Nigerian 'baby factory' raided
Source: BBC
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 19:34:36 -0700 | political-news
Nigeria 'baby factory' raided in Imo state Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies have been rescued from a house in Nigeria's south-eastern Imo state, police have said. They say they are looking for a woman suspected of planning to...
Nigeria: Ex-Militants Vow to Storm National Assembly Over Order to Probe Kuku, Dokubo
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 09:12:20 -0700 | political-news
They accused the legislature of harassment the duo over their comments that there could be crisis in President Goodluck Jonathan did not get a second term in 2015. According to them, the House order is unjustified given the fact that...
Africa: What the Oga At the Top Doesn't Know
Source: All Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 07:35:47 -0700 | political-news
But it is too optimistic to expect state bureaucrats in Nigeria to see rare opportunities thrust right under their noses Nigeria has persisted through fourteen continuous years of a tumultuous democratic experiment, and to date that is what it continues...
Nigeria: Kabir Sokoto Trial - Sharing of Funds Split Boko Haram
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 04:10:35 -0700 | political-news
Members of Boko Haram splinter group during a news conference in Maiduguri, Saturday where they insisted on a cease-fire. Abuja Disagreements over how to share the funds received by Islamic extremist groups led to the splitting of the terrorist sect,...
Nigeria: Slow Movement of Niger Delta Ministry
Source: Africa Headlines
Uyo :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-10 01:59:19 -0700 | political-news
It is because the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has had little impact on the people of the region that the federal government recently endorsed the establishment of a "Multi-Stakeholder Trust Fund" aimed at creating development partners and stakeholders that...
THREAT TO DIVIDE NIGERIA IN 2015
Posted by: ADEPOJU OLUWASEUN
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-12 03:23:39 -0700 | political-news
In the past few days, the country has witnessed threat of division from southern and northern power drunk politicians, who has keen interest in political power than to improvise strategies that would lead to the betterment of over 150 million...
Cyberscammers now spoofing LinkedIn accounts
Source: GMA News
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-09 06:58:15 -0700 | political-news
Cyberscammers now spoofing LinkedIn accounts May 9, 2013 9:34pm Cyberscammers have started using professional networking service LinkedIn to impersonate real executives to fool prospective victims, a security vendor warned Thursday. Bitdefender said the scam message may appear to be...
Nigeria: Nigerian Muslims Appeal to Boko Haram to Stop Killings, Accept Amnesty
Source: Africa Headlines
Kaduna :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-09 05:48:15 -0700 | political-news
Boko Haram insurgents to accept the amnesty that may be offered by the Federal Government and stop further spilling of blood and wanton destruction of property. Addressing the press on Wednesday morning after the National Executive Council meeting which held...
Nigeria: Judiciary Cleansing Should Be Total
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-08 23:40:54 -0700 | political-news
Also, the NJC "warned" Justice Okechukwu Okeke of the Federal High Court, after his responses to a series of petitions against his conduct failed to convince the investigative panel. Reports say that there are no fewer than 18 petitions against...
Nigeria: Corruption Body Arrests Ex-Governor Timipre Sylva in Abuja
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-08 23:02:19 -0700 | political-news
The anti-graft agency has, in a statement, warned that it would no longer tolerate the antics of suspects who treat its invitation with levity. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission's operatives on arrival at Sylva's house at about 10am were...
Crackdown on illegals in Sharjah
Source: Khaleej Times
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-08 19:23:49 -0700 | political-news
The arrested were mainly from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria and India and they were found engaged in activities including begging, gambling and street vending at various areas in the emirate. The ongoing campaign against illegals is mainly targeting areas witnessing huge...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 8
Source: The New York Times
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-08 00:43:54 -0700 | political-news
The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a F.B.I. plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate using the Internet rather than by...
Nigeria: The Rivers' Aircraft Controversy
Source: Africa Headlines
Akure :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-07 23:56:24 -0700 | political-news
Obasanjo's handmaids in his fight with Atiku, at least five agencies are said to have been deployed to fight Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan. Through a court judgement, the PDP structure in...
Killing at least 55 people in Nigeria in attacks by Boko Haram
Posted by: Fury60
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-11 09:21:54 -0700 | political-news
Army spokesman in Nigeria said that 55 people died in the attack carried out by the organization of radical Islamic Boko Haram, to the east of the country. The attack targeted a prison in the state of Borno, where 105...
Full sovereignty to Argentina, Mauritius and Comoros
Source: Scoop
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-07 20:02:03 -0700 | political-news
South America (ASA) that recognizes the legitimate rights of Argentina in the dispute on the sovereignty of the Falkland /Malvinas islands and reaffirms that the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of Mauritius and that Mayotte island...
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