DEVELOPING: Qatar Airways plane in distress, set to land in Lagos

by Hauwa Gambo We can confirm news of a Qatar Airways plane in distress reportedly due to a burst tire mid-air. Official sources are calling it a “landing gear problem”. It is preparing to land at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The airplane is Flight No. QR592. It is an Airbus from Doha... Read More

September 29, 2012

#Forgery: Three NECO staff, others sentenced to 12 years in prison

by Stanley Azuakola The arm of the law caught up with nine persons including three National Examinations Council (NECO) staff, and they have now been sentenced to 12 years in prison, each, for forgery. One other person, Hassan Ayuba, who pleaded not guilty to the three court charges was ordered to be remanded in prison... Read More

Abdulsalam Mohammed Babangida, Ahmed Danladi, Ahmed Sanni, Ahmed Tijjani, Chief Magistrate Court 11 Minna, Christian Moses A.K.A Danjuma Musa, forgery, HAssan Ayuba, Kashim Danladi Tauhid, neco, Nehemiah Andrew, Philip Emenike Ubanatu, twelve years, Umaru Aliyu

September 29, 2012

£30,000 a year addiction to London: How Nigerians are becoming big spenders

by Susannah Butter Visitors from the West African country are the UK’s fourth biggest foreign spenders, parting with an average of £500 in each luxury shop they visit — four times what UK shoppers typically spend. Every year, Simi Osomo makes six trips to London from Nigeria. The 25-year-old spends about two weeks here and... Read More

China, Debenhams, lagos, London, Marks & Spencer, nigeria, Simi Osomo, Susannah Butter, united kingdom, Zara

September 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

The North is being burnt by unemployed despondent youths. While in the South, young kidnappers and car jackals constantly terrorize all as the Nigerian police spend their time watching movies, eating Titus sardines and asking for bribes while dangerous criminals smoke marijuana in the front of the barracks. Two months ago, I moved my... Read More

car jacking, Insecurity, Kidnapping, poverty, Temie Giwa, youth unemployment

September 29, 2012

Saudi Arabia adamant, threatens to deport even more Nigerians

by Isi Esene The impasse between the Saudi Arabia government and the Nigerian authorities over the deportation of about 500 women on pilgrimage to the Holy Land appears far from being resolved. Reports say the Saudi Hajj authorities are insisting on deporting more female pilgrims visiting the country unescorted by male relatives or guardians. According... Read More

Aminu Tambuwal, hajj, Hatim Bn Hassan Qadhi, Mecca, Medina, Namadi Sambo, pilgrimage, saudi arabia, Uba Mana

September 29, 2012

#DivorceCourt: “I wash her panties, I often smell other men on them,” man tells court… “I still love her and want her”

by Reuben Daba In a Lagos Grade A Customary Court, sitting in Agege on Thursday, a 39-year-old estate agent, Ibukun Oluwadamilare, was the subject of much laughter when he revealed that he used to wash his wife’s pants and they smelled of other men’s semen. Hear him: “Whenever she comes back at night from an outing,... Read More

Adesuwa Oluwadamilare, Customary court, Emmanuel Shokunle, Ibukun Oluwadamilare, pants, semen

September 29, 2012

Stephen Igbinedion: A Nigerian perspective (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I sometimes want to exalt Nigeria’s growth, but deep down I know the hope most Nigerians hold onto is gradually fading away. It all started on a certain evening, I had just finished eating rice and stew with boiled chicken. I was just about to take an afternoon nap when I convinced myself to browse... Read More

corruption, history, home, Media, nigeria, Stephen Igbinedion

September 29, 2012

Police Helicopter Crash: Families of victims get N34.43 million, landlords also compensated

by Stanley Azuakola In March 2012, a police surveillance helicopter crashed in Jos, killing the erstwhile Police deputy inspector general in charge of Operations at Force Headquarters, John Haruna and three others. Yesterday, six months after that ill-fated crash, the families of the dead were paid death benefits amounting to N36,633,500 by the Nigeria Police... Read More

Abubakar Mohammed, Garba Yelwa, Haruna John, helicopter crash, police, Pwol Hananiah, Sanathan Shirunam, victims

September 29, 2012

#JustAwful: 20-year-old man, undergraduate, remanded for orally raping 7-year-old boy

by Reuben Daba A Makurdi court has locked Ortyom Dyorugh, a 20-year old, 300 level Accounting student of the Benue State University, Makurdi behind bars for allegedly indulging in homosexuality with a seven-year old Isaac Chivirter Shamigah. Dyorugh allegedly forced Shamigah to suck his penis at the Judges Quarters area of Makurdi town where they... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Heads, you lose: Police arrest 75-year-old man with human skulls in Ibadan

by Reuben Daba The police in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have confirmed the arrest of a 75-year old herbalist, Ahmed Akekaka, for possessing human skulls. The arrest of Akekaka in his house in Apete, a suburb of Ibadan, was made following reports from residents at the Eleyele Police Station. According to reports, Adekaka was... Read More

Ahmed Adekaka, Ibadan, police, skulls, Yisa Adeleke

September 29, 2012

“He owes us 4-months’ pay” – Air Nigeria staff take Jimoh Ibrahim to court

by Stanley Azuakola Let’s face it: Nobody expected Jimoh Ibrahim’s words communicating his sack of all Air Nigeria staff and closing down the airline as the final word on the matter. Certainly there was more to come. As promised, workers of the grounded airline have dragged the chairman, Jimoh Ibrahim and the chief executive officer,... Read More

Air Nigeria, and Ogunsany & Ogunsany, jimoh ibrahim, Kinfe Kanssaye, Muhmad Adesina ESQ, National Industrial Court, sack

September 29, 2012

“I am a courier for 20 people”: 24-year-old man headed for Dubai with $7m cash arrested at Lagos airport

by Stanley Azuakola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday confirmed that it had arrested a 24-year old suspect, Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for trying to smuggle out $7 million (N1.12 billion). Sheriff is a bulk currency smuggler. He was arrested on Thursday for attempting to take the... Read More

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