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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 ...

  • Nigeria’s Poverty Should Be Lower Given Growth IMF Says

    figures published by the World Bank show. The economy of Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, expanded an average 7.2 percent a year during the same period, according to IMF estimates. The country is forecast to grow 7.2 percent this year, compared with a global growth rate of 3.3 percent, according to the IMF. "It's a bit of a conundrum," W. Scott Rogers, the ...

  • Boko Haram militants in disarray

    The Nigerian military say Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" and leaving the country in large numbers as a result of its offensive against them. In a statement, it said 14 enemy fighters had been killed and 20 apprehended since Saturday. Three of its soldiers had died in the fighting, it added. The BBC's Will Ross in the capital Abuja says ...

  • Killings in Nigeria - One Too Many

    Nigeria today has been described as a war zone, no thanks to the many killings in the country. In fact, the killings have gone from bad to worse, thrown the entire country into a state of anarchy, making the only viable solution the declaration of State of Emergency, a move vehemently kicked against by governors of the affected states. But sooner than later, President Jonathan was eventually ...

  • How Not to Treat Vernaculars

    When, recently, in a circular to all staff, my employers forbade the speaking of "vernacular" in favour of the English language, my initial reaction was of extreme crossness. I guess at the back of this was a recollection of the distasteful responses associated with similar policies growing up. Overtly paternalistic teachers in the primary and secondary schools enforced this ban on the ...

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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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  • Nigeria The State of Emergency and the Rights of Citizens

    Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks and other security challenges that have recently plagued Nigeria, The declaration is in accordance with the provisions of section 305(3 (c) (d) (f) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. ...

  • Nigeria Playing Dirty in Rivers

    In 2011, Rivers State delivered one of the nation's most stunning victories to Goodluck Jonathan in that year's presidential election. The electorates apparently overdid themselves, casting more votes for Jonathan than there were registers voters. Even the president acknowledged the effort of the man who made that landslide over other presidential candidates possible, Rivers State ...

  • Nigeria Parts of Maiduguri Under 24-Hour Curfew

    Nigeria/Niger Republic border As Nigerian troops intensify their search for criminals and members of the Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the Joint Task Force on Saturday imposed a 24 hours curfew in places identified as hot spots of Maiduguri,the Borno State capital. In a statement issued to journalists the spokesman of the JTF, Sagir Musa, said there would be no movement in the area for indefinite ...

  • Amaka Out With Caught in the Storms

    It was a dream come true last weekend when Amaka Lucy Ezenwankwo a mass communication graduate of Enugu state university of science and technology turned writer launched her first non-fiction novel titled 'Caught in the storms. The book which exposes the realism of moral decadence of our society , further reveals how cheaply youth are being carried away by the materialistic nature of life. ...

  • Chukwumerije Pleads As German Embassy Denies Taekwondo Team Visa

    Beijing 2008 Olympics medallist and Team Nigeria Captain to the 2012 London Olympics, Chika Chukwumerije, has appealed to the Germany Embassy to reconsider its stance on not granting visas to the Nigerian national team expected to embark on training tour of Germany this week. The training tour is part of the team's build-up to the 2015 All Africa Games and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, ...

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