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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The South African government again, on Friday, deported 90 Nigerians for allegedly committing immigration-related offences. DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos. Alabi said the deportees, who are all men,  landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.30pm. He said they were brought back to Nigeria aboard a South African Airways aircraft with registration number BBB712 from Johannesburg. “This afternoon, about 3.30pm, 90 Nigerians were deported from South Africa for committing immigration-related offences. “Some of them were alleged to have been living in the country without valid documents. “They were received by the appropriate agencies including the police and profiled before being allowed to depart to their respective destinations, ” Alabi said. South Africa had also on Feb. 28 sent 97 Nigerians back home for committing various offences. They depor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the controversial Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked a media report that his faction advised members of the party to defect to another party and leave behind PDP for Senator Modu Sheriff. Reports had flooded a section of the media that Senator Makarfi urged some supporters of the opposition party to defect to the Advanced Peoples Democratic Party if their political ambitions must be met. The former Kaduna State governor said he had faith in the judiciary to deliver the right judgment on the leadership crisis rocking the party. According to him, “Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper’s headline which stated that we advised and directed people to defect (to another party). The headline is different from the story’s content.” “It became necessary we issue this statement because of wild rumours circulating, including high activities in the social media that we directed people in Lag...