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  • Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia

    A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his death. Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced V. Ganesan, 29, to one year in jail and T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing grievous injuries to Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwuma that led ...

  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

    The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

  • AP PHOTOS Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

    Police officers stand guards under a giant poster of late author Chinua Achebe, as part of an event in Awka, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. People gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life of author Chinua Achebe, who died in March at the age of 82. His family plans to bury the literary icon Thursday in his home village of Ogidi. (AP Photo/Sunday ...

  • 7 dead in Afghan suicide blast officials

    GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) - A teenage suicide bomber killed seven people in central Afghanistan on Wednesday when he targeted local fighters who battle against Taliban insurgents, officials said.The attacker detonated himself in a market place in Ghazni province, two days after another bomber struck outside government buildings in the north of Afghanistan killing 14 people including a provincial ...

  • FirstRand No to Nigerias Enterprise

    Johannesburg - South Africa's FirstRand is no longer considering an acquisition of Nigeria's Enterprise Bank, although it is still keen on rivals Keystone and Mainstreet, its chief executive said on ...

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Death Sentence

Death Sentence

There's something deeply, naggingly tricky about James Wan's vigilante thriller Death Sentence, which puts Kevin Bacon's upright family man in an escalating war with a gang of cartoonish inner-city thugs. On the surface, it is all hyperkinetic violence, building u ... ...

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  • Boko Haram in Disarray Nigerians Flee to Cameroon Niger

    The Nigerian military reports that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" and many civilians are leaving the country in large numbers as a result of its offensive against ...

  • 7 killers of ex-Kwara CP Asadu arrested arraigned says IGP

    By Tony Edike ENUGU – THE Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar said in Enugu, Wednesday, that seven persons who took part in the murder of former Kwara State Commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu, have been apprehended. Abubakar made the disclosure in Enugu during his one day working visit to the state where the state government presented 100 patrol vehicles to the police ...

  • Arowolo I tried to stop her but she slapped me husband tells court

    Ikeja – 31-year-old man, Akolade Arowolo, on Wednesday denied killing his wife, Titilayo, claiming that he did everything to save her. Arowolo was testifying before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of Ikeja High Court. He is charged with allegedly stabbing Titilayo, a banker, to death on June 24, 2011 at their residence at 8, Akindeinde St., Isolo, Lagos. The accused, who was led in evidence by ...

  • Bookseller jailed for selling pirated copies of El-Rufai’s book

    Lagos – A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced a book seller to three months imprisonment for selling pirated books. The convict, Chibueze Akamu, a resident at No. 69, Owodunni St., Iwaya, Yaba, was charged by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC). He had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of piracy and sale of pirated books. Delivering judgment, Justice ...

  • Arepo pipeline vandalism Court still remands 10 accused

    Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday continued to remand 10 persons charged with oil pipeline vandalism and murder of three engineers. Justice Mohammed Idris still remanded the accused in the Ikoyi Prisons. The accused include Joel Inerepamu, 25; Reuben Oluwole, 60; John Isaiah, 28; Ineye Okposa, 40, and Timi Gunugunu, 22. The others are Olisa Saheed, 25; Jigo Jiperende, ...

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