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 A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, on Monday told newsmen in Pretoria, South Africa, that Onyekaozuru was shot by two gunmen. "The union has received a report that a Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, was shot in his business premises at 9.00 p.m. yesterday (June 7)"The report said

Students studying Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy,Dentistry and other courses at Lagos Univeristy Teaching Hospital (LUTH) protest over incessant armed robbery attacks on their campus. Punch reported that the student locked the gate leading to LUTH yesteday.  There was pandemonium in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Sunday as students of the College of Medicine trooped out to protest against incessant robbery attacks on the campus. This is how Punch reported it The campus gate in the Idi-Araba area was condoned off by the angry students, who prevented vehicular movements, while the school security guards were reportedly chased out of the institution. Our correspondent gathered that the protest started

The Nigeria Police in Delta State, on Sunday night confirmed that they have rescued Super Eagles player, Christian Obodo from the abductors who snatched him at gun point. The midfielder who has not played for the Eagles in recent years was early Saturday kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen

 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, arrested five suspected drug traffickers in connection with a large shipment of heroin worth N2.2 billion from Pakistan at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos. The agency also arrested a lady, (names withheld) over substance suspected to be cocaine at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State. The lady allegedly ingested 839 grammes of the substance, and was arrested while on her way to board a London-bound Lufthansa Airline. She was

Charles Taylor was today sentenced to 50 years in prison after the war crimes tribunal convicted him for crime against humanity. The former Liberian President was in exile in Nigeria durning the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo before he was arrested.   Charles Taylor was found guilty because he was a major sponsor of the civil war in Sierra Leone. Rebels that Charles Taylor sponsored raped and brutalised thousands of people before the war ended in 2002

  The embattled Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli,  standing trial before an Osogbo High Court for alleged rape of an ex- corps member, yesterday, got off the hook on three of the four charges against him. Justice Oyejide Falola dismissed three charges out of the four counts preferred against the monarch for the failure of the prosecutor to substantiate the allegation before the court. Alli, who was accompanied to court by his wife, had, since 2010, been facing four counts charge of rape, kidnap,

A Nigerian fraudster who hijacked the identities of soldiers and nurses in a $1.3 million benefits plot has been jailed in the UK for six years. Chibuikem Uzoma-Ubani and another Nigerian partner in crime opened 752 bank accounts to perpetrate the fraud. Chibuikem Uzoma-Ubani, 29, persuaded several lovers to help him launder the profits from the swindle that targeted tax credits and Sure Start maternity grants, reports The Daily Mail. Denisa Camacho, 28, of Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, and Katrina Papiernikova, 27, of Romford, Essex both had relationships with Uzoma-Ubani, after arriving in the UK from Slovakia and were accused of turning a blind eye to his activities. Uzoma-Ubani, of Romford, Essex, married Camacho in 2004, then divorced her and had two children by Papiernikova. The women both insisted they knew nothing about his crooked schemes and were both cleared of money laundering, but a third lover Ornela Miguel, 26, admitted the offence. Uzom...

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha,a former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, has been sentenced to death by hanging.He was found guilty of masterminding the death of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola,whose husband , Late Bashorun MKO Abiola won the 12 June 1993 election.  Also  sentenced to death by hanging is Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, a personal assistant to late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola at the time of the commission of the event. He was an accomplice.Before this breaking news, the trial of Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan had been on for 12 years. -Gistmaster

 Just as millions of people all over the world are celebrating Christmas, several people in abuja are morning deaths of their loved ones in Abuja when suspected Islamist group, Boko Haram denotated explosives killing unspecified number of people.   The christmas day bombing, gistmaster gathered, happened inside the St Theresa Catholic Church located on the outskirts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Eye witnesses disclosed that several persons died in the bomb explosion .   Security agents from the military and police force are already on group at the scene of the incident.Officials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are also there to help evacuate the dead and injured victims at the scene of the unfortunate incident.   Boko Haram, an Islamist group had claimed responsibility for various bomb attacks in Northern Nigeria and Abuja. It would be recalled that the explosion that rocked the United Nations office in Abuja and Police He...

 Farida Waziri, the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who was relieved of her job yesterday morning by the Nigerian government said she is yet to receive her sack letter.   In a short interview she granted a national newspaper, The Punch, Mrs. Waziri said she heard the announcement of her removal from office on television like every other person.   She told a correspondent that no one has communicated the new development to her in writing. Reasons for her sack? Well, some key players in international financial crime bursting agencies are not contended with the way she has been playing her role in EFCC but that is not to say she has not done anything at all. -Niyi Tabiti

The remains of Titilayo,the banker who was allegedly killed some months ago by her jobless husband, Akolade Arowolo was buried today at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos. It was one of the fierce case of domestic violence recorded in Nigeria.    Gistmaster   gathered from those around that there was no way the husband would have been allowed to come for the burial. At the moment, he is in remand at the Kirikiri maximum prison. "Even if he was allowed an angry mob can descend on him"one of the sympathizers said.

 The killers of Bayo Ade, the Benin city, Edo State based musician who was murdered some months back have been arrested. According to information, the culprits were arrested after thorough investigation by officers of from the Edo State Police command.   The commisioner of Police in Edo State, Mr. David Omojola who made this known at a press conference yesterday also paraded six other kidnappers and 11 armed robbery suspects.   The police boss said, Bayo Ade's killers include a 68 year old man who is the armorer for the suspected criminals. The musician was one of the most popular musicians in Benin, the edo state capital. He was kidnapped on his way to perform at the birthday of Esama of Benin, High Chief Gabriel Igbinedion.He was later found dead. They were arrested after they kidnapped a lady simply known as Patricia. They collected N1.2 million from her family, she was released but they kept on threatening her. They got recharge cards from her worth N17,000. The p...