Nigeria | Controversy over Number of Casualties in latest Religious Violence

By: Victor Ulasi, Nigeria
It was a sad development as the Plateau state Government prepared for the burial of 380 innocent victims killed during the recent religious crash between Christians and Muslims. The killings occurred in Dogo Na Hawa village on Sunday morning, March 7, 2010 and was said to be a counter revenge by the Muslims on the last [...]

200 Dead, 300 Wounded in Nigerian Religious Crisis

According to reports, military units began surrounding the villages around the same time journalists and officials visited the areas. “It appears to be reprisal attacks,” said State Commissioner of Information Gregroy Yenlong.

American al Qaeda Spokesman Arrested and Charged with Treason – Update

Adam Gadahn, California has been arrested by Pakistani Security forces outside of Karachi. Gadahn will be the first American charged with treason since World War II.

Al-Qaeda short of funding, running narcotics throughout the land of Islam

With United Nations economic sanctions along with the US treasury department’s global crackdown on Al-Qaeda’s financiers, Bin Laden and his followers have turned to dealing narcotics to fund their war.

What a turn of events, trained by the CIA in the 80’s to combat communism, funded by narcotics, Bin Laden has torn a page out of the GOP playbook, and turned a blind eye to the Koran. Just recently a DEA operation snared cocaine smugglers transporting their illegal cargo across the Sahara desert. As it turns out it was actually a DEA “sting” operation.

Student pleads guilty to theft charges

By: Victor Ulasi, Nigeria
A Nigerian student aged 21 (name withheld) has pleaded guilty at Abuja magistrate court for stealing a goat and three turkeys to buy some clothing for himself and fund a proposed date with his girlfriend with the money realized out of the sales of the stolen items.
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3 SuperSport Journalists kidnapped in Nigeria

Two Nigerian and one South African journalist working for SuperSport Television channel were kidnapped at Owerri Local Government area of Imo state, Nigeria after producing a program on Nigeria Premier League game

Militants attacks Shell’s flow station in Delta, Nigeria

Militants under the group known as Peoples Patriotic Revolutionary Force have blown up Shell flow station at Kokori, Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State of Nigeria, and threatened to attack any opposition that may rise against them regardless of political status.

Killing of Nepalese media group head sparks UN alarm

The United Nations human rights office in Nepal today expressed its deep concern over the killing of the head of a media group, the latest in a string of murders of journalists in the Asian nation.

NATO ISAF | 800 kilos of hashish, guns, and explosives seized – Earthquake Northern Afghanistan

Over the past 24 hours a joint Afghan-international force in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province, seized over 800 kilograms of hashish on a trailer of a broken tractor. Led by Afghan National Police officers, the patrol discovered, seized, and transferred the narcotics to a nearby ANP compound.

Nigerian police investigator murdered in cold blood

A Nigerian Police investigator, Danjuma Mohammed who works for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been shot dead in the abdomen by unknown gunmen in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja at the front of his newly rented home.

US accuse Nigeria of playing hide and seek game over Halliburton scam

By; Victor Ulasi, Nigeria
United States of America has disclosed the information needed by the Nigerian government to prosecute those indicted over the Halliburton fraud in Nigeria that is contrary to the claims of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa that Nigeria is innocent.
This came as a result of [...]

International Arms Dealer Viktor Bout and American Co-Conspirator Indicted

The Indictment unsealed today also charges BOUT and CHICHAKLI with money laundering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and six separate counts of wire fraud, in connection with these financial transactions.

“Viktor Bout was originally charged in March 2008 with conspiring to kill Americans by selling millions of dollars worth of weapons to Colombia-based narco-terrorists. Further investigation has revealed additional criminal activities by Bout including money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy. The additional charges contained in the newly unsealed superseding indictment amply illustrate the extraordinary breadth of Bout’s deadly criminal enterprise,” said Leonhart.

Nigerian former governor’s aide murdered

A former special adviser on mineral resources, Mr. Ahmed Onipede, to the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Nigeria Senator Bola Tinubu, has been murdered by unknown assailants.

Exposed: Nigerians sell excavated human dead bodies from burial grounds for $27 (USD)

A 43-year-old man, Oladipupo Olalekan along with others has been arrested by the Eleweran, Abeokuta of Ogun State Police Command of Nigeria for specializing excavating human dead bodies from burial grounds and the trade of human parts to ritualists for moneymaking rituals.

Taliban denies commander captured in Pakistan | TradeArabia

The top military commander of the Taliban has been captured in Pakistan in a secret raid, The New York Times said on Monday, but the Taliban labelled the report rumour-mongering.

Citing US government officials, the Times said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, described as the most significant Taliban figure captured since the start of the Afghanistan war, had been in Pakistani custody for several days and was being interrogated by Pakistani and US intelligence.

UN-African Union envoy urges calm following Darfur violence

The head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today issued a call for maximum restraint by all parties following the eruption of deadly violence which has displaced thousands in the troubled Sudanese region in recent days.

Nigerian students to hold anti-Government protest over 3.5Billion Naira fraud

One million Nigerian students under the group known as National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is to stage an anti-Government match in protest of corrupt practices in Zamafara state over 3.5Billion naira annual fraud in the educational sector of the state.

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