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  • Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia

    A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his death. Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced V. Ganesan, 29, to one year in jail and T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing grievous injuries to Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwuma that led ...

  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

    The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

  • Nigeria statistics chief has almost figured out the economy

    A woman and two children stand along the Jos-Maiduguri road in the city of Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, May 19, 2013. Nigeria has more than 160 million people, 200 languages, 36 states and 774 local government areas. (AFOLABI ...

  • A Chat With Nigerians Will You Die For Nigeria I No Go Die For Naija By Chalya Princess Miri-Gazh

    Since time immemorial, people have been known to die for all kinds of causes – some religious, political, personal, emotional, social, economical etc. As far as I know, only Jesus died for the world and by the world, I mean for all the human beings in the world and not for the terrain. Martin Luther King died for his belief in his cause to stop racial discrimination against black ...

  • S.Africas FirstRand no longer keen on Nigerias Enterprise

    Chief Executive Sizwe Nxasana told Reuters. He also said valuations in Nigeria's banking sector had moderated. Nigeria's "bad bank" expects to finish with the disposal of the three nationalised lenders by the third quarter of 2014. It plans to start ...

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Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

After its premier at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palm d'or, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark was met equally with intense celebratory applause and boos of vociferous condemnation. It has since divided audiences and critics straight down the middle: either you love it or you hate it. Von Trier is either a boundary-pushing genius or he is a ego-m ... ...

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  • How That Nigerian Email Scam Got Started

    'The long, weird history of the Nigerian e-mail scam' You've probably seen it in your inbox before: Someone who claims to have come into a fortune needs your help. You can share in the profits -- if you send along a deposit or your bank account ...

  • Igbos will miss Achebe for a long time – Ohanaeze

    *Urges Igbos youths to emulate his resourcefulness By Tony Edike ENUGU--THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said, Wednesday, that the departed literary giant, Professor Chinua Achebe whose remains would be finally laid to rest at his Ogidi countryhome in Anambra State tomorrow, would be missed for a very long time. The umbrella Igbo organization said Achebe's ...

  • Achebe’s Bequest to the Nigerian Child

    By Mobolaji Adenubi In 1965, the BBC accepted and broadcast my short story, Strange Encounter, on the Writers' Club Programme. It was read by Tonie Tucker and discussed, with high commendation, by Edward Blishen. Little did 1 know that the warm reception of my work was facilitated by the seminal book of the great Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, published in 1958! This work ...

  • 9 Bank CEOs apologise to Reps for non-appearance

    Abuja - Nine bank chief executive officers who failed to honour the House of Representatives Committee on Finance’s invitation on May12, complied with the committee’s summon with apologies in Abuja on Wednesday. The bank chiefs who honoured the committee’s invitation told the committee members that they were "truly'; sorry for failing to honour the invitation. The 9 ...

  • Messi’s Barcelona plan Israel Palestinian trip

    MADRID (AFP) – Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teamates will take part in a Middle Eastern tour in August that will include sporting workshops for both Palestinian and Israeli children. ';FC Barcelona, with the help of the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority, will organise in August the Barcelona Peace Tour, an initiative that will include two sporting events for ...

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