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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 ...

  • Possible Nigerian link probed in London attack

    London while shouting Islamic slogans is being probed, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Two suspects have been taken into custody after the attack, which the British government said appeared to be an act of terrorism. Police have not identified the suspects. The sources, speaking independently, said a Nigerian link was being investigated ...

  • Disabled jailed for drug trafficking

    LAGOS -- Justice Musa Kurya of a Federal High Court, Lagos, Wednesday, sentenced a 34-year old disabled, Wale Arowolo, to six months imprisonment for drug trafficking. The judge sentenced the accused after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of dealing in a restricted narcotic, cannabis sativa. Arowolo, who was previously arraigned early in May, had pleaded not guilty during his ...

  • Daniel Bankole wins Amila Painting contest

    By Japhet Alakam & Prisca Sam-Duru In line with its corporate responsibility to the people, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Amila powdered soft drink organised a painting competition for young ones in primary schools in Lagos State tagged Amila Painting Challenge. The competition which was flagged off last November in about 200 primary schools across 20 local government areas in ...

  • ‘Exam not compulsory before admission in Indian varsities’

    By DAYO ADESULU For students seeking admission into universities, all hope is not lost yet, as representatives of Indian universities have disclosed that Indian government has an education policy to admit 15 per cent African students yearly into their various universities which have 17 million capacity adding that examination is not compulsory. Last weekend, no fewer than 12 Indian ...

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Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

After its premier at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palm d'or, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark was met equally with intense celebratory applause and boos of vociferous condemnation. It has since divided audiences and critics straight down the middle: either you love it or you hate it. Von Trier is either a boundary-pushing genius or he is a ego-m ... ...

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  • Gombe detects five new cases of leprosy among children

    Gombe-- The Gombe State Office of the Leprosy and Tuberculosis, TB, Control Programme, said on Wednesday it has detected five new leprosy cases among children in the state. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Programme Manager said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Gombe that the new cases point to a resurgence of leprosy in the state. He said the five cases were detected between ...

  • PDP ‘ll win Imo in 2015 – Ex-minister

    BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI--Former Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would bounce back and reclaim Imo State as the citizenry did not vote against the party but an individual. Iheanacho, who stated this at a briefing, also declared his intention to run for the gubernatorial election in 2015 on the PDP platform. Describing the 2011 ...

  • Retrenched ABS workers petition Anambra House

    BY OKONKWO EZE ONITSHA--Disengaged 148 staff of Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, Radio/Television, Awka and Onitsha, have petitioned Speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Mrs. Chinwe Nwaebili, asking her to look into their predicaments. In the five-page petition jointly signed by 18 of the workers, the y complained that their disengagement memo of March 1, this year which was captioned: ...

  • Diaspora group throws weight behind state of emergency

    By EMEKA AGINAM The Igbo community in Diaspora under the umbrella of Igbo World Assembly (IWA), has thrown their weight behind declaration of state of emergency in Bornu, Yobe and Adamawa by the Federal Government. Igbo World Assembly (IWA) is the Global Umbrella Organization that represents the Apex National Igbo Organizations (outside Nigeria) in the various countries of the world such as ...

  • No contact yet with kidnappers of Borno lawmaker’s mother

    BY NDAHI MARAMA Maiduguri --Two weeks after the mother of Borno State House of Assembly member, Hon Zakariya Dikwa was kidnapped by gunmen, the family was yet to establish contact with her. The family also expressed concern over the state of health of the 60-year-old woman saying, "We are really worried about her condition and health. How would she cope with the condition where she is ...

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