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  • Nigeria Boko Haram DestructionNigerian Army gains grounds against Boko Haram with many arrested in Maiduguri Africa News

    President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the deployment of Some 2,000 soldiers to 3 northern states last week amid declaring state of emergency in those states. The military said last week that it had carried out air strikes and destroying militants' bases in Sambisa game reserve, south of Maiduguri, and elsewhere in the north of the country. The army said yesterday in a statement that it has ...

  • Nigerias oil savings depleted 35 pct to $5.87 bln this year

    Nigeria has used up 35 percent of its oil savings so far this year, leaving it with $5.87 billion, data released by the accountant general's office showed on Tuesday. ...

  • Nine minors informant to kidnappers assassins nabbed

    By Godwin Oghre Sapele -Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were Tuesday arrested and paraded in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko Barrack, in conjunction ...

  • Agriculture Fertilisers and franchises put power in Nigerian farmers hands

    With strong leadership in government, both public and private programmes target farmers' real needs, while a cassava offensive finally reaps some rewards.One of the bright spots in an insipid cabinet is agriculture minister Akinwumi Adesina and his reform programme.Formerly vice-president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Adesina has brought private sector thinking to ...

  • Mark Blames Porous Border for Terrorists Influx

    Senate President, David Mark, Monday lamented the porous state of Nigeria's borders, which he identified as a major boost for the influx of terrorists into the country. Mark made this remark in Abuja while declaring open a public hearing on "A Bill for an Act to Amend the Border Development Agency (Establishment) Act 2013," organised by the joint Senate Committee on Judiciary, ...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Curfew Relaxed in Borno Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa

    There were indications that the ongoing military onslaught against members of the Boko Haram sect might have recorded some success as the curfew earlier slammed on parts of Borno and Yobe States was relaxed Monday. But as Borno and Yobe got some breather, 200 troops arrived Yola, the Adamawa State capital, yesterday, with more troops expected to join them to enforce the emergency rule imposed ...

  • Moses Kalu Out of World Cup Qualifiers Confed Cup

    Nigeria's hope of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and also performing well at next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil that will precede the Mundial, suffered a massive setback Monday following the withdrawal of Victor Moses and Kalu Uche from the campaigns. The two players are going to be conspicuously missing when Nigeria files out against Kenya and Namibia in the Brazil 2014 ...

  • Nigeria Shell Community Disagree Over Cause of Bayelsa Oil Spill

    The Ikarama Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has disagreed with Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil wells. The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa; and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft. Officials of ...

  • Nigeria Country to Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2025 Says Alison-Madueke

    The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said Nigeria will by 2025 bring down its gas flaring by at least two per cent. Alison-Madueke disclosed that by 2010, the country had recorded a downward gas flaring rate of 30 per cent as well as against the current rate of 11 per cent, adding that it aspires to bring it further down to two per cent by 2020 and beyond. The ...

  • Kosmos Comes Up Dry Onshore Cameroon

    Kosmos Energy Ltd. said it failed to find commercial reservoirs at an exploration well onshore Cameroon, sending the oil-and-gas company's shares falling after hours. The Sipo-1 exploration well, drilled on the Ndian River Block in the Rio del Rey Basin, was targeting the Miocene Isongo Formation. Oil and gas shows evidenced during drilling indicated a working petroleum system, but no ...

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