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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 ...

  • Jonathan’s scorecard Harnessing potential of agriculture …

    ';I don't know what to do; I have tried all I can to get fertiliser but it is not available. Even the available ones are too expensive and the season for fertiliser application would soon be over. ';I wonder why the government is claiming to be spending so much on fertiliser subsidy, while we, the farmers, cannot get it," Idris Yakowa, a local farmer in Kaduna moaned. But ...

  • Nigeria bans satellite phones in Islamist battleground

    MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria's military banned the use of Thuraya satellite phones on Wednesday in northeastern Borno state, a step it said was designed to stop Islamist militants ...

  • Police Armed robbers kill 48 in northwest Nigeria in revenge attack on villagers

    KANO, Nigeria - Police say armed robbers have shot and killed 48 people in a revenge attack on villagers in northwest Nigeria who have formed vigilante groups to try to end a spree of violent thefts. Police Commissioner Akila Usman of Zamfara state said the gunmen arrived on motorbikes Tuesday night and went from house to house in Kizara village. The gunmen searched for suspected vigilantes ...

  • Jonathan Urges International Co-operation in Terror War

    President Goodluck Jonathan has called for greater global cooperation and coordination in the war against terrorism. The president made the call yesterday while speaking at separate audiences with the new ambassadors of Israel, Russia, Greece and Algeria who presented their letters of credence to him at the Presidential Villa. A statement by Jonathan's spokesman, Reuben Abati, quoted him ...

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The Killer (Die xue shuang xiong)

It is not without a truckload of irony that the two men--one a discontented assassin, the other a determined cop--find out for the first time that they have something in common while pointing guns at each other's heads. It is also not without similar amounts of irony that these two men, who stand on opposite sides of the law, eventually discover they are more like each other than anyone else, and ... ...

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  • Boko Haram - FG Urged to Compensate Victims Families

    Port Harcourt - The Federal Government has been advised to compensate families of those murdered by the Boko Haram insurgents as part of measures to achieve enduring peace in the area. A conflict resolution expert, Barrister Richard Anthony, who gave the advice in Port Harcourt, also enjoined the government to explore alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in resolving the security challenge ...

  • Nigeria Child Traffickers Apprehended in Plateau Six Girls Rescued

    Jos - The Plateau State government said it apprehended a male child trafficker and his female accomplice in Lagos State, just as it rescued six out of the 16 female children the culprit allegedly took to Lagos. The state's Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Barrister Olivia Dazyam, who briefed journalists in Jos, said the accused who were in the business of trafficking ...

  • Gunmen Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria Village

    Witnesses say dozens of gunmen arrived on motorbikes early Tuesday in the village of Kizara, moving from house to house and shooting at residents. Some of the gunmen climbed on top of a hill and opened fire on villagers who tried to escape the attack. Zamfara state officials say the gunmen were part of a group of cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing the local community. The gunmen ...

  • Pirates attack ship off Nigeria kidnap four - sources

    ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates in speedboats attacked an oil supply vessel and kidnapped four Indian and Polish crew members in increasingly dangerous waters off Nigeria's coast last week, two security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen launched their assault on the Singapore-flagged tugboat MDPL Continental One around 30 nautical miles from land on June 13, the security sources said. The ...

  • Nigeria 22 Killed As Boko Haram Launches Reprisal On Youths in Maiduguri

    Maiduguri - At least 22 people including students and fishermen have been killed in Maiduguri yesterday, a few hours after Boko Haram insurgents declared war against youths in Borno and Yobe states who have captured many insurgents and handed them over to the Joint Task Force (JTF). Witnesses, survivors and reliable security sources said the first incident which appeared like a revenge mission ...

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