Nigeria – Pregnant British woman faces firing squad over drug charges – The Independent

Pregnant British woman faces firing squad over drug charges – The Independent
A pregnant British woman held in a Laos prison for nine months faces execution if she is convicted of drug smuggling next week. Friends of Samantha Orobator-Oghagbon, 20, believe she may have been raped while in detention and now fear for the health

Small Talk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Financial Times
In 2007, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie became the first African writer to win the Orange Prize for Fiction with Half of a Yellow Sun , a novel set amid the bloody violence of the Biafran war in her native Nigeria. Born in 1977, Adichie grew up on the

Teenager caught with fake military camouflage and ID card – Vanguard
The Military , among other traits, is noted for their unflinching discipline and doggedness in carrying out laid down rules to the letter. However, because of the usual respect accorded military personnel, some unscrupulous criminals hide under such

Nigerian gunmen free British hostage – Reuters UK
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian gunmen have released a British oil services worker who was kidnapped three weeks ago in the creeks of the Niger Delta, police said on Sunday. The British man, an employee of Nigerian engineering and

Nigeria: The Debacle in Ekiti – AllAfrica.com
The re-run election in Ekiti State that took place last Saturday was not conclusive. It ended without a winner emerging and as many had feared was marred by horrendous electoral malpractices and violence and once again showed that when it comes to

FG orders for 2million doses of swine flu drug – Punch
The Federal Government has placed an order for 2million doses of a drug that will be used to tackle the rampaging swine flu pathogen in the event that it enters Nigeria, Saturday Punch has learnt. The disclosure was made exclusively to Saturday Punch

The Search for Our Own Obama (III) – This Day Online
Faith, we are told, can move mountains. Most Nigerians believe from this moment that the time of our miracle has come. Those who think the madness going on in Nigeria would endure forever should bury the thought. Wherever two or more Nigerians are

NCC woos investors for Broadband in Nigeria – Punch
Executive Vice- Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr. Ernest Ndukwe, has told global operators in Telecommunications and Information Technology that Nigeria presents unrivalled investment opportunities in Broadband infrastructure

Nigeria: Kidnapped Canadian Freed – AllAfrica.com
Canadian study exchange student Mrs. Julie Anne Mulligan, who was abducted in Kaduna on April 16, regained her freedom on Wednesday night after an operation carried out by agents of the State Security Service (SSS) succeeded in capturing one of her

No place for Odhiambo in Harambee squad – Rwanda New Times
APR midfielder Moses Odhiambo has been excluded from Kenya s Harambee Stars squad to face Nigeria s Super Eagles in their Group Two 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier scheduled for June 5 in Abuja. The stylish winger has been

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