Nigerian officials: Australian woman duped out of $50K in Internet – Minneapolis Star Tribune
ABUJA, Nigeria – Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a Nigerian man who said he was her “Mr. Right.” Lawal Adewale Nurudeen was sentenced to 19 years in prison and ordered to repay the woman
Fire wrecks NNPC Ijalla depot, DRTV – Vanguard
WARRI Fire yesterday wreaked havoc on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) crude oil export depot at Ijalla, Warri, Delta State, when one of the tanks containing peel chemical exploded. The inferno also razed the transmission
GE Oil & Gas and Rockson Engineering Awarded $230 Million Contract for – TMCnet
ABUJA, Nigeria –(Business Wire)– GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas equipment and services, in consortium with Rockson Engineering Nigeria, has been awarded a $230 Million contract by the Federal Government of Nigeria for the
Nigeria’s Martins set for surgery – YAHOO!
BERLIN (AFP) VfL Wolfsburg’s Nigerian international striker Obafemi Martins will undergo surgery on his left leg that should sideline him for a month, coach Armin Veh said on Saturday. Veh revealed that Martins, 25, has been struggling with the
Billy Joe Daugherty: ‘His life is still with us’ – Tulsa World
People from around the world joined the Victory Christian Center family Monday afternoon in a rousing, nearly four-hour tribute to Victory’s pastor, Billy Joe Daugherty, 57, who died Nov. 22 of cancer. An estimated 12,000 people packed Oral Roberts
Human rights group accuses government of condoning abuses – NEXT
A non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Watch, has accused the federal government civilians in responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos.” Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher at the organisation
On Amodu and Qualification for South Africa 2010 – NEXT
During the controversy over whether Shuaibu Amodu should continue as the head The Nigerian Football Federation met last week and told Amodu to carry go . But they are playing politics with Nigeria s chances in the mundial. They should know
Pirates Seize Oil Tanker, U.S.-Bound, Off Somalia – Gainesville Sun
NAIROBI, Kenya Somali pirates have struck again, seizing an oil tanker loaded with $20 million in crude that was headed from Saudi Arabia to the United States, naval authorities said Monday. According to European naval reports, nine pirates
Detaining Justice – Variety
The Tricycle Theater’s three-play series, “Not Black and White,” comes to a lively — if not particularly groundbreaking — end with Bola Agbaje’s agitprop take on the U.K.’s immigration system, “Detaining Justice.” While oppression, inhumane
