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  • Deploring attacks in Niger Security Council says perpetrators must be brought to justice

    Print 24 May 2013 &#150 The Security Council today condemned ';in the strongest terms'; the two terrorist attacks that occurred on Thursday in Niger, and underlined the need to bring the perpetrators to justice. The suicide bombings, which were condemned yesterday ...

  • Nigeria military says it rescued hostages in north

    ABUJA, Nigeria -; Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police ...

  • Niger hostages freed in Agadez

    Niamey, Niger - Hours after denying that jihadists in the city of Agadez had taken several soldiers hostage, Niger's minister of defense corrected the record in an interview with The Associated Press, saying that in fact two hostages had been found and have now been ...

  • Nigerian Troops Rescue Women and Children Kidnapped By Boko Haram

    By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army today said it has rescued several women, and children held hostage by Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram. Brigadier Chris Olukolade stated that on May 22, 2013, during operations to rid the Bama area of terrorists, the Nigerian military raided Boko Haram camps where they rescued nine women and children being held hostage. Following the Bama ...

  • Niger suicide bombings reported to be work of Mokhtar Belmokhtar

    Mokhtar Belmokhtar is said to have had a supervisory role in bomb blasts at a barracks and a French nuclear plant in Niger. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty ...

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Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction is a better-than-average gimmick movie, one that takes a grabby, clever premise that would seem to have little weight and stretches it successfully over a feature-length story. The gimmick is that, one day, an ordinary man suddenly begins he ... ...

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  • London Attackers If they are Nigerians or my children I will disown them -Tafida

    London – Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to UK on Friday said that the killers of a British soldier in London should be brought to justice according to the law inspective of their nationality. Tafida who spoke against the backdrop of the attackers being identified as British with Nigerian parentage condemned the incident which occurred on Wednesday in Woolwich, South ...

  • Lagos PDP crisis Bode George Ogunlewe reconcile

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State Chapter, on Friday announced that the lingering disagreement between two of its leaders – Chief Olabode George and Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, has been resolved. In a statement in Lagos, the PDP said:';The reported battle over the soul of the party in Lagos State has been settled. ';The two gladiators involved — George and ...

  • CBN sells N277.9bn worth of treasury bills

    Lagos – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold treasury bills worth N227.91 billion this week. The Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) disclosed this on its Website on Friday. FMDA said that five categories of treasury bills were sold at the last biweekly auctions. It said the auctions included the Open Market Operation (OMO) which comprised the 139-day and 128-day tenor bills. ...

  • OIC condemns Nigers suicide attacks

    WAM Jeddah, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the two simultaneous car blasts, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and the other in the remote town of Arlit inside a French-operated uranium mine. In a statement released today, the OIC reiterated its firm rejection of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, extremism and the ...

  • UPDATE 1-Algerian jihadi mastermind claims Niger suicide attacks

    Fri May 24, 2013 12:12pm EDT * French forces, Niger troops kill last two Islamists * Veteran Algerian jihadist Belmokhtar claims Niger attacks * Belmokhtar planned hostage taking at Algeria gas plant * Niger attacks are 'shockwave' of Mali conflict By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, May 24 (Reuters) - French special forces and Niger troops shot dead on Friday the last two Islamists ...

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