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  • Call box business is booming in Cameroon

    There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...

  • Nigerian Military More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured

    A woman and two children stand along the Jos-Maiduguri road as they wait to board a vehicle, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, May 19, ...

  • Boko Haram Kills Nigerian Pentecostal Leader

    Boko Haram terrorists are believed responsible for the murder of a popular Pentecostal pastor in Nigeria. Faye Pama was the Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, North East zone. Stefanos Foundation Director Mark Lipdo said Pastor Faye was killed in Borno state Tuesday afternoon. "Gunmen climbed his fence and got into his house and shot him downYou know the sect says they ...

  • Christians Remain Targets as Violence Grows in Nigeria

    Christian groups warn that violence in Nigeria's restive northeast continues and they are the main targets. Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, says its forces have successfully engaged a large number of heavily armed terrorists during the last dew days in attempt to curtail the violent encounters. To date 17 deaths have been reported, 14 suspected Islamic ...

  • AIG warns officers over accidental discharge

    BY ANAYO OKOLI ABA--THE Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9, Umuahia, Abia State, Alhaji Tambari Yabo Mohammed, has warned officers and men of the state police command against accidental discharge, saying it amounted to carelessness. He also warned policemen against meddling in civil matters, such as land and marriage issues, noting that policemen had no powers over such ...

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Theatre of Blood [DVD]

Theatre of Blood [DVD]

William Shakespeare is probably the most sadistically violent author to still be taught on a regular basis in public schools. Dressed up in undeniably beautiful poetry, his plays features a litany of brutal murders and atrocious deeds, from stabbings, to beheadings, to mutilation, to cannibalism, not to mention all the black magic, treachery, and illicit sex. Worried adults who jump on the bandwa ... ...

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  • Emergency rule ‘ll tame Boko Haram – ADC

    BY DOTUN IBIWOYE African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described the state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan as the most creative way to tame the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which had been terrorising Nigerians in the past three years. National Chairman of the party, Chief Okey Nwosu, made this observation in an interview with Vanguard. He ...

  • Odemwingie set for Hull switch

    West Bromwich Albion forward, Peter Odemwingie appears set for a lifeline from newly-promoted Barclays English Premier League club, Hull City. The 31-year-old drew the ire of the WBA supporters after attempting to force a move to Queens Park Rangers in ...

  • Nigeria still hopeful on Sidney Sam

    Nigeria still hope they can persuade Sidney Sam to play for them despite his call-up to the Germany squad for two upcoming friendlies. Sam was born by a German mother but his father comes from Nigeria so he could represent any of the countries. Germany are set to try out the 24-year-old against Ecuador on 29 May and against the United States three days later. But Nigeria are ...

  • Horrible link road Ajegunle on verge of isolation

    BY IKENNA ASOMBA AJEGUNLE, popularly known as the ghetto city is located in the Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. It has a dense population of about 555,000 people and 335 streets. It is bordered on the west by Apapa Wharf and Tincan, two of Nigeria's biggest sea ports from where over 70 percent of imported goods come into the country. The ghetto community formally ...

  • Jonathan challenges banks to fund infrastructure development

    Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja challenged banks in the country to fund infrastructure development in Africa. The president speaking to the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Ecobank Transnational Inc., Mr Thierry Tanoh, at the State House said ';We need banks that can fund infrastructure development in Africa. ';For instance, we ...

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