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  • Call box business is booming in Cameroon

    There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...

  • Nigeria says it has retaken five Islamist strongholds

    Nigeria's military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region, and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as the military tries to rid the ...

  • Nigeria Military Chases Militants Fleeing to Chad Niger Borders

    Nigeria's military is chasing Islamist fighters as they flee to the borders of Chad and Niger from the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared emergency rule, spokesman Chris Olukolade said. The military has destroyed "all terrorist camps" and secured towns and villages in the areas of New Marte, Hausari, Krenoa, Wulgo and Chikun Ngulalo, Olukolade said ...

  • Reps threaten to issue bench warrant against bank CEOs over tax remittance

    Abuja – The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a bench warrant against chief executive officer of banks who fail to appear before it over failure to render account on tax remittances. The bank chiefs are to appear before the committee to explain their roles in keeping tax payment and remittances. The House Committee on Finance made the threat at the opening session of the ...

  • Passengers stranded at MMIA as aviation workers embark on strike

    Ikeja – Scores of air passengers were on Monday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) embarked on an indefinite strike. The workers, who spoke , said that the strike was to press home their demand for the implementation of the salary structure approved by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages ...

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Theatre of Blood [DVD]

Theatre of Blood [DVD]

William Shakespeare is probably the most sadistically violent author to still be taught on a regular basis in public schools. Dressed up in undeniably beautiful poetry, his plays features a litany of brutal murders and atrocious deeds, from stabbings, to beheadings, to mutilation, to cannibalism, not to mention all the black magic, treachery, and illicit sex. Worried adults who jump on the bandwa ... ...

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  • OOU students in violent protest…Police arrest 10 deny killing 4

    BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA -- Unconfirmed reports have it that four students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State might have lost their lives, Monday, as hundreds of them went on the rampage, protesting against the barring of unregistered students from participating in the harmattan examination, which should have started Monday. The students used two of the student union ...

  • Nigeria military seizes Islamist areas

    NIGERIA'S military says it has re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory. It is involved in a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as the military tries to rid the country of ...

  • Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season

    Jos Mourinho will leave Real Madrid CF at the end of the season after a three-year tenure that brought a record-breaking Liga campaign and three UEFA Champions League ...

  • Pope statue unveiled in Italian potato field

    NAPLES, Italy (AFP) – The first-ever statue of Pope Francis has been unveiled in a potato field near Naples — an unorthodox homage to the fact that the Argentine pope’s ancestors were farmers in northern Italy. The statue will be presented to the pope next month by Italian actor Barbato De Stefano, who comes from the village of Cicciano where it was presented and has financed ...

  • SURE-P to Nigerians Our roads are no longer death traps

    By Favour Nnabugwu The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P has assured Nigerians of smooth driving through the nation's roads as funds are being provided for road rehabilitations. The Convener, SURE-P/ Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA on Public Works, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, boasted that Nigerian roads are safe for smooth driving. "Roads are actively being ...

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