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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 ...

  • Amaechi shuns Patience Jonathan’s Port Harcourt event

    Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Judith, on Wednesday shunned the inauguration of the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the Women for Change and Development Initiative by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, ...

  • NERC inaugurates Port Harcourt forum office

    NERC said the forum would sit and resolve disputes, as well as listen to complaints of electricity consumers in and around the Port Harcourt electricity distribution ...

  • Nigeria education system can compete with UK’s – UK resident

    By DAYO ADESULU Kehinde Kukoyi and his wife, Abayomi Kukoyi, who reside and work in England decided to bring their daughter to Nigeria to study because they want her to gain the moral culture and Nigerian upbringing. According to Mr. Kukoyi: "A lot of Nigerian children’s morals are well misplaced over there in the UK and we felt it will be wise for our daughter to have the moral and ...

  • Man drags step-children to court over house ownership

    KADUNA -- A 60-year-old man, Sule Mohammad, Wednesday, dragged his four step children to court over ownership of a house. Mohammed, who went to Magajin Gari Sharia Court I, Kaduna, claimed that he made part payment for the five-room house in 2007 and was seeking to complete the payment when the four siblings denied knowledge of the transaction. According to him, he bought the house at the cost ...

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Alien Resurrection

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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  • Community kicks against planned demolition of market

    By FESTUS AHON UGHELLI--THE people of Otor-Iwhreko community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, have kicked against the move by the state government to demolish and relocate the Ughelli main market, describing same as capable of triggering crisis in the area. Speaking through Hitler Olotu, when the leadership and Elders' Council of the community visited the chairman of ...

  • Confed Cup Fashanu urges continuous support for Super Eagles

    Lagos – John Fashanu, a former Wimbledon FC of England striker, wants Nigerian soccer fans to continue to support the Super Eagles at the ongoing Confederations Cup, even if it failed to play well. Fashanu, on Wednesday, in Lagos, noted that the team did not have a monopoly of victory. ';No team owns the monopoly of victory,'' Fashanu ...

  • Be cautious against Uruguay – Sofoluwe tells Eagles

    BY JACOB AJOM Former Nigerian defender, Yisa Sofoluwe has advised the Super Eagles to be cautious in their approach to the all-important second group match in the Confederations Cup against Uruguay Thursday. Speaking on the match in a chat with Sports Vanguard, Sofoluwe said that the most important thing was t hat the Nigerian team recorded a handsome victory in their opening match. "The ...

  • Military French sailor kidnapped by pirates off coast of Togo rescued by troops in Nigeria

    LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says its troops have rescued a French sailor kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Togo. Spokesman Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu said youths in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state told authorities about the presence of a foreigner, and a military rescue operation was launched. He said the captors escaped before the soldiers arrived Tuesday. Pirates ...

  • Nigeria-Uruguay Preview Super Eagles look to land knockout blow

    It was a case of mixed fortunes for Nigeria and Uruguay in their opening Confederations Cup fixtures.The history books will tell of a resounding 6-1 win for the Super Eagles over minnows Tahiti, but the Africa Cup of Nations champions were far from at their best and came in for criticism after the game.Dynamo Kiev striker Ideye Brown could be named in the starting XI at the expense of Anthony ...

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