NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr Hamza Umar pointed out that the suspects were arrested with various kind of drugs ranging from cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin among others.
According to Umar, the breakdown of drugs recovered included 4.460kilogrammes of methamphetamine,
Ex-Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, jailed for tax fraud
Berlusconi has the right to appeal the ruling two more times before the sentence becomes definitive and will not be jailed unless the final appeal is upheld, Reuters reports.
Prosecutors had asked for a jail sentence of three years and eight months.
The court also ordered damages provisionally set at 10 million euros (8.05 million pounds) to be paid by Berlusconi and his co-defendants to tax authorities.
This is What Happens To Those That Want to Die for Politicians During Election.
Governor Fashola's relationship with Okada people, during the governorship Election and after Election...
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After Election
Ex-Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, jailed for tax fraud
Berlusconi has the right to appeal the ruling two more times before the sentence becomes definitive and will not be jailed unless the final appeal is upheld, Reuters reports.
Rogue UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, denies wrongdoing
He also said it was unfair to suggest that his previous jobs in the UBS back office had given him the knowledge and skills to commit fraud, Reuters reports.
Adoboli, 32, who worked for the Swiss bank as a trader in London, was arrested on September 15, 2011 and blamed for losses of $2.3 billion. He denies four counts of false accounting and two of fraud.
Flooding: Jonathan dismisses fears of imminent food scarcity
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday dismissed fears of imminent food scarcity in the country in the aftermath of the recent flood disaster in some states.
Addressing a delegation led by Vice-President Namadi Sambo and Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Ms. Jumoke Akinjide, which came to pay him Sallah homage at the State House, Abuja, Jonathan said Nigeria has enough grains in its strategic reserves to take care of any shortfall in food supply.
Jonathan castigated “selfish persons” who had been reportedly hoarding foodstuff in anticipation of food scarcity, saying his administration would protect Nigerians from such.
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Plane crash: Taraba gov to be flown to Germany
The governor and four of his aides and a co-pilot sustained serious injuries after a light aircraft he (Suntai) was flying crashed on Y in neighbouring Adamawa State.
After initial reports that the governor died in the crash, he and the others were found alive in the plane.
Road users stranded for hours as fuel tanker blocks Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
It was a harrowing experience for thousands of motorists, commuters and other road users on Friday as a fuel tanker crashed at Berger on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The tanker’s crash brought traffic inward and outward Lagos to a standstill for some hours as the police, Federal Road Safety Commission and Lagos State Traffic Management Agency battled to clear the expressway and adjoining roads.
Traffic officials had to divert vehicles away from the tanker as it was spilling its fuel contents.
Many road users, including those travelling outside Lagos for the Sallah, were trapped for hours in the traffic.
More details later.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Students Kidnap Female Colleague, Assault, Kill And Bury Her In A Forest
They were alleged to have buried their victim in a shallow grave in a forest at Ugbor village, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing her.
Truth is alive
Niyi Akinnaso is saying nothing but the truth. Moreover, neither the Action Congress of Nigeria nor the Peoples Democratic Party has any moral justification to aspire to rule in Ondo State because their men ruled the state at separate times and failed to perform. Just as it happened in Edo State, Olusegun Mimiko’s victory confirms once again that truth is still alive.
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NACCIMA to address dearth of technical personnel
Worried by the declining vocational studies and technical education with the attendant dearth of technical personnel needed in key productive sectors of the economy, the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, has announced plans to hold a national education summit soon.
City players lacked spirit against Ajax – Mancini
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini feels his team still have much to learn at Champions League level after admitting their latest performance lacked spirit.
The Premier League champions now face a huge task to reach the knockout stages for the first time after slumping to a disappointing 3-1 loss to Ajax in Amsterdam.
The result leaves them bottom of Group D with just one point halfway through the programme.
NDLEA uncovers drug in aso oke
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday said it had uncovered substances suspected to be methamphetamine inside native clothes called Aso-Oke.
A statement by the Head, Corporate Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said eight
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