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  • Kerry Calls on Nigeria to Stop Human Rights Abuses

    ADDIS ABABA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigerian authorities are working to stop human rights abuses by security forces in their fight against Boko Haram militants. The U.S. top diplomat made the remarks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he took part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Secretary Kerry said there is no denying the ...

  • INSIGHT- Nigerias war on terror wins tentative support

    "We are pleased the president has finally recognised our peril and we pray his plan works," Mohammed said, frying fish by the roadside as a crowd of young children looked on hungrily and trucks packed with troops rumbled past. President Goodluck Jonathan took a gamble when he launched a big offensive this month on Boko Haram's four-year-old attempt to establish an Islamic state in ...

  • Nigeria Nigeria Working to Stop Abuses By Security Forces

    Addis Ababa - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigerian authorities are working to stop human rights abuses by security forces in their fight against Boko Haram militants. The U.S. top diplomat made the remarks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he took part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Secretary Kerry said there is no denying the ...

  • Cynthia Osokogus Murder - Court Views Slide Images of Autopsy

    An Ikeja High Court on Friday viewed slide images of the autopsy conducted on the remains of Cynthia Osokogu, who was murdered in a Lagos Hotel on July 22, 2012. The images were shown to the court through a projector by Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Professor John Obafunwa. Mr. Obafunwa, the Vice Chancellor of the Lagos University, LASU, was testifying at ...

  • Governors Forum Chairmanship - Governor Jang of Plateau Now to Battle Amaechi

    The meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, where its officers will be elected, has just commenced in Abuja, with strong indications that two candidates for the position of the chairman: Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema and his Bauchi State counterpart, Isa Yuguda, have withdrawn from the race. About 33 out of the 36 state governors have already arrived at the Rivers State ...

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Playtime [DVD]

Playtime [DVD]

In an article titled The Death of Hulot originally published in Sight & Sound in 1983, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum gave Jacques Tatis Playtime its most apt description: the masterpiece that wrecked his career. A decade in the making and, at the time, the most expensive film ever ... ...

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  • Central Bank Sells N277.9 Billion Worth of Treasury Bills

    The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, sold treasury bills worth N227.91 billion this week. The Financial Market Dealers Association, FMDA, disclosed this on its website on Friday. FMDA said that five categories of treasury bills were sold at the last biweekly auctions. It said the auctions included the Open Market Operation, OMO, which comprised the 139-day and 128-day tenor bills. It said that ...

  • Army Rescues Three Women Six Children Kidnapped By Boko Haram in Borno

    The Nigerian military said it has rescued six children and three women allegedly kidnapped in Bama, Maiduguri. The military, in a statement by its spokesman, Chris Olukolade, said the victims were kidnapped on May 7 during the attack by suspected Boko Haram members on the ...

  • Amcons Move to Refinance Bonds Calms Fears of Inflation Financial Instability

    Finance analysts have commended the move by Nigeria's Asset Management Company, AMCON, to redeem and refinance its maturing obligations at the end of the year, saying it would allay fears of inflation and financial instability. Over the weekend, AMCON announced its intention through a circular of a comprehensive plan to redeem and refinance its maturing obligations at the end of 2013 ...

  • VP Sambo Others Celebrate Democracy Day With Jumaat Prayers

    At the Special Juma'at Prayers on Friday to commemorate the 2013 Democracy Day Celebrations and the second year in office of the Goodluck Jonathan Administration, the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, appealed to Nigerians to continue being their brothers' keeper. Mr. Sambo, who spoke after the Juma'at prayers, also called for support for the administration's ...

  • Building Leaders Through Training

    As leaders in our various institutions, one may be tempted to ask the question, why leadership or another leadership training programme Well, this is not out of place, as today's families, organisations, and nations, are yearning for not just leaders, but the right type of leadersLeadership has now become the glue that brings and holds it all together for institutions that works ...

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