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We are planning to establish Int’l movie studio in Nigeria—BoI boss

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Speaking further, Mr. Rasheed said, while the bank is still working towards actualizing the community cinema project to boost film distribution in the country, BoI is also planning to support the establishments of international quality movie studios in Nigeria.

Nigeria, Africa’s largest team fails in Congo

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File photo: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – JULY 28: After about fifteen days of competition, the curtains will, today, come down on the 11th  All Africa Games in Brazzaville. And as the delegates depart to their respective homes today,

Burkina Faso: Military takes over after presidential guards detain President, PM

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A protester holds a loaded slingshot in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Thursday. Story highlights "This incident is a flagrant violation of Burkina Faso's constitution," U.N. chief says Days before the raid,

My abductors were paid to kill me but God spared my life – Mrs Steve Nwosu

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* Narrates her three nights experience in the jungle From the expression on her face , one would easily conclude that she had yearned for the embrace of her family, as it lit up with glee. Clung to her husband ,

Buhari’s wife seeks Adamawa commissioner’s replacement

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Aisha Buhari Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Friday called on Governor Muhammed Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa State to swap his male Commissioner for Women Affairs, Alhaji Aliyu Tola, with a woman.

Assets Declaration Trial: We Will Get Saraki Before Monday – IGP

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As the case against the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, over alleged false declaration of assets took a different turn, Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase has promised to arrest the Senate President before Monday.

FIFA PRESIDENCY: Itemuagbor explains interest in Kalu

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Throughout the discussion, Mike Itemuagbor neither assured of a victory for the Nigerian candidate nor spoke of the glaring possibility of losing the election. Orji Uzor Kalu But he is bent on campaigning for a Nigerian candidate for the benefits that he said may accrue to Nigeria.

Nigerians spend N1trillion on entertainment

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With further growth projected in 2015 Nigeria’s entertainment and media industry would likely worth over USD5 billion (about N1.0 trillion) by end of the year, despite excruciating impact of piracy on the industry.

Fire at Mecca hotel, 1,000 pilgrims evacuated

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Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on Tuesday. (AP photo) MECCA: About 1,000 Asian pilgrims were evacuated early on Thursday from their hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca, hit by a fire that injured two people, the civil defence agency said.

Shamed Oscar Pistorius’s release date to be decided tomorrow

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The parole board review of South African para-athlete Oscar Pistorius is due to take place on Thursday in which a decision will be taken on whether to release him to serve the remainder of his five-year sentence under house arrest for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend.