Nigerian on death row in Indonesian writes goodbye letter to lover

A report said on Friday in Jakarta that a Nigerian facing execution in Indonesia for drug smuggling had written a heart-rending letter to say a final goodbye to his lover.

It said Raheem Agbaje-Salami, 42, was taken on Wednesday from a prison in East Java to a prison island off the southern coast of Java where he was due to be executed with nine other inmates this month.

In a letter submitted through the authorities, Agbaje-Salami asked his Indonesian girlfriend Angela Intan to be strong and have faith in God.

Buhari congratulates Shagari at 90, says he’s Grand Old Man of Nigerian Politics

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Shehu Shagari on his 90th birthday anniversary.

Describing Shagari as the “Grand Old Man of Nigerian politics”, Buhari stated Shagari’s contributions to national development since the colonial days have been enormous.

Basketmouth blasts Nigerian bloggers over brother’s death

In what he described as their inability to exercise patience and making  efforts to investigate stories before rushing off load new materials on their platforms, a renowned comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as ``Basketmouth’’, has slammed Nigerian bloggers.

Basketmouth was angry that a tribute he paid to his brother, who died 10 years ago, was made to look like something that happened in 2015.

Nigerian Army denies being in possession of Buhari’s original certificates

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Tobiah Minimah

The Nigerian Army has said it does not have the original, certified true copy or statement of results of retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate for the February general elections.

 Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-. Gen. Olajide Laleye, said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.

Nigerian Army repels Boko Haram’s attack on Biu, seizes anti-aircraft guns

The Nigerian military on Wednesday in Abuja said it had repelled a terrorists’ attack on Biu, Borno.

This is contained in a statement posted on the Defence Headquarters website.

The statement said that two Anti-Aircraft guns were also captured from the terrorists by the troops.

Over 1,000 Nigerian pilots jobless -- Association chairman

The Chairman, Airline Operators of Nigeria, Capt. Noggie Meggison, has said that there were more than 1,000 unemployed indigenous pilots in Nigeria.

Meggison told newsmen in Lagos that foreign pilots were coming into the country in large numbers and getting jobs easily while Nigerian pilots were ``roaming the streets’’.

Airtel reaches out to Nigerian youths with Trybe

*L-R, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Maurice Newa; Vice President, Segments, Dinesh Balsingh and Head, Youth Segment, Segun Aderinokun at the media launch of Airtel Trybe in Lagos recently

Airtel Nigeria has unveiled yet another innovative offering; ‘Airtel Trybe’specially designed to cater for the needs and lifestyle of the youth market segment.

Airtel Trybe is enhanced with features which offer youths the experience and benefits of staying connected to families, friends and their loved ones at all times and it also offers additional opportunities to customers for deriving maximum benefits from voice calls, SMS and data for social media platforms at affordable rates.

 In addition to these, there are also other amazing bonuses for new and existing customers who subscribe.

Nigerian juju sex trafficker jailed in UK

A Nigerian sex trafficker who used witchcraft rituals to silence the teenage girls he smuggled into Britain for prostitution was jailed for 20 years on Monday.

Osezua Osolase, 42, tricked three impoverished Nigerian orphans into travelling to Britain before attempting to sell them to gangs in Europe for prostitution.