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  • Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia

    A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his death. Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced V. Ganesan, 29, to one year in jail and T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing grievous injuries to Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwuma that led ...

  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

    The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

  • Jonathan rewards Golden Eaglets African under-18 athletics champions

    Abuja -President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced various forms of cash reward to members of the national under-17 male football team and Nigeria's medalists at the maiden African U-18 Athletics Championships. Jonathan announced the cash reward at a special reception in honour of the Golden Eaglets and the athletes at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Another ...

  • Double Trouble for Widows of Slain Policemen

    Some 90 women who lost their husbands to the Ombatse cult on May 7, this year, at Alakyo in Nasarawa State deserve pity. Some of the corpses are yet to be recovered while many of the recovered ones were burnt beyond recognition. But the worse shock these widows have received so far has been inflicted by the relatives of their deceased husbands: many of them are insisting on taking the ...

  • Ezekwesili - Governors Diverted UBE Funds to Hire Thugs Praise Singers for 2007 Polls

    A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Tuesday accused some governors of diverting funds meant for hiring teachers under the Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme to hire thugs and praise singers for the prosecution of the 2007 general election. She also disclosed that no fewer than two million graduates and youths annually joined the country's labour market, noting ...

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Moonrise Kingdom [Blu-Ray]

Moonrise Kingdom [Blu-Ray]

Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Andersons best work in a decade, as he returns to the nimble territory precariously balanced between fairy-tale whimsy and genuine emotion that made Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) such unique treats. His most recent l ... ...

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  • Arik Admits Two Crew Members Arrested in U.K. for Drug Trafficking

    The management of Arik Air has admitted that two of its crew members were arrested for allegedly possessing banned drugs suspected to be cocaine after one of its flight to the U.K. The airline company promised to cooperate with British authorities investigating the the two cabin crew members. The spokesman for the company, Adebanji Ola, said in a statement on Tuesday that Arik Air was ...

  • Emergency Aid for 2400 People Fleeing Violence in Nigeria

    Geneva/Niamey - Several hundred families fleeing violence in northern Nigeria and taking refuge in the Diffa area of south-eastern Niger are being provided with emergency supplies and food aid by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of Niger. Around 2,400 people in Bosso, Kablewa, Tchoukoujani and Diffa today began taking delivery of emergency aid ...

  • How Orange Seller Spying for Terrorists Was Arrested With N600m

    Boko Haram Kaduna - More facts emerged yesterday on how a combined security team of army and State Security Service (SSS) arrested a popular orange seller who was spying for a terrorist group in Kaduna with N600 million transactions made in his bank account in three months. The man was trading near Kawo bridge in Kaduna metropolis, just a stone throw to the One Division of the Nigerian Army, ...

  • Hundreds Receive Achebe As Family Limits Government Involvement in Burial

    Hundreds of people were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to receive the body of late literary giant, Chinua Achebe; even as major burial plans scheduled to involve top Nigerian government officials were shelved. The late Professors body which arrived in the early hours of Tuesday aboard a British Airways flight was received by the Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi; the ...

  • Nigeria Man Arrested for Selling Heads of Late Relations At N8000 Each

    Lagos - A 40 year-old man, Agboola Kolawole, who was alleged to have sold the heads of four of his late relations at the rate of N8000 each, is among the five suspected human parts sellers that were arrested by the police. The suspects were all rounded up from their hideout at Owode area of Ogun State while trying to sell human hands to police detectives attached to Special Anti Robbery Squad ...

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