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  • Nigeria Islamic extremist inmates to be released

    ENUGU, Nigeria -; Nigeria's military says the West African nation is prepared to release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic ...

  • Achebe – The Icon And Greatest Anti-Corruption Crusader

    By Okechukwu Ogboo Many well-meaning Nigerians and international figures have said so much in tribute to this literary giant since his death on March 21, 2013. The world is celebrating Chinua Achebe! What else can my humble self say about him? Chinua Achebe has been my greatest hero, and I believe that I gave him the greatest tribute that I can even while he was alive – in 2008, I named ...

  • Human parts available Live human N40000 head N8000 hands N4000

    BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS--Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics. The suspects told a bewildered crowd that human heads were sold for N8,000; hands, N4,000 and private parts ...

  • National U-19 cricket team departs for ICC World Cup

    The national U-19 cricket team departed the country yesterday for Kampala, Uganda to participate in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers Division 1 taking place in East African country from May 25-June 1,2013. Fourteen players will be representing for the competition which is also expected to feature Namibia, Kenya, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Zambia. The selected players include Adedeji ...

  • State of emergency Adamawa reduces working hours

    By UMAR YUSUF, with agency report YOLA--THE Adamawa Government, Tuesday, reduced official working hours in the state by one hour, to ease the difficulties civil servants have been experiencing since it imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Wednesday. The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola, has also announced the review of the curfew imposed in the state at the beginning of the state of ...

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Withnail and I [DVD]

Withnail and I [DVD]

Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I is a doped-out comedy spun from autobiographical threads about two unemployed actors trying to make the best of times in London in late 1969. It features a bizarre cast of characters, has no real plot, and is shot in the rather dull, straightforward style of a first-time director trying to find his feet. Yet, it is a wonderfully written bit, more literary th ... ...

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  • Micho beats Siasia to Uganda job

    Uganda have unveiled Serbian tactician Milutin Micho Sredojevi? as the new coach on a 2-year deal at FUFA House in Mengo, beating former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia to the position. Police FC coach Sam Timbe, BUL BIDCO coach Kefa Kisala and goalkeeping coach Fred Kajoba will be Micho's ...

  • Nigeria suffers two straight defeats in 2013 wheelchair tennis World Team Cup

    Abuja – The Nigeria National Wheelchair Tennis Team has suffered two straight defeats at the on-going wheelchair tennis BNP Paribas World Team Cup event taking place in Antalya, Turkey. In a statement from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Tuesday, Spain defeated Nigeria 3-0 on the first day in the men's World Group ...

  • Corruption Allegation AGF drags Dino Melaye to Court seeks N10bn as damages

    BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA – Sequel to allegation by the Anti-Corruption network that he was involved in sundry acts of corruption, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, Tuesday, dragged the group and its Executive Secretary, Dino Melaye, before an Abuja High Court. In his suit against the group, the AGF, who maintained that the ...

  • Crooks manipulated Nigeria’s Evidence Act for 40 years – Farida Waziri

    *Urges politicians to purge themselves of corruption BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA--Immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday ,lamented the fact that Nigeria was still operating under archaic laws. She alleged that for over 40 years, the Evidence Act was left to manipulations by crooked persons. Mrs Waziri, who presided over ...

  • UN agency steps up efforts to help Niger respond to cholera epidemic

    Print 21 May 2013 &#150 The United Nations refugee agency said today it is working to help contain a cholera epidemic in Niger that has already claimed seven lives, including those of two Malian refugees, in a little over a week. The two refugees are a 45-year-old man who died on 13 May, and a 3-year-old boy who passed away last Sunday, after arriving at the health centre at a late stage ...

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