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20 year old Umaru Ismail in Lagos on Wednesday pleaded guilty for raping a 12 year-old girl. Before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, the accused admitted having forceful sexual intercourse with with a twelve year old jss1 pupil. “The accused, who lives at No. 15, Olabisi Olalekan Odo Isan Street, Egan, Igando, Lagos, had sex with the girl after she came...
India is set to review the bilateral air service agreement (BASA) with Nigeria so that airlines can operate non-stop flights to both countries. Indian high commissioner Mahesh Sachdev said direct flights were necessary as trade and investment between the two countries now stands at $26 billion. “We are negotiating with Nigeria renewal of BASA. Ideally, it should...
A new pan-Yoruba group, Apapo Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA) said today that it has “trusted” information that Boko Haram, the dreaded extremist Islamic group, is likely to attack Lagos and Ibadan in the next few days or in the month of July. “Boko Haram thinks the best way to get attention is through sustained attacks, but the surest way to dominate national discuss and stir...
NIGERIA’S bilateral trade with The Netherlands may have assumed an upward profile, going by the figures reeled out in respect of imports and exports between the two countries, in the first quarter of this year. The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria and Permanent Representative to Economic Communities of West Africa States (ECOWAS), Bert Ronhaar, put the bilateral trade...
