A Nigerian Man Among 5 People To Be Executed For Drugs In Indonesia

Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced the planned execution, after failing to do so by the end of last year. According to Jakarta Post, Attorney General HM Prasetyo confirmed on Thursday that five people, four men and a woman would face firing squad this Sunday.

“We have prepared everything; the firing squad, clergymen and doctors. The executions will be done simultaneously, not one by one,” he said.

Prasetyo added that those scheduled for

'Last Queen Victorian' Dies Aged 114

Britain's oldest person has died at the age of 114. Ethel Lang was believed to be the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria. Mrs Lang was born in the

Kenya first national air ambulance service

Kenya has launched its first national air ambulance service to evacuate security forces wounded in battle. President Uhuru Kenyatta said the service was vital to ensure they received swift treatment.

The initiative is likely to boost the morale of security personnel facing multiple threats, a BBC reporter says.

Some soldiers and policemen have bled to death or have died of dehydration in remote areas of Kenya because of long delays in getting them to hospital. The government has now reached a

Professor Wole Soyinka Denies Endorsing Any Candidate

Professor Wole Soyinka has warned those spreading rumours about him endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan and some governorship candidate should deceit from spreading the lies because he never for once endorsed any candidate. Soyinka stated this in a piece titled ‘Identity Thieves and the 2015 Election Peace Accord.’ His words;

“Let me thus seize the occasion of the Abuja accord to state categorically that I have never made a statement endorsing any presidential or governorship contestant. All such attributions are fabrications by faceless, often self-appointed agents of deception, and should be publicly pilloried.

“Whenever I choose to declare support for a candidate – as is my electoral right – I shall ensure that I deploy a medium that places my authorship beyond dispute,” he said.

Unknown Man Impregnates, Dumps 17-Year Old In Ogun State

May God not let the story of our lives be upside down.

Culled from Punch

The fate of a lady, identified simply as Ifeoma, who is believed to be between 16 and 17 years old, has been giving residents of Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, a cause for concern.

It was said that she had been beaten and impregnated before being dumped in Ilaro, where she had been living beside a building on Upper Leslie Road, Ilaro, for over nine months at the mercy of the elements.

Ifeoma was said to have been dumped by the

We Spends N1, 300 Per Voter Card – Jega

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has said in its current projection, the cost per voter in the February elections is $7.90 (over N1,300.00) bringing the total cost for the 68 million voters to about N90.2 billion, Premium Times report.

He said the figure is $1.10 higher than that of

Cholera Outbreak Hits Rivers State, Kills 20 In 9 Days - Dr Sampson Parker Explain

The Commissioner for Health in Rivers State, Dr Sampson Parker, yesterday said cholera outbreak in 11 communities in the state had claimed 20 lives. According to him, the outbreak was reported on the 5^th of January, 2015 and 171 cases as so far been recorded, with 20 deaths in the outbreak.

He however said Government health officials are

57-Year Old Man Kills Sibling Over Soup

The police in Benin have arrested a 57 year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with machete over owoh soup.

The suspect reportedly committed the crime at Evboesi community in Orhionmwon local government area of the state, during an argument with the victim over owoh, a

Nigerian Obas Give Their Royal Blessings On Orijin + Photos

Royal fathers across Nigeria have joined millions of Nigerians at home and in the diaspora to attest to the fact that Orijin, the modern and contemporary drink from Guinness Nigeria is the fastest selling and the most innovative alcoholic beverage in Nigeria today.

When the Guinness team visited the palaces and kingdoms of these

New CasesOf Ebola Declining In West Africa

New Ebola cases in the three West African countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) worst affected by the deadly outbreak of the virus are declining, weekly UN figures show.

Sierra Leone and Guinea both recorded the lowest weekly total of confirmed Ebola cases since August. Liberia, which reported no new cases on two days last week, had its lowest weekly total since June.

The spirit of Freetown seem to be back with residents in the capital celebrating, albeit quietly, the low Ebolainfection figures. For over a week the reported daily infections have been in single figures and on Tuesday there were only two deaths.

Liberia will conquer Ebola, a resident said.

Afcon 2015: Congo & Burkina Faso and others Coaches Complain Bitterly, We Can't Find Hotels To Stay

Teams arriving at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea have been forced to search for places to sleep because of a lack of hotel rooms. Congo coach Claude Le Roy said five of his 35-strong party attending the tournament did not have accommodation. He revealed that the hotel the bulk of his team are in lacks running water and has exposed electrical cables.

Burkina Faso coach Paul Put also criticised facilities, saying the event should have been delayed until June.

It will be recalled that Equatorial Guinea is staging the tournament at short notice because Morocco was stripped of the right in November due to Ebola outbreak in the country.

They however have to find a way of surviving because the tournament will start on Saturday to end on Sunday, 8 February. They still have three weeks to go. So unfortunate.

Edo State Gov. kicks out Igbinedion Varsity students from state medical facility

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole today gave an executive order stopping the training of nursing students from the Igbinedion University at the state owned medical facilities, the Benin General Hospital and the

Puppy Worth Over N4m Kidnap In United Kingdom

Police are still searching for a rare bulldog puppy worth £16,000 (over N4,000,000) which was snatched from its breeder's home.

A man interested in buying the pup ran away with the

Robbers Kill 4 Cops, 11 Others At First Bank Branch In Ondo

It was a bloody day at Ikare Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government on Monday as armed robbers killed 15 persons in a daylight operation.

The attacked bank was the First Bank, which was equally attacked in 2013 along with two others and which led to closure of banking business in the commercial city for

Hundreds of Lawyers March For Buhari/Osinbajo In Lagos

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Hundreds of lawyers walked around major streets in Ikeja today to support one of their own, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The lawyers who tagged their outing a “Walk for Change’’ said the walk was necessary to create awareness on why Nigerians must support change of government through the

Shocking 57-Year Old Nurse Dies In Lover’s Room

The police in Lagos have arrested a man, Akodogbo Doheto, in connection with the death of a 57-year-old woman, who allegedly died in his house after the two had a s*xual affair. Punch Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Salu Street in the Badagry area of Lagos.

Our correspondent gathered from police sources that the victim, Bonu Fiaret, who was said to be divorced, was working as a nurse in a government hospital in the area.

It was learnt that 60-year-old Doheto, who hails from Badagry, had been

suicide bomber failed bomb attack in Kasuwar Mata

A suicide bomber this evening blew himself up after a failed attempt to attack a military Checkpoint in the Kasuwar Mata area of Gombe state. According to

Graphic photos: How Woman jumps, butt implant Save her From Death

I don't know where MediaTakeOut saw this story but it's one of the most bizarre things I've read in recent times. According to the report,

Brazilian woman survived a 10 story fall . . . and it was her butt implants that saved her life. According to a popular Brazilian magazine, an unidentified woman - whom they