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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Nse Ikpe Etim, a Nollywood actress, quit the industry some years ago, but staged a comeback awhile back, starring in Reloaded, a movie that has brought her again to prominence. She tells ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO why she left the industry and how it has been since she returned You used to be in the movie […]
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Headlines
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Following the arrest of two teenagers at the old domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, on Thursday night , shortly after arriving with $9.7m, 664,100 euro aboard an Arik Air flight from Kano, a senior police officer has called for community policing. Narrating how the teenagers, identified as Abdul Bashir and Rabiu Bashir, were […]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
HE United States (U.S.) Mission to Nigeria has warned the members of the public to be aware of people informing them through scam e-mail messages or short messages (sms) of winning Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery to the U.S. Speaking yesterday in Lagos, Charity Boyette, Vice Consul of the US Consulate General in Lagos said that […]
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Headlines
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
THE South African High Commission in Abuja has announced a new collaboration aimed at eliminating crowding, touts, agents and allegations of corruption in its visa issuing process. While addressing journalists, the High Commissioner, Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, said the partnership with VFS Global, will help ease the process and meet the needs of Nigerians seeking visa […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Amos Adamu’s appeal against the FIFA Ethics Committee decision to sanction him has been thrown out by the FIFA Appeals Committee. The Committee, under the chairmanship of judge Larry Mussenden from Bermuda, confirmed the decisions taken by the Ethics Committee on 17 November 2010. Adamu, along with fellow executive committee member Reynald Temarii and five […]
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Headlines
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Following recent bomb blasts in different parts of the country, the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday raised an alarm, stressing that there is likelihood of possible attacks in the future. It, therefore, issued public safety alert. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, assistant director, public relations, Ms Marilyn Ogar, said: “Today, enemies among us […]
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Headlines
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Robbers yesterday in Lagos killed four soldiers attached to OPs MESA. Details of the attack were sketchy at press time, but sources said the soldiers were on routine patrol at Afro media and environs when the hoodlums opened fire on them killing four occupants of the patrol van on the spot. The bandits were said […]
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Nigerians in their thousands converged yesterday at Uromi, Edo State to bid farewell to the late nationalist, Chief Anthony Enahoro as he was laid to rest.School children waving the Nigerian flag, men and women lined the Uromi –Irrua road to welcome the stream of visitors who came to attend the funeral of one of Nigeria’s […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday arrested eight suspects including three importers over illicit trafficking of drugs at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. Speaking to newsmen in a statement, Chairman of NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade stressed that there was no hiding place for drug barons who hide under the cover […]
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
The National Agency National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Friday, re-arrested Mr Kola Okunlola, the producer of alleged killer baby teething powder mixture, ‘My Pikin.’ It will be recalled that Okunola, Adeyemo Abiodun, Egbele Eromosele and his company, Barewa Pharmaceutical Limited were in March 2009 charged to court on a six-count […]
