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Ship burning: Oil industry outraged at NNPC
Holab shutters website erases online data Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has been denounced for its hasty destruction of a vessel caught with crude oil cargo suspected to be stolen from some of the country’s production sites…
First-class passenger silently hijacks, diverts US plane
Another causes scare with social media Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Two separate incidents of bomb scare caused Southwest Airlines to divert a flight between Las Vegas and Hawaii to Oakland; and Alaska Airlines diverted its flight midway from Seattle…
Eke community group petitions Senate over killing of two by soldiers
The people of Eke community in Udi Local Government of Enugu State have petitioned the Senate, demanding justice for families of a man and a woman by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. A group, under the aegis of Eke Progressive…
Fulani bandits take annual N2.52 bn ransom from Abia communities
Sopuruchi Onwuka, Gangs of deadly bandits operating kidnap syndicates in the northern parts of Abia State have killed over 1000 indigenes and extort annual N2.52 billion from relatives of their hostages. And community youths call on the government to deploy…
Chevron disowns recruitment information
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has dissociated itself from all false job adverts and offers published in any newspaper, web site, email, poster, handbill or any other medium. General Manager, Policy, Government & Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, stated in a media…
Why British court defied diplomatic pressure, jailed Ekweremadu
The law is clear Sopuruchi Onwuka Despite the waves of high profile pleas from diplomats and politician from Africa seeking clemency for convicted Senator Ike Ekweremadu over organ harvesting plot, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, yesterday served jail…
California man rams car six times at black neighbor
Hate crime charges were announced yesterday (March 7) for a December 2021 disturbance. The incident involved two neighbors, where one was repeatedly run over by a car in California. Surveillance video captured the terrifying moments when 45-year-old Cory Brown, a…
Nigerian prostitution mafia queen extradited to Italy
A most wanted Nigerian mafia queen has been received by the Italian police on her way straight into prison for exporting young compatriots to Europe where they are allegedly forced into prostitution by coercion. The woman simply identified as Ms…
Lagos markets shut, as Tinubu’s thugs wreak havoc on Igbo traders
Police weak on response, recant early denial Igbo traders have come under violent attacks by political party thugs said to belong to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) across markets in Lagos following earlier Monday’s declaration of the Presidential candidate…
Nigerian bags 5 year jail in US for love scam
Sopuruchi Onwuka A Nigerian resident in the United States of America, Adedunmole Gbadegesin, will spend some 60 months in jail for scamming woman with the pretense of love. Mrs Gbadegesin who involved in a scheme that cost a Lexington woman…
