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  • Indian Nigerian teams win Africa business contest

    An Indian team comprising IITians and a Nigerian team promoting low-cost farm products have triumphed at an India-Africa business competition held here. India's Life Catalyst Technologies and Nigeria's Jorsey Ashbel Farms won the 2nd Indiafrica Business Venture Competition held as part of the ongoing IndiAfrica Festival here, a statement from the organisers said Saturday. Four teams from ...

  • Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for population cleansing - UN rights office Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for population cleansing - UN rights office

    17 May 2013 150 Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said today. In a press briefing in Geneva, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, reiterated calls on Boko Haram ...

  • Air Strikes Hit Nigerias Militant Camps

    Nigerian forces have launched air strikes against suspected Islamist militant camps in the country's northeast. A military spokesman said all known militant camps in three northeastern states are being attacked and that several camps in Borno state have been destroyed or taken over. The spokesman, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said earlier Friday that the attacks killed an ...

  • Dozens killed in Nigerian military strike against Boko Haram

    Dozens of people have been killed in a military strike launched by Nigerian army since Thursday night in the northern part of the West African country, reported Xinhua citing security sources. The casualties include three soldiers involved in the army's unprecedented action against insurgents of the Boko Haram sect, which suffered the heaviest losses since emerging in 2009, the sources ...

  • Ferguson Carragher prepare to bow out

    LONDON (AFP) – The Premier League will bid farewell to a host of high-profile characters when the 2012-13 season concludes on Sunday, with legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher among the figures taking their leave of the ...

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Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast is an oddly intriguing British import that straddles the line between the traditional crime thriller and the black comedy. It is like Jules Dassin's Rififi (1955) filtered through the postmodern slapdash of Quentin Tarantino and punctuated with the kind of bizarre surrealism that would make Luis Buuel or David Lynch smile. Although directed by first-timer Jonathan Glazer ... ...

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  • Benitez aims to avoid Euro play-off

    LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Benitez hopes to bid farewell to Chelsea by securing a victory over Everton on Sunday which would guarantee third spot in the Premier League and automatic qualification for the Champions ...

  • My worst ever season says Mourinho

    MADRID (AFP) – Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho described his side’s season as the worst of his trophy-laden, colourful career after Atletico Madrid edged a 2-1 extra-time Spanish Cup ...

  • AVB fears Euro woe for Spurs

    After appearing secure in the top four when they were seven points clear of Arsenal in March, Villas-Boas’s side welcome Sunderland to White Hart Lane knowing even a victory may not be enough to clinch a place in Europe’s premier club competition. Lying fifth, a point behind Arsenal, Spurs could again be left frustrated 12 months after being denied entry to the Champions League ...

  • Police to quiz River Speaker COS over plot to assassinate Amaechi

    BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: RIVERS state Police Commissioner, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu has said he would invite the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Otelemaba Amachree and the Chief of Staff, Government House, Mr Tony Okocha to assist the police with information on their allegation of plans to assassinate the governor of the state and bomb key government institutions. Mbu who spoke ...

  • Mourinho Ronaldo off as Atletico stun Real

    MADRID, May 18, 2013 (AFP) – Atletico Madrid won their 10th Spanish Cup on Friday when they beat bitter city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra-time in a match which saw both Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo ...

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