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A secret underground city where hundreds of migrant workers were kept illegally to work has been raided by police in Moscow. Footage from the Russian government showed a web of rooms that formed a clothing sewing factory town, complete with living quarters, cafe, cinema, casino and even a chicken coop. More than 200 people were arrested when police raided the dwelling hidden beneath the capital's Cherkizovsky Market. It is the second such find beneath Moscow in as many years. Illegal migrants were found by police in an abandoned Soviet-era bomb shelter in 2011. Watch Video: Source:  Fox News

Two contentious political issues, state creation and rotational presidency, have been rejected by the Senate. In its report on the review of the 1999 constitution submitted Wednesday, the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution disclosed that none of the 61 requests for state creation satisfied the provision for the creation of a new state in the constitution. According to the committee, more of those requests coupled with the entire provision of section 8(1) which states: “An act of the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new state shall only be passed if: (a) a request, supported by at least two-third majority of members (representing the area demanding the creation of the new state) in each of the following namely, (i) the Senate and the House of Representatives (ii) the House of Assembly in respect of the area and (iii) the local government councils in respect of the area, is received by the National Assembly; (b) a proposal for the creat

Mr Amaechi was suspended by the National Working Committee of the party on Monday last week over the removal of the Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Timothy Nsirim, and 17 councillors from office. Dissatisfied with the party’s action, the governor approached the court to challenge his suspension. The court, presided over by Emmanuel Ogbuji, had last Friday restrained the PDP from taking further action against the embattled governor pending the hearing of a substantive suit challenging his suspension from the party. The court also asked the governor to serve the PDP the necessary court processes by pasting them on the walls of the national secretariat of the party in Abuja. However, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh denied that the party was restrained from taking further action against Mr. Amaechi, saying there was no ruling on the matter but that there was an action in the court. “Have you seen a copy of the ruling you are ta

Two speedboats on their way to deliver huge shipments of drugs to the United States were stopped short by U.S. Customs patrols this past Memorial Day weekend, and their combined cargo came to an astounding 6000 kilos of cocaine. That’s about $1 billion worth, if you’re keeping track. The first interception came on Friday when an airborne Jacksonville, Florida-based Customs and Border Protection crew spotted a speedboat north of the Galapagos Islands, west of the country of Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean. Crewmen on the 30-foot boat began to throw the goods overboard once they’d been spotted and officials and began ‘washing the boat to eliminate traces of cocaine,’ according to an official release. A customs helicopter was called to intercept the vessel and shots were fired, disabling the boat and its passengers, who were taken into custody. Around 3000 kilos of cocaine were on the boat, worth about $500 million. Then, on Saturday, another boat was spotted, this time on the

Determined to check the continued despoliation of the environment, the Federal Government yesterday said plans are underway to ban the use of plastic bags in the country. Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadza Mailafia, who dropped the hint during the 2013 World Environment Day celebration in Abuja, said government would favour the use of paper bags in their place. Mailafia, who said the ban would take effect from January 2014, also said the Federal Government was also considering banning the use of sachet water. According to her, the move to ban the plastic bags are necessitated by the numerous health and environmental hazards associated with their use. The minister noted that unlike the paper bags that could easily decompose, plastic bags are non-biogradable materials which could stay in the soil for years, contaminating water sources when washed into the rivers by the rain. Relying on the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO’s, statistics, the environment minister said one-thi

One of the popular politicians representing Lagos at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa is in a sizzling romance with a girl old enough to be his last daughter, and this much National Enquirer can tell you for free. The lady, 23 whose name is given as Lamide is a beautiful University of Lagos undergraduate and we gathered the politician will do anything for her in return for what he enjoys between her thighs. A reliable source close to the Senator told us the politician is so in love with the light skinned undergraduate who lives in Fagunwa hostel. According to the story, Sen. Ashafa who represents Lagos East Constituency at the National Assembly met Lamide few months ago at a function in Victoria Island, Lagos where she was one of the Ushers. The politician we learnt gave his card to his P.A to pass to the pretty lady and the rest like they say is history as the duo have become an item. Investigations revealed that the politician who`s in his late

Recent reports indicate that veteran musician, Fatai Rolling Dollar is presently receiving treatment at a Lagos Hospital. According to information made available to Nigeriafilms.com by close sources to the talented and energetic singer, Fatai Rolling Dollar is tied to his bed due to his inability to move with his legs. We were also informed that he has been admitted at the Almadiya Hospital near Abule Egba, Lagos for the past nine days now. We learnt that he is gradually responding to treatment as the doctors fight to make him walk. Source:  Nigeriafilms.com

These are quotes by some highly placed individuals in government in the past and at present. Read below: (1) "we want to thank the president for bringing facebook to Nigeria" ...Information Minister Labaran Maku. (2) "you press men, you always say there are no minerals in Kano. We have Coca Cola, Fanta, Mirinda and the newly invented Sprite"...Bakin Zuwo. (3) "Foreign investors should ignore Boko Haram and invest in Nigeria"...GEJ (4) " I will water your school and fire your school"..Orji Uzoh Kalu (5) "Nigerians don't panic, terrorist attack is everywhere ..maybe is our turn"...GEJ (6) "I will rather kill myself than commit sucide"..Dame Jonathan (7) "I founded this school for the masses and the school fees is 850,000 naira"...Atiku Abubakar 8) Until I see someone eating out of the gutters before I believe there is poverty in Nigeria." -   Umoru Dikko. (9) "Telephon­e is not me

The Senate on Wednesday dropped the controversial African First Ladies’ Peace Mission House project when it passed the N259.65bn budget of the Federal Capital Territory for the 2013 fiscal year without approving the N4bn appropriated for it.   In February when the budget proposal was brought to the National Assembly, it contained N4bn vote for the construction of the mission house in Abuja, a development that attracted a lot of criticisms from members of the public. The Senate, during the second reading of the bill, questioned the rationale of committing scarce resources to prosecute a less important structure. Civil rights groups and political parties had also berated the Federal Capital Territory Administration for budgeting N4bn for the construction of the building for a non-governmental body headed by the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. They had contended that since the Federal Government had earlier declared the mission as a non-governmental organ

Indications emerged on Wednesday that the $8bn refinery proposed by Africa’s richest man and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, would be located at the Olokola Free Trade Zone, Ondo State.   A senior official of the company, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told our correspondent that the refinery would be located in the OFTZ. One of the factors considered for the location of the refinery, according to the source, is that it is the biggest deep seaport in the country and other big industries are located there; besides, Ondo is one of the oil producing states in the country. The source added that stable crude oil supply was also a vital element in the choice of the location for the refinery because Chevron and a number of other oil producers had oil fields in the oil-rich region of the state. On why Lagos was not chosen, industry analysts said though the state was a coastal state, Dangote would have to build

Controversy has continued to trail the list of victims of the ill-fated Dana plane, engraved on the tombstone at the cenotaph located at the Iju-Ishaga site of the crash, Lagos, unveiled on Monday by Governor Babatunde Fashola.   The unveiling was part of activities marking one year remembrance of victims of the crash on June 3, 2012, at Iju, Ifako-Ijaye Local Council Development Area, LCDA. Investigation revealed that the names of three of the ground victims are not on the cenotaph. Also, 156 names appeared on the cenotaph against 157 names read out by Governor Fashola, while delivering his speech before the unveiling. Mr. Gbenga Eguntola, counsel to 30 victims including 18 ground victims, who spoke to Vanguard, confirmed that apart from only 156 names appearing on the tomb, some names were wrongly included. Eguntola said: “The construction of the cenotaph was a shoddy job. To further tell you that it was a shoddy job, 156 names were pasted on the tomb as against

24 year old Pius Marcus from Edo State beat 33 other male contestants to win the 2013 Mr Universe Nigeria which took place on Saturday June 1st in Lagos. Pius is a 300L student of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University. The new Mr. Universe Nigeria went home with a brand new Honda Accord and will represent Nigeria at the upcoming Mr. Universe Model Pageant in Dominican Republic.      

The popular actress, Eucharia Anunobi Ekwu is now set to welcome another man into her life as she drops her marital for maiden name, Akuwa Anunobi. This was made known today when she reverted to her maiden name and notified the general public about it. Nollywood actress turned evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi, who was once married to Ekwu, her former beau. Ekwu is now known and addressed as Miss Eucharia Akuwa Anunobi. She notified the general public today when she was said to have done her change of name which reads thus, “the Former Mrs. Eucharia Anunobi Ekwu is now known and addressed as Miss Eucharia Akuwa Anunobi general public take note.” Her reason for the change of name was necessitated by collapse of her marriage years back, and in a bid to prepare herself for another marriage, she finally dropped her ex.’s name. While some are nurturing the ambition of advising her to mend her broken marriage, Eucharia shocked them as she reverted to her maiden name. Source:  Nigeriafilm