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  • 25 killed 30 injured in suicide attacks in Niger

    At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ...

  • London attack Hunt on for terror clues

    A Londoner of Nigerian descent was identified Thursday as one of the two suspects who decapitated a British soldier. The terror strike prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to go into a huddle with top officials and the military put in place additional security measures. Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death the British ...

  • Londoner of Nigerian descent suspect in terror attack

    Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old Londoner of Nigerian descent, is one of the two suspects who hacked to death a British soldier in London, a media report said Thursday. The two terror suspects are being held under armed guard at hospitals in London and one of them has been named by Sky News sources as Adebolajo. The vicious attack on the soldier took place Wednesday in Woolwich, southeast ...

  • India to train 500 Nigerians in vocational skills

    India wants increased partnership with Nigeria in education through institutional cooperation, content development, faculty exchange and joint ventures that would enhance the West African country's human resource devlopment, according to Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev. "Bilateral cooperation in education has had a proud history and remains a priority. A generation of Nigerians have ...

  • Jonathan launches Rhythm ‘N’ Play June 6

    President Goodluck Jonathan will on June 6 launch a new grassroots-oriented sport programme code-named Rhythm 'N' Play in Abuja. The Rhythm'N Play Initiative, a national mobilisation for grassroots sports development programme was conceptualised by the Nigeria Academical Sports Committee, NASCOM, headed by businessman and sports enthusiast, Yemi ...

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Love Actually

Love Actually

As the title suggests, Richard CurtisLove Actually is, quite simply, about love. Not just your standard romantic variety of love (though there is plenty of that to be found), but also the love between friends, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and even a broken down rock star and his portly manager. In an age marked by cynicism and irony, Love Actually is unashamedly upbea ... ...

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  • FG Declares Wednesday Public Holiday

    Wednesday May 29th, 2013 has been declared as Public Holiday by the Nigerian government, to celebrate the 2013 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro who declared the Public Holiday in a statement on Thursday, on behalf of the Federal Government, urged all Nigerians to deepen their participation in democratic governance so as to pass on the baton of credible and good ...

  • Nigeria Prisons Lost 45 to Insurgents

    Forty-five personnel of Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) has so far been killed by insurgents in the country, the Comptroller-General of the Service, Zakari Ibrahim has revealed. He made this known on Thursday while responding to questions from journalists during a media parley at the NPS headquarters in Abuja. Mr. Ibrahim said contrary to reports that much numbers were killed, the Service ...

  • NAssembly Urged to Enact Comprehensive Laws for OilGas Industry

    The National Assembly has been urged to enact a Petroleum Industry Law to establish lasting mechanisms for comprehensive oversight of the oil and gas industry. A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including Zero Corruption Coalition (ZCC), Publish What You Pay-Nigeria (PWYP-Nigeria) and Say No Campaign -Nigeria (SCN) gave the charge in Abuja while reacting to Nigeria's ...

  • Rivers Plane - Reps Report Indicts Minister

    A House of Representatives investigations report on the controversial grounding of Rivers State Government aircraft has indicted Aviation Minister Stella Oduah and Caverton Helicopters of complicity. The House joint committee on Justice and Aviation co-chaired by Ali Ahmad and Nkeiruka Onyejeocha was mandated by the House three weeks ago to look into the grounding of the aircraft. The ...

  • FG Determined to Create Vibrant Private Sector - VP Sambo

    Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has said that the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan led Administration is determined to create a vibrant private sector in the country. Vice President Sambo stated this Thursday, May 23 when he performed the ground breaking ceremony of the Idu Industrial Park in Abuja. To this end Vice President Sambo said government had instituted series of reforms and ...

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