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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 ...

  • Nigeria not yet at food sufficiency destination – Jonathan

    President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday admitted that his administration had yet to reach the desired destination in its quest to eradicate hunger in the country through food ...

  • ‘150000 Nigerian children born annually with sickle cell’

    Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle-cell anaemia with over 150,000 children born annually with ...

  • We’ll stamp out kidnapping – Lagos CP

    Manko, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin), Mr. Felix Ogundeji, at the inauguration of the Lekki Police post, said this in Lagos on ...

  • Niger Delta amnesty ends in 2015 – Kuku

    Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said the Federal Government is finding it difficult to stop the amnesty programme initiated for ex-militants in the Niger ...

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Alien Resurrection

The last anyone saw of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), she was hurling herself off a bridge into a vat of molten metal with an alien bursting from her chest. The was the grand finale of "Alien 3," and it was reasonable to assume that this signaled the end of the "Alien" series. Wrong. ...

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  • Child Trafficking Dramatic story of suspects’ arrest

    By Uju Mbanusi IT is longer news that those recently paraded as members of a child trafficking syndicate at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, were arraigned at the Apapa Family court on Thursday, May 30, 2013. It is also no more news that three of the defendants, Benedette Ogbonna, Chibueze Mba, and Adaeze Mba who were alleged to be directly involved in the stealing and selling of ...

  • The NIALS’ epochal summit

    By Awa Kalu, SAN It would be intellectually dishonest to attempt a summation of what transpired at this epic summit, considering the sheer breath and scope of the ideas which were freely exchanged at the intellectual market place. Perhaps, it would serve as a pointer to the fertility of those ideas were one to choose a typical session, the session on Law and Global Peace, integrated with Law ...

  • Condemned criminals Waiting for govs and hangmen

    By Dayo Benson & Abdulwahab Abdulah The call by President Goodluck Jonathan last Sunday on state governors to sign death warrants of condemned inmates in prisons across the country has again brought to the fore the lingering controversy on the issue. At a special ceremony to mark the 2013 Fathers' Day organized by the Aso Villa Chapel, President Jonathan urged governors not to run ...

  • I’m here to expose Nigerian artists – Joseph Gergel

    By Morenike Taire Joseph Gergel is a curator at African Artists' Foundation and LagosPhoto Festival at their headquarters in Lagos. Gergel received a Certificate in Professional Photography from the Speos Photography Institute in Paris, France. Obtained his Bachelors Degree in Photography and Cultural Theory from New York University and a Master's Degree in Modern Art: Critical and ...

  • Okada ban Fares cost of bicycles soar in Edo

    By SIMON EBEGBULEM & GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE …Ban is Oshiomhole's most painful decision --ODUBU BENIN--FOLLOWING the ban on commercial motorcycles, commonly called okada by the Edo State Government in Egor, Oredo and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Areas, which make up the Benin metropolis, transport fares have hit the roof top. Investigation carried out by Vanguard, indicated that ...

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