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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 ...

  • UN chief condemns deadly suicide bombings in Niger

    Ban Ki- moon on Thursday strongly condemned two deadly suicide bombings happening in northern Niger in the same day. "The Secretary-General reiterates the support of the United Nations to the efforts of the Government of Niger and other countries in the Sahel region to combat the scourge of terrorism and transnational crime, in close collaboration with ...

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Love Actually

Love Actually

As the title suggests, Richard CurtisLove Actually is, quite simply, about love. Not just your standard romantic variety of love (though there is plenty of that to be found), but also the love between friends, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and even a broken down rock star and his portly manager. In an age marked by cynicism and irony, Love Actually is unashamedly upbea ... ...

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  • A Future On Industry Trades Investments

    WHAT does the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trades and Investments do? How can Nigerians assess the importance of its work to tackling the various challenges the country faces as it grapples with industrialisation? Global rankings of Nigeria as an investment destination of choice have risen following improvements the Ministry has made in marketing the country. KPMG, a leading consultancy said ...

  • We don’t know how to meet Boko Haram leadership – Minister

    By LUKA BINNIAYT KADUNA -- The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in Northern Nigeria had no clue on how to meet the leadership of the Boko Haram insurgents, the Chairman of the Committee and Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, said yesterday. Turaki pleaded for help in this regards from willing members of the public or ...

  • Fulani herdsmen attacks CAN urges FG to extend military operations to Middle Belt

    BY PETER DURU MAKURDI --The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the Federal Government to extend the current military operations in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to other states in the Middle Belt now being destroyed by alleged Fulani mercenaries. Benue State Chairman of the association, Archbishop Yiman Orkwar made the call, yesterday, while addressing journalists on the ...

  • Kingsley Kuku and His Co-Apostles of Anarchy

    Some of President Jonathan's close allies are threatening, or prophesying, violence in Nigeria should he fail to be re-elected in 2015. His opponents are not taking this lightly. This alarming talk is raising political temperatures in the already deeply divided nation A few years ago, a former US ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, wrote a tiny, brilliant book titled 'Nigeria: ...

  • Nigeria to lobby AU for UN non-permanent seat

    Nigeria will be pushing to get the Africa Union's endorsement for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, during the 21st ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and the AU holding in Addis Ababa, ...

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