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Latest blog entries Woman gets three-year sentence for drug trafficking A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Sikirat Jimoh, to three years in prison for drug trafficking. Jimoh, a Nigerian resident in Ghana, was arraigned on February 12 on a one-count charge of dealing in Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp). She had pleaded guilty to the charge and Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke adjourned the suit for sentencing. Delivering judgment, Aneke sentenced the convict to three years imprisonment, without an option of fine. “Following the plea of the accused, she is hereby found guilty as charged. “The convict is accordingly sentenced to three years imprisonment, beginning from the date of her arrest,” he said. The judge also ordered the drug exhibits to be destroyed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the prosecutor, Mr. Jeremiah Aernan, had told the court that the convict who resides at New Town, in Accra, Ghana, was arrested...

Latest blog entries Breaking News: Boko Haram kill 29 college students It was yet another day of blood bath in Yobe as Boko Haram insurgents killed about 29 students at Federal Government College Buni Yadi. Yobe State police commissioner Sanusi Rufai confirmed that the figure saying that the attackers came last night and killed 29 students amd burnt down 24 staff quarters including the adminisstrative block of the college. “Some of the students were burnt to ashes by the insurgents. From the information I got, no female students was killed by the Boko Haram. Only male students were killed”, CP Rufai inform. Spokesman of 3 Div Special Operation Battalion, cptn. Lazarus Eli also confirmed the attack. “We dont have details yet but back our men have been deployed to the area in pursuit of the attackers”, Capt. Eli informed. Original link Read More more info... Mysterious Thunder Strikes 15-year-old Student to ...

Latest blog entries Southern Leaders Hold Summit Ahead Of National Conference Nigeria’s unity has been described as non-negotiable in the coming National Conference. This forms the common thread in the various comments by speakers at the Southern Leaders’ Conference in Calabar, southern Nigeria. The speakers which include the host governor, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, governors of other southern states, elder statesmen, traditional and religious leaders all agreed that the conference would present a great opportunity to discuss the collective future of Nigeria. While looking at coming up with a mutually agreeable position that they would take to the National Conference when it is convened, it was also agreed that the South must come together to speak in one voice on issues of national importance. The main speakers of the day gave key points on what the delegates would be looking at, ahead of the discourse. Governors in the region were also not ...

Latest blog entries Ukraine crisis: Russia steps up Ukraine rhetoric Russia has stepped up its rhetoric against Ukraine’s new Western-leaning leadership as tensions rise over the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych. Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev said interim authorities in Kiev had conducted an “armed mutiny”. And the Russian foreign ministry said dissenters in mainly Russian-speaking regions faced suppression. Earlier, Ukraine’s interim interior minister said an arrest warrant had been issued for Yanukovych. Legislators voted to remove Yanukovych on Saturday. His whereabouts are unknown but he was reported to have been in the Crimean peninsula on Sunday. Russia has already recalled its ambassador to Ukraine for consultation. Unrest in Ukraine began in November when Yanukovych rejected a landmark association and trade deal with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia. Medvedev, quoted by Russian news agencies, suggested that Western countries that a...

Latest blog entries Sanusi’s suspension: Jonathan breached Constitution, CBN Act- Governors The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) led by Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has accused President Good luck Jonathan of breaching the 1999 Constitution by suspending the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. According to the governors, the suspension was aimed at diverting attention from the missing $20bn from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation account, which Sanusi claimed was not remitted to the Federation Account. The governors spoke in Abuja at the end of their meeting in the early hours of Tuesday. The meeting started around 8pm on Monday night. They also threw their weight behind calls for a forensic audit of the NNPC Account to unravel the truth about the issues. Reading a four-paragraph communique at the end of the meeting, Amaechi said: “The suspension of Sanusi by Mr. President is in clear breach of the Nigerian...

Latest blog entries Israeli warplanes strike eastern Lebanon Israeli jets have carried out air strikes in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, Lebanon’s state news agency says. Israel’s military has not commented although an Israeli security source quoted by Reuters said there had been “air force activity in the north”. Lebanon’s national news agency said the air raids took place near the village of Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa Valley. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group has a strong presence in the valley. Correspondents say Lebanon’s eastern border is frequently used by smugglers and Israeli planes have targeted the area several times in the past two years. Security sources say the targets may have been trucks of weapons from Syria destined for Hezbollah.       Original link Read More more info...

Latest blog entries President Again Extends Olive Branch to Boko Haram Armed Boko Haram insurgents •APC warns against plot to oust Borno governor  •40 sect members convicted, says Adoke Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Senator Iroegbu   and Michael Olugbode      President Goodluck Jonathan has again called on members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect to drop their weapons and come to the negotiating table to express their grievances. Jonathan made the call yesterday during the “International Seminar on the Imperatives of the Observance of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Norms in Internal Security Operations”, which was jointly organised by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), at National Defence College (NDC), Abuja. His statement coincided with the warning issued by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against a rumoured plan to remove the elected governor of Borno St...