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Houston — A Nigerian who authorities say ran one of the most expansive heroin smuggling networks ever uncovered involving Houston's main airport has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison. Koyode Lawrence was sentenced Tuesday in a Houston federal courtroom after having earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a controlled substance. Also Read: 30 drug suspects arrested in Niger The case goes back to February 2001 when two men working for Lawrence were arrested at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Authorities say the pair had swallowed packets of heroin being smuggled from Nigeria. Prosecutors say the 45-year-old Lawrence mainly recruited college students with dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship for his smuggling ring. Lawrence, from Lagos, Nigeria, fought extradition for nearly 10 years but he was transferred to the U.S. in late 2013. - AP             Share: READ MORE NEW...

Out-of-Contract Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi has expressed concern with the current lack of leadership at the Nigeria Football Federation by saying there isn’t enough preparation for his team ahead of the Morocco 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan in October. The 52-year-old released a list of invited players for the game on Friday and also says he has already submitted his program for the games, but says he still isn’t sure what will happen with his proposal. “I have submitted my program to the Super Eagles secretary for onward submission to the General Secretary of the NFF to see if they will accept it so that we can start building towards the game against Sudan,” said Keshi. “It will be very good for us if we can start preparing immediately because I like working with the home-based players at least two weeks before the games. “But I don’t know what they want to do. It is just that there isn’t enough preparation.” Keshi has traditionally opened his camps wi...

In an interview with French news agency (AFP) on Friday, the Adamawa State-born politician blamed the escalating spate of insurgency and violence in most parts of the North- East especially Borno, <a href="https://gidesmx.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wpid-atiku-abubakar.jpg"><img title="Atiku-Abubakar.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" alt="image" src="https://gidesmx.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wpid-atiku-abubakar.jpg" /></a> Yobe and Adamawa States on Jonathan. According to Atiku Abubakar, Jonathan’s administration had done nothing significant to address the fundamental issues and to improve the lives of the populace. “This insurgency shouldn’t have lasted even six months. Within weeks, we (Obasanjo and I) crushed it because we did not neglect military training and, of course, we did not lack the leadership and the capacity to take decisions. “I told Nigerians that Jonathan did not have the capacit...

Nigerian troops are said to have apprehended 52 members of the Boko Haram sect in Biu, Borno state. Military sources reportedly disclosed to Sahara reporters that the insurgents were arrested between yesterday, September 23rd and today September 24th in Biu, Born state. A source reportedly said: “We arrested over 50 members of the Islamic sect following tips we got from the driver as well as locals. I can tell you they are cooperating and giving useful information” Read more news

Maiduguri, capital of Borno State with population of over one million, close to falling to Boko Haram fighters, say elders Men gather around a car bomb attack in Maiduguri, Borno State, in July. The attack was blamed on Boko Haram Boko Haram fighters have "completely surrounded" the major northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri and are preparing an imminent takeover, residents warned yesterday, calling for military reinforcements. The warning comes after the United States warned of an attack on the city of over one million residents, as analysts said the government risked losing control of the region. But Nigeria's military described the warning from the Borno Elders Forum – an influential regional group made up of retired senior civilian and military officials – as "alarmist", saying it was "clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation". Maiduguri has special significance for Boko Haram. It was where the heavily armed Islamist...

Ever since her cousin put to bed, Rihanna has been spotted at different places and times with her cousin’s baby, Majesty. She even attended her christening in Barbados and made sure she was carrying her too. We are yet to see the photos of this cousin with her baby and this is making people feel that perhaps the baby is indeed Rihanna’s and her cousin was just a surrogate mother. Interesting speculation right??? Tell us what you think about her.

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PATNA, India – A teenage Indian boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train and killed for writing a love letter to a girl from a different caste, Indian police said on Thursday. Fifteen-year-old Manish Kumar was kidnapped by members of the rival caste on his way to school, had his head shaved and was thrown under a train as his mother begged for mercy, police in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar said. One man has so far been arrested and a policeman suspended. The victim’s mother Lalit Devi told police she had watched “helplessly” as the wheels of the train passed over her son. “The accused persons killed the boy for writing a love letter to the girl of the same village,” superintendent of police in Kaimur district, Rajesh Kumar, told Reuters by telephone. Police said the girl belonged to a washerman community, considered a lower caste, whereas the boy came from the slightly higher dairymen Yadav community. Love ...

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