The Oulu District Court found 54-year old Juha Martti Valtakorpi guilty of embezzlement and abuse of official position
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The minister made the request on Thursday in Abuja when he received the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, on a courtesy visit
Muibat Abdullahi, the Primary Health Care Coordinator of the Council, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the outbreak started from a Quranic (Almajiri) school at Unguwar Dahiru area of Makera ward in Funtua town
The man had been found guilty by the country’s supreme court of shooting six people with a machine gun in January
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All-Share Index rose by 13.3 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 25,510.01 against 25,496.71 posted on Wednesday
The Executive Secretary of the board, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the two confirmed cases were in Abuja Municipal and Abaji Area Councils
737 MAX 9, a fuel-efficient, long-range successor to the 737-900, made a test mission, about 50 years after the 737 first took to the skies on April 9, 1967
Olarinde Famous-Cole, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Lagos State, said he was awaiting briefing from the Divisional Police Officer of the Area before making further comments
The incident happened at the Akanu Ibiam international Airport in Enugu
After leading a mass in St Peter’s Basilica, Francis was scheduled to visit Paliano prison, about 75 km south-east of Rome
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the gunmen also abducted four staff of two telecommunication companies
Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17 people as mass was being conducted
Failure to remove content which is illegal under British law after company officials have been notified of its existence could expose Facebook to criminal prosecution for its role in encouraging the publication and distribution of such imagery.
In a statement, the NNPC said it sacked the staff in line with its ongoing reforms, while also announcing the deployment of others
The village holds an annual retreat attended by thousands of Muslims from across West Africa each year
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident took place along Kolo Creek Road in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday
The court president, Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case to June 6 for further hearing
In March, Chimamanda was also elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the second Nigerian to be so honoured after Prof. Wole Soyinka
The International Organisation for Migration sounded the alarm after its staff in Niger and Libya documented over the past weekend shocking testimonies of trafficking victims from several African nations, including Nigeria, Ghana and the Gambia
Opasanya made the disclosure in an affidavit filed in support of the airline’s receivership by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria before Justice Muhammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos