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  • Call box business is booming in Cameroon

    There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...

  • FG wades into NIMASA NLNG face-off

    By Soni Daniel & Emma Ujah The Federal Government has intervened in the face-off between the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG, over unpaid levies amounting to billions of Naira. The face-off between the two government agencies arose following what NIMASA described as the expiration of the ten-year tax holiday ...

  • Ecowas Parliament Backs Governments Declaration of State of Emergency in Three States

    The ECOWAS Parliament on Friday in Abuja expressed support for Federal Government's declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. The speaker of the parliament, Ike Ekweremadu, expressed the support when he paid a courtesy visit on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru. The speaker said Nigeria's fight against insurgents in the country would ...

  • Nigerian Aviation Workers Cancel Planned Strike

    The staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have suspended their industrial action slated to start on Monday to press home their demand for additional welfare package. The workers decided to suspend the planned strike after a meeting between the management and union leaders. Supo Atobatele, the General Manager, Public Affairs of NAMA, disclosed this in a statement he issued in ...

  • Ondo Capital Akure Becomes Den for Kidnappers

    Akure, the formerly peaceful capital of Ondo State has become a den of kidnappers as residents are abducted at will with many now living in fear of who would be the next victims. In the last two months, at least eight high profile kidnappings for ransom occurred n the Ondo capital, a vice which was initially restricted to and rampant in the riverine areas of the state. From journalists to ...

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Sleepaway Camp [DVD]

Sleepaway Camp [DVD]

With so many slasher films coming out in the early 1980s, it took something special to stand out from the crowd. And, while Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp consists almost entirely of characters, situations, and settings that are interchangeable with any number of other Frid ... ...

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  • Northern Governors Declare Support for Emergency Rule in Borno Yobe Adamawa

    The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has expressed support for the emergency rule imposed on the Northern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The forum said it believes the imposition of emergency rule will complement the offer of amnesty made to the members of Boko Haram sect to restore peace to the affected states. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, ...

  • Church Constructs N4.5 Million Clinic in Adamawa

    Gombi - The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria has constructed a health clinic worth N4.5 million in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. The acting Bishop of Yola Diocese, Reverend Ishaku Bala, disclosed this at the opening of a three-day conference of the diocese on Friday in Gombi. He said that the clinic was built to address the health needs of the people in the area. Bala added that ...

  • Why FG Wont Disband Boko Haram Amnesty Panel - Presidency

    The Federal Government will continue with the process of dialoguing with members of the Boko Haram sect with a view to achieving peace and stability in the North despite the declaration of a state of emergency in three northern states, the Presidency said on Friday. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, made the clarification while responding to a call by the ...

  • FG Endorses Brainfriend Software for Nigerian Schools

    The Federal Ministry of Education has endorsed the CINFORES BrainFriend e-learning and examination preparatory software as a tool for the enhancement of teaching and learning methods in Nigerian schools. The essence is to boost the efforts government in promoting local content in software development. CINFORES Limited is an indigenous software provider, which had over the years developed ...

  • Man to Die By Hanging for Killing Wife

    For failing to control his temper and moderate his actions, Mr. Habeeb Usman will have to die by hanging after he lost the appeal of the death sentence earlier passed on him by a Sokoto High Court, for killing his wife, Salamatu. Usman, from Haragawa village in Illelah Local Government Area of Sokoto State was charged with killing his wife Salamatu Habibu by stabbing her with a knife in the ...

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