Nigeria: Robbers Kill DPO, Five Policemen, Two Soldiers. Three Civilians

The Ughelli-Asaba Expressway in Delta State was turned to a no-go-area on Monday as armed robbers massacred the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in-charge of Abraka Police Station, Abraka, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of the state, five other policemen, two soldiers and three civilians.

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Nigeria's Economy 'll Collapse Unless -- Eze

ABUJA—chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Ayogu Eze, yesterday, raised alarm that unless the Federal Government took urgent measures on the deplorable situation of the nation’s roads, the economy stood the risk of imminent collapse.

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Nigeria: Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN Fined

A man ride on a motorbike taxi past a giant advertisement bill board of Nigeria Globacom in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, May, 13. 2012. Nigeria has fined four mobile phone carriers a total of $7.3 million over poor service and call quality in Africa's dominant market. Reuben Muoka of the Nigeria Communications Commission said Sunday that Bharti Airtel Ltd. of India, Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat, local firm Globacom Ltd. and South Africa-based MTN Group Ltd. all had been fined. Image: Sunday Alamba/AP

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Nigeria President Unlikely To Risk Oil Graft Crackdown

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is coming under pressure to prosecute top officials implicated in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud, but many of the suspects are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his power base intact.
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NIGERIA: NFF To Name Under-17 Tournament After Yekini

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, on Saturday said the NFF would name the Under-17 tournament after the late Super Eagles’ striker, Rasheed Yekini. Speaking during Yekini’s fidau prayer at Ira, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Maigari who later left for an official engagement at Abuja and was subsequently represented by NFF First Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh, also donated N500,000 to the immediate family of the deceased.
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Nigeria: Secret Prisons

RELATED ARTICLE: ITA OKO ISLAND, Nigeria (AP) — The prison, cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside Lagos, never officially existed in records, though critics of Nigeria's military rulers were locked up here decades ago in harsh conditions.

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In this photograph, documents and keys from a broken desk are seen on Ita Oka Island outside of Lagos, Nigeria. Ita Oko Island in Nigeria holds a prison that never officially existed in records though it housed critics of the nation's military rule. It now sits in ruins as a haunting reminder of past abuses of power, yet Africa's most populous nation still plans to open another classified facility to hold and interrogate members of a radical Islamist sect. Image: Jon Gambrell/AP

In this photo, an abandoned water storage tank is seen at the former prison known as Tekunle on Ita Oko Island outside of Lagos, Nigeria. The prison is cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside of Nigeria's largest city, but it never officially existed although many critics of the nation's military rule were kept here. Ita Oko Island allowed Nigeria's military governments to have opponents disappear into the swamps of the Lekki Lagoon at a camp accessible only by boat and helicopter. Date: May, 11, 2012. Image: Sunday Alamba/AP

In this photo taken Tuesday, May, 8. 2012, showing the remains of a burnt down part of a former prison known as Tekunle on Ita Oko Island outside of Lagos, Nigeria. The prison is cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside of Nigeria's largest city, but it never officially existed although many critics of the nation's military rule were kept here. Ita Oko Island allowed Nigeria's military governments to have opponents disappear into the swamps of the Lekki Lagoon at a camp accessible only by boat and helicopter.

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO

Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network at as much as $96 billion, a move that may reduce his tax bill. Facebook plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion through the IPO, the biggest in history for an Internet company. Saverin’s stake is about 4 percent, according to the website Who Owns Facebook. At the high end of the IPO valuation, that would be worth about $3.84 billion. His holdings aren’t listed in Facebook’s regulatory filings.
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Most Elegantly Dressed: Imat Akelo-Opio

Ugandan native and currently residing in Australia, Imat Akelo-Opio founded the Otino International, a non-profit organization which provides sustainable development through medicine in post-conflict Africa beginning with Northern Uganda.
Otino's mission statement: Every human is precious and not one shall be left behind, regardless of background, creed or culture. Otino-international is a Christian organization reaching to the greater Africa and the world by changing lives through medicine, education and empowerment for all generations to come.

Nigerian Gynaecologist Killed In Cameroon

Port Harcourt – A Cameroon-based Nigerian gynaecologist, Dr. Samuel Ogoke, has been found dead in his home in Garoua, northern Cameroon. Ogoke, 43, hailed from Ahiara in Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo.
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AFRICA: Sudan War Planes Bomb South Sudan

Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a United Nations Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South's army said Wednesday.
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NIGERIA: Jonathan rules out cabinet shake-up

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that he had no plan to change his cabinet members contrary to speculations in the media. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said there was no truth, whatsoever in the rumour making the rounds on the alleged ``impending cabinet reshuffle’’.
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