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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 ...

  • Cultists kill NURTW secretary in Lagos

    Some suspected cult members, belonging to Black Axe have killed the Financial Secretary of the National Union of Road Transports Workers in ...

  • Nigeria militants kill school pupils

    Suspected Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria have killed at least nine school children, the second targeted attack on students in recent days. Gunmen believed to be from the Boko Haram group opened fire on the pupils, who were in school uniform, at a school on the outskirts of Maiduguri. Boko Haram said the attack was to punish youngsters for helping the army. Some survivors said it was ...

  • Amnesty office denies withholding ex-militants’ stipends

    By Emma Amaize WARRI--THE Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Abuja, has denied the claim that its officials were colluding with some ex-militant leaders to dispossess ex-militants of their monthly stipends. Head of Media, PAP, Abuja, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, reacting to the allegation by the ex-militants, said "If anybody says that any person in the Amnesty Office is colluding with ...

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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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  • Mogaji More condolences pour in for Tinubu

    By CHARLES KUMOLU & BASHIR ADEFAKA LAGOS -- Associates of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have condoled with him on the death of his mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. Mogaji, died on Saturday evening at her Ikeja residence at the age of 96 and was buried on Sunday at a private cemetery in Ikoyi. The third day Fidau prayer was held yesterday. ...

  • Govt completes training of 500 LASTMA officers traffic managers

    By OLASUNKANMI AKONI Lagos -- The Lagos State government has concluded a one-week training for about 500 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and other traffic managers, aimed at equipping them with necessary knowledge and skills to manage traffic with high technology equipment. Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, made this known while addressing ...

  • NGF crisis LP chieftain expresses dismay over Mimiko’s role

    By Emeka Mamah LAGOS--A member of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Issa Aremu, has expressed dismay over Governor Olusegun Mimiko's role in connection with the disputed Nigerian Governors' Forum, NGF. The election was won by Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State. He said: "As a member of the NEC of the LP, I am constrained to call on ...

  • Amaechi assures on completion of Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity road

    By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT-- GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has again assured that his administration will soon complete the Ogoni Andoni-Opobo-Unity Road project. Amaechi, who gave the assurance during an inspection of the 42 kilometre road project, noted that the road has 13 bridges, adding that it would connect Opobo town to other parts of the state, expressing the hope that ...

  • Nsukka loses N20m monthly to ghost teachers

    By CHINENYEH OZOR NSUKKA -- Nsukka Local Government Council in Enugu State has admitted losing N20 million monthly to ghost primary school teachers. Mr. Tony Ugwu, chairman of the council, disclosed this at a briefing, saying that although the council discovered the ungodly racket recently, everything was being done to nip the development in the bud. Ugwu noted that the scam, which had been ...

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