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  • 60 killed in Nigerian village attacks

    At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning, residents and security sources said. About 100 gunmen, first stormed Kizara village around 3.00 a.m. and began attacking the residence of poor villagers. In the process, an unknown number of people were killed, including the District Head of Kizara, Bello Ibrahim, who was ...

  • Confederations Cup Oduamadi hat-trick sinks Tahiti

    Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat-trick as Nigeria crushed a spirited Tahiti 6-1 in their Confederations Cup football Group B clash here at the Mineirao stadium. Uwa Echiejile opened the scoring Monday with a deflected long-range drive before Oduamadi danced around two defenders and coolly chipped over goalkeeper Xavier Samin, reports Xinhua. Oduamadi, AC Milan winger, then doubled his tally by ...

  • World Briefing | Africa 9 Students Killed at School in Nigeria

    Militants opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the troubled northeast, killing at least nine of them, witnesses said Tuesday. The attack on Monday at a private school in Maiduguri was the second on a school in recent days. On Sunday, 13 people, including high school students and teachers, were killed during a five-hour shootout when extremists attacked a boarding school in ...

  • NSE to review market indices

    Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc and Honeywell Flour Mills Plc are likely to be replaced on the NSE Consumers Goods Index with UTC Nigeria Plc, Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc and Nigerian Enamelware ...

  • N70000 mysteriously turns to pieces of paper

    BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU ABUJA -- Pension money withdrawn from a second generation bank by a 24-year-old woman for the upkeep of his ailing father mysteriously turned to pieces of newspapers after she alighted from a commercial taxi in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The woman who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that she had gone to the bank located at Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar ...

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Deep Blue Sea

There is one particularly memorable moment in "Deep Blue Sea," a water-soaked action-adventure flick about genetically altered sharks hunting scientists in an underwater laboratory. The scene takes place after the sharks have already run amok and eaten half of the characters, and those who are still alive are squabbling amongst themselves. One character tries to take control by demanding that the ... ...

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  • 8 Russian Sailors Acquitted in Nigeria Arms Smuggling Case

    arrested near the West African country’s coast in October 2012 on arms smuggling charges. The sailors were the crew of the MV Myre Seadiver vessel owned by Moscow-based security firm Moran Security Group. Nigerian authorities detained the Myre Seadiver ship with the Russian crew in the port of Lagos on October 19 last year after finding weapons, including 14 Kalashnikov AK-47 assault ...

  • JTF youths rescue French national from kidnappers

    BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA YENAGOA -- A missing 28-year-old French national, Benjamin lan, working on board a chemical vessel, was yesterday, rescued from the kidnappers’ den by operatives of the Joint Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield in collaboration with youths of Amatu community of Bayelsa State in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. lan, the chief officer of the ship ...

  • Nigeria has over 1499 illegal entry routes – Interior Minister

    By VICTORIA OJEME & RUTH ODINIYA ABUJA – INTERIORMinister, Abba Moro,yesterday, disclosed thatthere were over 1,499 irregular/illegal and 84 regular/legal officially identified entry routes into the country. Moro said Nigeriahas witnessed several instances where foreigners crossed the borders and perpetrated various types of crime, including terrorism. He said as a result, 10,401 ...

  • NFF joins issue with Gaiya

    The Nigeria Football Federation has debunked comments by Chairman of the House of Reps' Committee on Sports, Hon. Godfrey Ali Gaiya on the bonus issue of the Senior National Team, Super Eagles. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama said Gaiya's attacks on the Football House were unwarranted, and should not have come from ...

  • UTME Institutions review admission slots to 704000

    By Favour Nnabugwu ABUJA--Tertiary institutions across the country, yesterday, declared that they could only admit 704,000 students out of more than 740,000 candidates who are qualified to be given admission for the 2013/2014 academic year having scored 200 and above. Out of the 1,735,720 candidates that registered for this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, ...

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