Author Archives: Pilot Africa

For an arm and a leg! Five arrested for exhuming corpses and selling t...

May 22, 2013 no comments

One suspect was killed and four others arrested for allegedly exhuming corpses and selling them for parts. Lagos police said the suspects, identified as Jamiu Adeleke, Ajibade Rafiu, Fatai Akiwowo, K...

24 killed, including 9 children, 240 injured in Oklahoma tornado; Pres...

May 22, 2013 no comments

President Barack Obama has given orders to ensure that tornado-torn Oklahoma gets “everything that it needs right away”. Addressing the nation on Tuesday, the U.S. president expressed his...

JTF bans vendors and beggars from checkpoints in Yobe

May 21, 2013 no comments

Street food vendors and beggars will no longer be allowed to hang around security checkpoints in Yobe state, one of the three northeastern states under emergency rule. The News Agency of Nigeria repo...

Northern Elders Forum to sue Nigerian government in international cour...

May 21, 2013 no comments

The Northern Elders Forum is set to sue the Nigerian government in an international court over human rights violations, its spokesman Ango Abdullahi told Voice of America News in an interview (LISTEN...

Nigeria seeks military support from Niger to battle Boko Haram

May 21, 2013 no comments

Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger Republic to join in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Over the past week, Nigeria’s military has launched its biggest offensive against the radical Is...

Nigeria to free all detained female Boko Haram suspects

May 21, 2013 no comments

Suspected female Boko Haram members detained by security forces may be released, sources have said. According to Reuters, Defence Headquarters spokesman Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade said the release of...

Military says over 200 suspected Boko Haram insurgents arrested

May 20, 2013 no comments

Nigeria’s military says over 200 suspected Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested since it launched its offensive against the sect across the northeast. Military forces said on Monday that th...

Woman accused of biting boyfriend’s penis after he refused to ha...

May 20, 2013 no comments

Now he’s really not in the mood. Krystle Harrison, 19, of Bradenton, Florida, is accused of biting her boyfriend’s penis after he refused to have sex with her on Wednesday. The victim reb...

5 mistakes married women make that lead to divorce

May 20, 2013 no comments

So here you are, finally married in that beautiful ceremony you’ve always wanted. Now that you have transitioned from single to married, though, you don’t get to take staying married for ...

Police arrests 10 OOU students during protest, denies killing proteste...

May 20, 2013 no comments

Police in Ogun state have confirmed that 10 students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Abeokuta were arrested when authorities broke up a protest, but say no students were killed. News of a clash...