Tag: Indonesia
FG seeks clemency for 12 Nigerians on Indonesia death row
The Federal Government on Monday appealed to the Indonesian government to show clemency for 12 Nigerians convicted of drug crimes…
Indonesian Ambassador summoned over execution of Nigerians
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali, on Sunday in Abuja summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to register Nigeria’s protest…
Brazil, Netherlands furious after Indonesia executed drug convicts
Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed…
Indonesia executes Nigerian drug convict, five others
Indonesia has executed by firing squad 38 year-old Nigerian Daniel Enemuo, four other foreigners and one local woman convicted of…
Nigerian, others to die by firing squad; Indonesia rejects clemency pleas
Five foreigners and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death on drug charges will be executed by firing squad despite international…
Nigerian, five others to be executed for drugs in Indonesia
A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker is among six drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia on Sunday. The Nigerian,38 year-old…
AirAsia search: 34 bodies recovered so far
Recovery teams expanded their search in the Java Sea on Monday as they raced to find bodies and wreckage from…
Body found in sea search for AirAsia
A body was found in the sea Tuesday during the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesia’s National Search and…
Items resembling slide, plane door seen in AirAsia search
Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search Tuesday…
Family of 10 misses ill-fated AirAsia flight
An Indonesian family of 10 said Monday they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia…
Missing AirAsia jet may be at sea bottom, says Indonesia searcher
Multinational search teams hunted Monday for any sign of an AirAsia plane missing off Indonesia with 162 people on board,…
Update: Missing AirAsia jet asked to deviate flight plan
Air Asia said the pilot of flight QZ8501 that went missing between Indonesia and Singapore early Sunday had requested “deviation”…
Air Asia plane missing in transit
An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with air traffic control en route from Indonesia to Singapore…
Indonesia arrests six for attempting to join IS militants
Indonesian police Saturday arrested six people just before they were about to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State…
Prayers and tears as Asia remembers Tsunami dead
BANDA ACEH (AFP) – Prayer recitals and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of mourning Friday across tsunami-hit…