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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 ...

  • FIFA cancels Nigeria’s victory dinner party

    Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – A dinner party planned for the victorious Super Eagles' squad on Monday night after the 6-1 defeat of Tahiti in their Group B 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup match was cancelled at the instance of ...

  • ICAN boss others harp on tax compliance increased IGR

    Asaba--The economic development and sustainability of any country depends largely on its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, through effective taxation and tax compliance by its citizens, said President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Alhaji Kabir Mohammed. Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Joel Thomas, and former Economic Commissioner in the state, Chief ...

  • Free surgery for 6000 cataract patients in Jigawa

    Dutse-- No fewer than 6,000 cataract patients are to undergo free surgery in Jigawa, Dr Abdulrahman Ashiru, the Coordinator, Eye Care and Neglected Tropical Diseases, has said. Ashiru made this known at the ongoing free eye surgery in Dutse yesterday. It is sponsored by the state government in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation, Vision 20:20. He said that 1,900 patients would ...

  • Cameroon limits social media services

    The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North ...

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The last anyone saw of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), she was hurling herself off a bridge into a vat of molten metal with an alien bursting from her chest. The was the grand finale of "Alien 3," and it was reasonable to assume that this signaled the end of the "Alien" series. Wrong. ...

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  • Niger’s worst power cuts in years threaten economy

    Cattle ford a river beneath the skyline of Niamey, the capital of Niger. Niger's worst power cuts in years have crippled businesses and government offices in the capital Niamey for more than three weeks, raising fears they could harm the fragile economy of one of the world's poorest nations. (SAMUEL DE ...

  • Nigeria Gunmen kill 48 in Zamfara state

    lasted more than five hours and some of the gunmen positioned on the hill also shot at residents of neighboring villages who tried to help those in Kizara. "I woke up in the morning to get my children set for work on my farm. I suddenly started to hear gun shots. I listened attentively and I realized that sounds of the gun shots were coming directly behind me," said Alhaji Ali Hakimi, ...

  • Nigerian military claims arrest of 8 suspected insurgents

    The Nigerian military said Wednesday that it has arrested eight of the suspected insurgents who launched deadly attacks since the weekend in the northeast in which more than a dozen students were killed. "Eight of the terrorists who perpetrated the mayhem during the weekend have been apprehended at the outskirt of Maiduguri," the spokesman of the defence headquarters, Brigadier ...

  • FG bans sat phones in northeast after fresh attacks

    MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Nigeria’s military on Wednesday banned the use of satellite phones in much of the restive northeast after cutting mobile phone service, further isolating the area after a series of fresh attacks. The military claimed in announcing the ban that Islamist extremist group Boko Haram had used satellite phones to plan attacks on schools. The insurgents have attacked two ...

  • Probe arms influx group urges govt

    By Godfrey Bivbere A group, under the aegis of African Maritime Development Initiative (AMDI), has called on the Federal Government to set up a panel to investigate the large scale of arms influx into the country. AMDI in a statement made available to Vanguard, noted that the call became imperative due to the recent discovery of an Hezbollah ammunitions cache in Kano uncovered in other parts ...

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