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  • UN agency steps up efforts to help Niger respond to cholera epidemic

    Print 21 May 2013 &#150 The United Nations refugee agency said today it is working to help contain a cholera epidemic in Niger that has already claimed seven lives, including those of two Malian refugees, in a little over a week. The two refugees are a 45-year-old man who died on 13 May, and a 3-year-old boy who passed away last Sunday, after arriving at the health centre at a late stage ...

  • Nigeria’s $1-billion wealth fund to start investing in June

    Nigeria will begin investing the initial $1-billion allocated to a new sovereign wealth fund by June, a statement from the fund showed, after it delayed the start date twice.Africa's biggest oil producer is one of only three OPEC member states that do not yet have a wealth fund (SWF) set up. Global markets and investors are closely watching Africa's second-biggest economy's plans ...

  • Nigerian Military To Release Women And Children Of Boko Haram Militants From Detention

    By Premium Times The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons detained in connection with terrorist activities. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that the decision to release the suspected terrorists was based ...

  • Nigeria to release all women held for ‘terrorism’

    Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria announced on Tuesday it will release a number of suspects held for ';terrorist activities,'; including all women in custody, in what it called a peace bid as an offensive targeted ...

  • Why Nigeria remains best telecom investment destination – Juwah

    BY PRINCE OSUAGWU The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah has declared that Nigeria had remained and would still remain telecom investment haven as long as Foreign and local investments into the booming telecommunications sector in Nigeria are duly protected by existing telecoms laws. Juwah said that this has remained the strength of the ...

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Withnail and I [DVD]

Withnail and I [DVD]

Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I is a doped-out comedy spun from autobiographical threads about two unemployed actors trying to make the best of times in London in late 1969. It features a bizarre cast of characters, has no real plot, and is shot in the rather dull, straightforward style of a first-time director trying to find his feet. Yet, it is a wonderfully written bit, more literary th ... ...

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  • Enyimba on the path of glory

    Enyimba attacking midfielder, Ayo Saka has said his side are on the path towards achieving their ambition in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Aba club defeated Bayelsa United 2-0 in the NPFL Matchday 13 encounter at the Enyimba International Stadium on ...

  • Chelsea stop Mikel Moses from Mexico match

    Having experienced a gruelling football season with Chelsea, Nigerian duo, Jon Mikel Obi and Victor Moses have pleaded with Coach Stephen Keshi to leave them out of the exhibition match against Mexico on May ...

  • Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects

    LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the ...

  • In army fight against militants Nigerian civilians trust no one

    A Nigerian soldier, part of the 'Operation Flush' patrolling in the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno State, on April 30, 2013. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty ...

  • Nigeria to free terror women

    Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of all women held in connection with "terrorist activity", the defence ministry says. The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, it added. The army is conducting an offensive in three states, where an emergency was declared last week to fight the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group had ...

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