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  • 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 ...

  • Nigeria take on Libya in Africa beach soccer

    All eight teams participating at the African qualifiers that are taking place in El Jadida in Morocco from May 22 to 26 have the same goal: to reach the final match and grab one of two tickets for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup later this year in ...

  • Lagos to stage inter-clubs tourney

    "June will be a busy month in Lagos as the first set of this year's Inter-Clubs Competition would be rolled out by all the 36 sports associations. This will be a non-stop process that will run till the end of the year," Oshodi ...

  • ‘Why NCC should prioritize dominant-operator regulation’

    By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, penultimate week, opened the telecom industry up for another debate when it released the operators' market status and declared two, MTN and Globacom, as dominant players in different categories. Since that declaration which came almost immediately it flagged off the Mobile Number Portability, MNP, in the country, several ...

  • Erosion sacks 2 communities threatens 7 others in Enugu

    BY TONY EDIKE ENUGU--Residents of Odongbu-Amogbeke and Akponge-Amoju in Ezimo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State have been sacked by gully erosion, while seven other communities are being threatened by the menace. Conducting members of the Enugu State Assembly Committee on Environment round the devastation site, Deputy Chairman of the council, Mr Natty Eze, said the victims were now ...

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The Taking of Pelham 123

The Taking of Pelham 123

In this third crack at John Godeys 1973 novel about the hijacking of a New York City subway, director Tony Scott imposes his signature stylistic grab bag of spastic random zooms, machine-gun editing, bleary slow motion, and other assorted forms of needless visual assa ... ...

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  • New Nigerian journalists seek N780m pay off

    KADUNA--JOURNALISTS working with the New Nigerian Newspapers, NNN, have appealed to the 19 northern states governors to settle the N780 million outstanding liabilities owed workers of the company. The Acting Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, chapel of the company, Mr Amos Mathew, who made the appeal in a statement in Kaduna, said: "We appeal to the Northern Governors Forum to ...

  • Ogba commends coach Osagie

    President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba has commended grassroots athletics coach, Isaac Osagie who has been fishing out budding talents from primary and secondary schools to train. Coach Osagie and his wife, Edem, a former Nigerian international were spotted at the Kermbo Group of Schools Annual Inter House Sports competition where they stayed the entire duration of the ...

  • Maiduguri is safe Irabor tells Sharks

    Chairman of the League Management Company, Honourable Nduka Irabor has said that the alarm being raised by Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt over the security situation in Maiduguri was unfounded. Speaking with Sports Vanguard Tuesday, Honourable Irabor said that he had been in touch with the Sharks management and had told them that they had no excuse not to honour the mid-week fixture. ...

  • Presidential Intervention Ikeja Police College wears new look

    By Evelyn Usman Few months ago, Nigerians woke up to receive with shock and disbelief, news of the decrepit level of decay at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos coupled with its deplorable state. The college located on Oba Akinjobi way, close to Arch Bishop V inning Cathedral never gave any passer-by the slightest inkling of its real state, until it was revealed by a television station in ...

  • Jonathan the fire fighter

    By Rotimi Fasan NOW it looks like President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to take on the beast of religious terrorists ravaging different parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly the North-Eastern part, with his imposition of emergency rule on the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa last Wednesday. The President had in a national broadcast made the announcement after his hurried return to ...

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