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  • 25 killed 30 injured in suicide attacks in Niger

    At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ...

  • London attack Hunt on for terror clues

    A Londoner of Nigerian descent was identified Thursday as one of the two suspects who decapitated a British soldier. The terror strike prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to go into a huddle with top officials and the military put in place additional security measures. Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death the British ...

  • Londoner of Nigerian descent suspect in terror attack

    Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death a British soldier in London, a media report said Thursday. The two terror suspects are being held under armed guard at hospitals in London and one of them has been named by Sky News sources as Adebolajo. The vicious attack on the soldier took place Wednesday in Woolwich, southeast ...

  • India to train 500 Nigerians in vocational skills

    India wants increased partnership with Nigeria in education through institutional cooperation, content development, faculty exchange and joint ventures that would enhance the West African country's human resource devlopment, according to Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev. "Bilateral cooperation in education has had a proud history and remains a priority. A generation of Nigerians have ...

  • Woolwich attack Were the suspected killers influenced by Nigerian terrorists

    The two men who suspected of murdering a soldier in Woolwich were both British citizens, but their origins were in the troubled West African country of ...

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The Hours [DVD]

The Hours [DVD]

Starring a trio of well-respected actresses and based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours is pure Oscar-bait; it wears its hearty ambitions on its sleeve, but never convinces that its about anything much beyond its own morbidity. There are two suicides, one suicide attempt, several emotional breakdowns, a couple of sexually confused kisses, plenty of familial tensionsbasically, al ... ...

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  • Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

    Men ride a motor cycle taxi past a poster of late author Chinua Achebe, in Awka, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. People gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life of author Chinua Achebe, who died in March at the age of 82. His family plans to bury the literary icon Thursday in his home village of Ogidi. (AP Photo/Sunday ...

  • Suicide bombers kill at least 20 in Niger

    Attackt are the first suicide attacks in Niger since a French-led offensive in January to oust Islamist rebels from neighbouring northern Mali. Image: Google ...

  • Nigeria to Release Detained Boko Haram Members in Phases

    Nigeria will release members of the Boko Haram Islamist group held on suspicion of terrorism in phases, starting with women and children, ...

  • Frances Hollande says will protect interests in Niger

    Francois Hollande said. "We will have the same will to co-operate (with Niger) to fight against terrorism and will also protect our interests," he told reporters. "Everybody should know that we will let nothing pass and support Niger's authorities to end the hostage taking and annihilate the group that carried out these attacks." Uranium extraction in Niger represents ...

  • Nigeria Gazettes 24 New NESREA Regulations - DG

    The Federal Government has gazetted 24 new regulations formulated by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA. The Director-General of the agency, Ngeri Benebo, made this known in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. Mr. Benebo said the agency had fully begun the enforcement of the new regulations by clamping down on environmental offenders and meting ...

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