Nigeria News

Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday November 22: Miss Sierra Leone and Miss Canada both took top honours at the Miss World Talent Show at the Victory Theatre in Johannesburg today as the contestants at Miss World 2009 unleashed their hidden talents.

ONITSHAa 'Campaign for Democracy ,A yesterday demanded compensation for the families of the 80 people burnt to death at Umunya along Onitsha Enugu expressway, last month.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in Group C alongside the defending African champions Egypt while a rematch against the Mambas of Mozambique is on the cards as well for Nigeria with West African neighbours Benin Republic making up the group.

MEAT traders in the southern Nigerian city of Calabar are counting the cost after a truck carrying more than 100 dogs overturned, crushing scores of canines and triggering a scramble to snatch up survivors.

" MEN of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three persons in connection with an alleged kidnap of a 16 year-old boy, identified as Master Opeyemi Olabode.

EWAV Works won the Best Ethical Business at The PRECIOUS Awards 2009, an annual awards ceremony for inspirational and entrepreneurial women of colour.

Miss Japan, Eruza Sasaki, proved that she's a firm favourite to take the title of Miss World when she was named Miss World Sportswoman in Port Elizabeth at the brand-new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium today.

It was always going to be problematic. That much was certain- from the moment the Federal Government made its offer of a amnestya to those wea re now obliged to call former militants of the Niger Delta.

This year's Chief of Army Staff Conference with the theme - Strengthening the Nigerian Army's operational capabilities: An imperative for attaining national security objectives of the government's 7- point agenda', will hold in Lagos from Sunday 22nd November to Wednesday 25th 2009.

Former First Lady, Mrs Maryam Babangida, yesterday said she is alive and kicking.

After visiting Abuja, Yola and Kaduna, Nigeria's biggest youth event, The Future Awards , continued its national tour of the six geo-political zones of the country, taking its youth town hall meetings to Enugu, Port Harcourt and the Ghanaian capital, Accra.

By Peter DURU, Makurdi A 70 year old man Terhemen Gabu has been sentenced to one imprisonment by a Court in Benue State for battering his wife and biting off her fingers on the grounds that he was denies sex by his 28 year old wife.

In a swansong afternoon of qualifying football at Nairobi and Maputo, the Super Eagles of Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with a 3-2 win at Kenya while Tunisia lost by a lone goal at Mozambique.

113 of the world’s most beautiful women touched down in Johannesburg today, with a warm African welcome from signers and dancers, for the start of the Miss World Festival culminating in a not-to-be-missed extravaganza at Gallagher Convention Centre on December 12 when one woman will be crowned Miss World 2009.

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria this evening qualified for the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup after a masterful 3-1 win over Spain at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

ENUGUa 'SENATOR Smart Adeyemi, representing Kogi West Senatorial Constituency at the National Assembly, has called for a law prescribing death penalty for public officials found guilty of corrupt practices, saying such stiffer punishment would encourage the ongoing fight against corruption.

The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged support for the government in its battle with Rwandan rebels, despite accusations of abuses.

By Patience Saghana Nigerian Police in collaboration with Pinnacle Insurance Brokers Limited has concluded arrangement for a dialogue to identify probable targets of terrorism with the aim of exploring grey areas and proffering solutions on counter measures.

Regional screening for the search for the Face of Sleek kicked off with the first phase held in Abuja the federal capital territory last Thursday.

By Tony Edike Ikemba Nnewi and leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance , Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu, warned yesterday that the constitutional crisis about being created allegedly by the Court of Appeal over the governorship seat of Anambra State could lead to another civil war.