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  • Call box business is booming in Cameroon

    There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...

  • Ogidi agog for Achebe as Obi inspects his final resting place

    BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA- OGIDI, the home town of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe is set to receive the body of their illustrious son, who would be buried in the community on Thursday. Various groups and organizations have been meeting to put finishing touches on the programme as the town is expected to host visitors that would come from many parts of the world. The state ...

  • Cycle of Violence Spikes High in Nigeria

    Following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, violence has spiked higher in the African country. Reports say Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency in states after losing control of certain areas to Boko Haram, an Islamist movement. President Jonathan reportedly ordered more troops to be sent to the north-eastern ...

  • Boko Haram - Military Pounds Insurgents Moves to Reinforce Troops

    As the troops deployed to enforce the emergency rule declared in some states in the North-east pounded Boko Haram strongholds, the Defence Headquarters said last night that the insurgents were in complete disarray and on the run. THISDAY has, however, learnt that the military is considering bringing back Nigeria's troops from Liberia to join efforts in stamping out the Boko Haram ...

  • Benin–Nigeria Power Interconnection Project Sharing Energy in West Africa

    The Electricity Authority of Benin-Nigerian Electric Power Authority power interconnection project, jointly financed by the African Development Bank, the West African Development Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States, is one of the sparkling flagship projects for regional integration and cooperation in West Africa. Financed under the West Africa Power Pool program, the project ...

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Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) [DVD]

Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) [DVD]

Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street (I Soliti ignoti) features a group of good-natured, but utterly incompetent criminals who try to rise above their station in life by pulling off one big heist, the one that will set them up for life. The entire film is a non-too-subtle satire on both the crime genre, with especially good pokes at Jules Dassin's heist masterpiece Ri ... ...

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  • We will sustain Isaac Boro’s legacies – Dickson

    By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Ijaw nation yesterday converged at Kaiama in the Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State to commemorate this year’s Isaac Adaka Boro Day celebration declaring that late Boro’s legacies, sacrifice, courage and belief would be sustained. The history of the struggle for true federalism, resource control, implementation and respect for ...

  • Court discharges man accused of manslaughter

    An Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court on Monday discharged a man accused of alleged manslaughter after a formal application by the family of deceased victim to withdraw the matter. The man, Buhari Haruna, 24, a driver, of Dutse Bokuma, Abuja, was arraigned by the police for causing the death of a man by dangerous driving. The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Fati Tafida, struck out the case, adding ...

  • Confusion as Shell Bayelsa community disagree over cause of oil spill

    The Ikarama Community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disagreed with the 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 (NAN) that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft. Officials of ...

  • Fashola approves appointment of 6 new judges

    Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday approved the appointment of six new high court judges for the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Judiciary, Mrs Grace Alo. According to the statement, the newly appointed judges are: Ms Folashade Bankole-Oki, Mr Michael Savage, Mrs Sedotan Ogunsanya, Mr Wasiu Animahun, Mrs Oyindamola Ogala and ...

  • Kanye West releases strange artwork for album cover ‘Yeezus’

    American rap artist, Kanye West is getting kicks for his latest album title ‘ Yeezus’ due to drop June 18 but he’s only just ...

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