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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 ...

  • Two magistrates four lawyers to join Lagos bench

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, will on May 28, 2013 swear in two magistrates and four lawyers as judges in the state judiciary. This will increase the number of judges in the state from 50 to 56. Only last year, the number of judges in the state dropped from 54 to 50 following the retirement of two of them, including the immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Mrs Inumidun ...

  • Will U.S. Designate Egypt Pakistan Iraq and Nigeria As Religious Freedom Violators

    Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ...

  • Nigerias AMCON to retire 2 trln naira of bonds in 2013 and 2014

    Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) said it had made "great progress" on recovering bad loans and that after the refinancing, the central bank will be the sole holder of ...

  • U.S. Warns Military Against Human Rights Abuses

    The United States Government has warned military authorities in Nigeria against abuse of civilian rights in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram in some north eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The U.S. government's warning was contained in a statement released on Sunday by John Kerry, the Secretary of State. The statement said the U.S. "is deeply concerned about the fighting ...

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Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) [DVD]

Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) [DVD]

Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) features a group of good-natured, but utterly incompetent criminals who try to rise above their station in life by pulling off one big heist, the one that will set them up for life. The entire film is a non-too-subtle satire on both the crime genre, with especially good pokes at Jules Dassin's heist masterpiece Ri ... ...

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  • The Emergency Plan to Reclaim North-East

    When Boko Haram struck in a full-fledged terrorist style nearly two years ago, Nigeria was hopelessly unprepared for the rebel challenge. Now with the Islamic sect holding territory and more than 2, 000 people killed in attacks by the group since the June 16, 2011 bombing of the police headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria's first experience of suicide bombing, the federal government has resolved ...

  • Nasarawa - Slain Policemens Relatives Fight Widows Over N1 Million Donation

    Respite is yet to come the way of the wives of police officers killed on May 7 at Alakyo. Nasarawa State governor Tanko Al-Makura donated N1million to each of the widows, but the money is now causing a rift between some slain officers' wives and their husbands' relatives. LEADERSHIP findings reveal that some relations have been on the women's necks. They are closely monitored. ...

  • Nigeria Escaping the Cycle of Violence

    Having cut short a trip to South Africa and annulled a planned state visit to Namibia, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria declared a "state of emergency" in three northeast states on May 14. In a speech to the nation, Jonathan acknowledged that there is an "insurrection" and that the government has lost control of certain areas to Boko Haram, a diffuse Islamist ...

  • Critical Issues in Emergency Rule

    Inevitable as it is, emergency rule should not lead to violation of human rights In a bid to tackle the security challenge posed by Boko Haram insurgency which has led to the death of hundreds of Nigerians in recent weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. It was the second time in 16 months he would invoke such powers even ...

  • Nigeria Spends U.S.$45m On Mali Peace Security

    In the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability to Mali, the federal government of Nigeria has spent forty five million dollars as its own contribution apart from other forms of humanitarian assistance given by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja yesterday on ...

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