Nigerian immigrant ordered removed from U.S. refuses to board plane at D/FW airport
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 11:46:34 -0700 | political-news
Aluya Federal immigration agents walked Oghenero Peter Toritseju Aluya to Terminal E at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a one-way ticket to Nigeria. It was April 29, the day of his scheduled removal from the U.S., as a result...
Vatican to debut at Venice Biennale
Source: Ansa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 09:28:31 -0700 | political-news
The Holy See has embarked on a contemporary journey and for the first time will appear with its own pavilion at none other than Venice's epic art event, the Biennale. Instead of dipping into the Vatican museum's rich and expansive...
'Massive' numbers of Nigerian troops target insurgents
Source: CNN
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 09:13:59 -0700 | travel-news
The move is in conjunction with the country's state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, and it is intended to end insurgent activities. "The military operation will focus on tracking down criminal elements within the vicinity of border...
Nigeria sending troops to 3 states to fight terrorists
Source: CNN
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:35:58 -0700 | travel-news
The order, issued by President Goodluck Jonathan, applies to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states in northeastern Nigeria. He also noted a rise of insurgent violence in eight other states as well, including Nasarawa, where scores of police officers were killed...
Soccer: Lyon Women's Team Offer Cup Replay After Referee's Error
Source: International Herald Tribune
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:26:35 -0700 | sports-news
Olympique Lyon have offered to replay their women's French Cup semi-final against Montpellier after going through on penalties thanks to a refereeing mistake, they said on Wednesday. Twice women's Champions League winners Lyon won 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1...
Nigeria: The 2013 Matriculation Examination
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:22:54 -0700 | political-news
It was conducted in two of three modes; the third, computer-based test, is scheduled for this Saturday and June 1. Some 1,629,102 candidates wrote the examination at 3,168 centres across the country. Registrar, Professor 'Dibu Ojerinde, universities had the highest...
Nigeria: Dangote Sugar Withdraws Investment From Algeria
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:22:48 -0700 | business-news
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has pulled its investment from Algeria and is planning to make more acquisitions of local sugar farms to boost its backward integration programme and benefit from the Federal Government Sugar Master Plan. DSR had planned to...
Nigeria: NEF - The North Will Not Play Second Fiddle in 2015
Source: Africa Headlines
Baga :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:22:47 -0700 | political-news
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Tuesday said the North had decided not to play second fiddle in 2015 as the position of the president rightly belong to the region and the mistake of 2011 where the politicians were allowed to...
Nigeria: Women, Children Slaughtered as Fresh Attacks Claim 12 Lives in Kaduna
Source: Africa Headlines
Kaduna :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 06:22:47 -0700 | travel-news
The Council Chairman, Kumai Badu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said that 12 persons had so far been confirmed dead while several others got varying degrees of injury. According to...
On the Page: Americanah
Source: New York Observer
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 05:56:42 -0700 | political-news
There are readers who will never pick up a copy of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah (Knopf, 496 pp., $26.95), perhaps scared off by the premisea Nigerian couple whose love for one another is dwarfed by their infatuation for Anglo and...
UNICEF says over 180,000 teenagers living with HIV in Nigeria
Source: NewKerala
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 05:37:15 -0700 | health-news
The figure was released during a national dialogue on adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria to bring relief to the young patients...Though Nigeria has done a lot for the young in prevention, more work is needed to address the needs...
Nigeria: 2,000 Soldiers, Fighter Jets Deployed to Borno
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 02:47:49 -0700 | travel-news
Maiduguri About 2,000 security operatives and military hardware, including fighter jets have been deployed to Maiduguri ahead of yesterday's declaration of State of Emergency. In neighboring Yobe State, it is not clear how many soldiers were deployed but residents said...
Nigeria: Politicians Behind Violence in Borno, Nasarawa, Others - Labaran Maku
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 23:24:50 -0700 | political-news
Mr. Maku spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at a public lecture organised by the Abuja council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). The minister was reacting to the recent killing of security operatives in Nasarawa and Borno States. Maku...
SNC division disguised millions of dollars in bribes, documents show
Source: The Globe & Mail
Bauchi :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 23:25:26 -0700 | allnews
In September, 2010, an SNC-Lavalin project manager walked into a Nigerian bureaucrat's office and handed him 1.2 million naira in cash equivalent to nearly five times the average annual salary in that country. The SNC engineer, Chalamakunta Muralidhar Reddy, said...
SNC division disguised millions of dollars in bribes, documents show
Source: The Globe & Mail
Bauchi :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 23:25:26 -0700 | allnews
In September, 2010, an SNC-Lavalin project manager walked into a Nigerian bureaucrat's office and handed him 1.2 million naira in cash equivalent to nearly five times the average annual salary in that country. The SNC engineer, Chalamakunta Muralidhar Reddy, said...
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