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  • French troops stage Niger raid jihadists threaten new attacks

    French special forces and local troops raided an army base Friday in northern Niger, ending a hostage seizure by Islamist fighters who had staged twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 ...

  • Nigeria Boko Haram camps destroyed

    The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the north-east of Nigeria. Senior officer Chris Olukolade revealed the extensive nature of the camps, which he said were used to co-ordinate attacks on nearby local communities. The BBC has not been able to independently verify the army's claim. Some 2,000 soldiers ...

  • Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez to join Napoli

    ROME (AFP) – Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez is on the brink of joining Napoli for next season, according to Italian press reports on Friday. Television channel Sky Sport claimed Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis had agreed a two-year deal worth 3.5 million euros a season with the Spaniard, with an option for a third year. But De Laurentiis himself denied he had ever ...

  • Robbers on rampage kill 3 sack police station shut down banks

    BY DEMOLA AKINYEMI, ILORIN The sporadic gun shots from men of the under world Tuesday, rattled residents of the ancient town of Omuaran in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state. The robbers, numbering over 20 and armed with sophisticated weapons, attacked three banks and killed three persons: a member of a vigilante group and two others. Investigation by Crime Guard revealed that the ...

  • BREAKING NEWS PDP governors rejects re-election of Gov. Amaechi

    The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors have rejected the re-election of Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State as Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, ...

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Night of the Creeps [DVD]

Night of the Creeps [DVD]

Cult auteur Fred Dekker, whose reputation is based entirely around a small handful of horror and science fiction films made in the late 1980s and early 1990s, likes to describe his directorial debut Night of the Creeps as a stew. The film is very much a reflection of ... ...

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  • Governors spoke “with one voice” says Amaechi

    By JIMITOTA ONOYUME Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State the winner of the Nigerian Governors' Forum election which took place in Abuja has thanked all who made the re-election bid possible. Amaechi said "Today our democracy was tested and proven. Democracy is about participation. The aim of democratic governance is for everyone to partake in ...

  • Governors return Amaechi as NGF chairman

    The Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi has been re-elected chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum defeating his opponent Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State by 3 ...

  • Two Jihadists Shot After Niger Attack

    Armed forces from France and Niger forces have shot dead two more Islamist militants who took part in an attack on a military barracks in northern Niger. A journalist at the scene said French special forces took part in an operation Friday to subdue the two militants, who had holed up in the barracks following Thursday's suicide bombing and shooting attack. Niger's defense ...

  • In Boko Haram Offensive Nigerian Forces on Familiar Ground

    Soldier from Lagos, part of an expected 1,000 reinforcements sent to Adamawa state to fight Boko Haram Islamists, with th 23rd Armoured Brigade, Yola, May 20, ...

  • London attacker Muslim from Nigerian Christian family

    LONDON -- When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by the strong London accent in which he spoke of his Islamist motives. How could one of their own have become so ...

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