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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 ...

  • The Imperatives of States Creation

    There have been requests for the creation Okura out of Kogi; Aba from Abia; Njaba and Orashi out of Imo; Adada from Enugu State; Toru-Ebe from Delta, Edo and Ondo states; Hadejia out of Jigawa and Katagum from Bauchi State. Similarly, there have been requests for the creation of Tiga out of Kano State; Karadua and Kafur from Katsina State; Lagoon from Lagos State; Oke-Ogun and Ibadan out of Oyo ...

  • Sultan CAN Sue for Peace As Northern Elders Oppose Emergency Rule

    Tuesday's declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States yesterday created more rumpus in the polity as more groups and individuals reacted to the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to resort to a martial strategy in dealing with the insecurity in the north. While some, including the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 ...

  • Boko Haram Has Anti-Aircraft Anti-Tank Guns Nigerian Military Says After Destruction

    The Nigerian military said on Friday that it destroyed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, owned by insurgents in Borno State. The military said in a statement that advancing troops of the Special Task Force have destroyed some terrorists' camps sited in the forests of Northern and Central Borno. The statement was issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by Brigadier General ...

  • Police Confirm Attack On Katsina Police Station

    Daura - Katsina State Police Command on Friday confirmed the death of five suspected gunmen who attacked two police stations and four banks on Thursday in Daura. The Nigerian Army had earlier announced the death of three soldiers during the shooting. Briefing newsmen in Daura, the Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, said one of the suspects was killed on Thursday night while the ...

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Sleepaway Camp [DVD]

Sleepaway Camp [DVD]

With so many slasher films coming out in the early 1980s, it took something special to stand out from the crowd. And, while Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp consists almost entirely of characters, situations, and settings that are interchangeable with any number of other Frid ... ...

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  • Three Soldiers Several Gunmen Killed in Daura Attack - Army

    Kaduna - The Nigerian Army on Friday confirmed that three soldiers were killed in an attack by gunmen in Daura, Katsina State. Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, who disclosed this to newsmen in Kaduna, said several of the attackers were also killed. He said that the army and other security personnel had cordoned off three areas in the city and ...

  • Country Seeks Support On Guinea Worm Eradication

    The agency boss promised N25,000 cash reward on genuine informants of guinea-worm. The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday called for support for its Guinea Worm Eradication Programme to aid the certification of Nigeria as a guinea worm-free country. Ifeoma Anagbogu, the National Coordinator of the Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (NIGEP), made the appeal in Abeokuta at a ...

  • Man 27 Jailed Seven Years for Drug Trafficking

    Jos - The Federal High Court 1, Jos, on Friday sentenced a 27-year old man, Babale Mohammed, to seven years imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp and psychotropic substances. Mohammed was convicted for possessing 20 kilogrammes of Indian hemp and 30 grammes of intoxicating drugs, LSD and Diazepam. Delivering judgment on the case, the judge, Justice Ambrose Allagoa, said the prosecution had ...

  • Abuja Guards Polo Club Stages Unity Tourney

    The Abuja Guards Brigade Polo Club has concluded arrangements to stage the 2013 edition of the annual Unity Polo Tournament to celebrate Nigeria's Democracy Day on May, 29. The captain of the club, Mustapha Junaidu who briefed the press on Thursday said the week-long tournament which is going to attract at least 60 players from 15 teams will run from May 20 to May 26. He said renowned ...

  • Football Tourney for Youths in Slums Debuts in Abuja

    Nigerian youths residing in slums across the country will be provided with the opportunity to exhibit their talents in the game of football as the Nigerian National Youth Award football tournament tagged 'Play To Post football Tournament' holds next month in Abuja. The championship for the vulnerable youths is being put together by four notable organisations namely the Nigerian ...

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