South Africa Apologizes Over Nigerian Deportation

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa has apologized for a mass deportation of Nigerians, saying officials at Johannesburg's main airport did not properly check their health certificates. At a news...

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Italian and British hostages killed in Kebbi Two hostages, an Italian and a Briton kidnapped in May 2011, in Kebbi state, Nigeria were killed on Thursday by their captors during a joint raid by British and Nigerian forces in an operation to... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Exclusive: Why D'BANJ and DON-JAZZY separated Nigeria’s most celebrated entertainer Don Jazzy, chief executive of Mo’Hit records and his partner D’Banj, the number one musician on the label, parted ways few days ago, most people are yet... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Armed robbers attack actor Femi Adebayo, SUV stolen Femi Adebayo, son of Nollywood legend Adebayo Salami was attacked by armed robbers at Ogba, Lagos yesterday evening [Mar. 8]. The robbers made away with his latest acquisition, a black KIA... Click the topic above to view more Read More

40 year old man goes to jail for stealing hair attachments A 40-year-old man, Emmanuel Chinedu, has been sentenced to a one-year jail term by the Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court for stealing a shirt and four pieces hair attachment worth N4,800. The... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Northern govs vow to tackle Boko Haram violence The governors of the 19 northern states on Thursday in Kaduna said they have resolved to deal decisively with the problem of insecurity posed by the militant Islamic sect, the Boko Haram in the... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Our Plan’s to Islamise Nigeria - Qaqa and Sokoto Further revelations emerged Wednesday from the interrogation room of the State Security Service (SSS) when the two principal suspects of the Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa, who was the spokesman of the group,... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Presidency, ACN trade words over attack on Jonathan The Presidency yesterday lambasted the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for disrespecting and attacking the office and the person of President Goodluck Jonathan. The Special Adviser to the... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Senate orders arrest of pension task force boss Senate Joint Committee on the Comprehensive Investigation into the Administration of Pensions in Nigeria, was again treated to another round of revelations detailing how the Pensions Reform Task... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Whitney Houston wills fortune to daughter, Bobby Brown gets nothing Whitney Houston left all of her assets to daughter Bobbi Kristina, born from her troubled marriage to singer Bobby Brown who gets nothing, according to her will published by entertainment news show... Click the topic above to view more Read More

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC: Meet Johny Akinyemi, Nigeria's First Olympic Canoeist Johny Akinyemi become Nigeria's first Olympic slalom canoeist at London 2012Johny Akinyemi first visited Nigeria in 2008, aged 18. Within the year he had signed up for the Nigerian team. The... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Nigerian commercial driver arraigned for trying to kill Judge A 33-year-old commercial driver, Quadri Kasali, was on Thursday arraigned before the Magistatre court in Lagos, for attempting to kill a serving Lagos High Court Judge, Justice Adeniyi Adebajo by... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Young Chinese man who spent 21 years of his life in a cage at home Tragic: Wei Yun, 23, who lives in Gongchuan village, in southern China's Guangxi Province has been locked inside a cage for almost his entire life A mentally disabled Chinese man has spent almost... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Nigeria deports 33 more South Africans, To Deport South African Prostitues Operating in Nigeria Nigeria on Wednesday night deported 33 South Africans on arrival in the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Southern Africans, who arrived aboard a South African... Click the topic above to view more Read More

Dangote, Adenuga remain on Forbes billionaire list for 2012 Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote has moved down 25 places on the Forbes list of billionaires for March 2012 claiming the 76th position from 51st he occupied last year. The downward movement... Click the topic above to view more Read More

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