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An attempt by Nigeria’s president to reassure his countrymen that he is alive, and wasn’t replaced by an impostor during a long medical leave, failed to convince everyone because that’s exactly what a clone would say, isn’t it? Rumors of a double or a clone ruling the country instead of President Muhammadu Buhari have plagued […]
As an author aficionado of old-school noir — think Hammett, Chandler, Thompson — I’m always on the lookout for the next thing in the genre. While the wave of superb Scandinavian crime has been the buzz in popular fiction for a good while and Korean noir is beginning to bubble to the surface, few have […]
The Nigerian football team coach laid down some strict rules for when his side goes to Russia to take part in the World Cup. Gernot Rohr says he won’t allow them to have local girls over – but wives and family members can come. “Yes, the players can have their wives and family come to […]
Ozoz Sokoh turned to food blogging in 2009 as a way to relieve a creeping malaise that was short-circuiting her pursuit of happiness. A geologist living in the Wassenaar, on the western coast of the Netherlands, she was struggling at work and in her quest to find personal purpose. Known for her energy and passion […]
Nigerian authorities have announced that 110 young girls are missing after a raid by Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group, in what may become the most serious school attack and kidnapping since the notorious 2014 Chibok incident. Last week, suspected Boko Haram gunmen dressed in camouflage descended on the town of Dapchi in Yobe state, north-east […]
A Nigerian man was lucky to escape with his life after being viciously attacked by an angry mob who accused him of turning a person into a goat in the Nigerian state of Rivers, local media reports. The bizarre incident allegedly took place in Rukpoku, less than 20 kilometers north of the city of Port […]
Thomson Reuters ABUJA (Reuters) – The Nigerian air force said on Wednesday the United States had agreed to sell fighter planes to Nigeria, as the West African country continues its eight-year conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram. The sale of the 12 A29 Super Tucano aircraft, with weapons and services, is worth $ 593 million. […]
Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 21:11 The Nigerian military has repelled an attack on the capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram militants, Major General Nicholas Rogers told Reuters. On Monday evening, heavy gunfire could be heard in the in Molai area on the outskirts of Maiduguri as soldiers fought back […]
Tim Boyle/Getty Images Foreign hackers in a former British colony targeted hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees in an email phishing scam to steal office supplies with credit cards. The case was closed in 2014 when a Nigerian man pleaded guilty to buying $ 1 million worth of office supplies using stolen credit card […]
Published time: 21 Jun, 2017 22:42 Italian police have arrested a suspected human trafficker following allegations that the man tortured, sexually abused and murdered migrants in a refugee camp in Libya. Detectives in Sicily obtained witness testimony alleging that Nigerian national – John Ogais, aka ‘Rambo’ – killed at least two men at a camp […]
