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xtensive New Chopin iPhone App To Launch Worldwide On Composer’s Birthday 

Feb 28, 2014 - 21:45 GMT

An extensive new iPhone App hits the iTunes App Store March 1st to coincide with celebration of Fredyryk Chopin's birthday. LUTZ, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Adding to the growing portfolio of resources developed …

Security System Provider Says That Most Commercial Businesses Can Benefit From Modern Security Camera Monitoring Systems 

Feb 28, 2014 - 16:53 GMT
Hy Haddad, president and founder of HDH Intelligent Technologies, says that security should be a top priority for any business owner NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, February 28, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Many small and mid-sized businesses already have a …

Anthony Gill calls himself Capone and was part of gang who robbed teenager on bus

Today - 03:55 GMT
Anthony Gill, 20, was jailed for just four years for killing Andrew Young He grew up in a broken home on a sink estate in Sutton, south London Unlike neighbours who followed the law, he turned to crime as a teenager One robbery ended in the victim being …

Nigeria: expert on minority issues urges unity in diversity

Today - 03:10 GMT
Nigeria: UN expert on minority issues urges unity in diversity in response to challenges ABUJA (28 February 2014) – Good and inclusive governance is essential to ensuring minority rights, equality and peaceful coexistence for all of Nigeria’s citizens, …

Life Beyond Oil: Fashola Advocates Reforms That Eliminate Corruption

Today - 03:06 GMT
The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola is concerned about the country’s response to the abundance of oil. At the 30th anniversary lecture of the law firm of George Etomi and Partners, Governor Fashola spoke on the topic “Life Without Oil”. The …

Soldier fires in the air near Nigerian governor 

Today - 02:47 GMT
SHUWA, Nigeria — A soldier opened fire in anger on Friday at criticism of the military by a state governor in a part of northeast Nigeria where nearly 100 people have been killed by Islamic militants this week. There was pandemonium, with some people …

Nigeria: More than 600 killed in the last two months

Today - 00:26 GMT
  Amnesty International is alarmed by the increase in attacks by unknown gunmen on people in north-east Nigeria and called on the government to take effective measures to protect the people and prevent further human rights abuses.    Early Thursday …

Good governance key to ensuring equality, peaceful coexistence, UN expert tells Nigeria

Feb 28, 2014 - 22:35 GMT
28 February 2014 – Good governance is essential for Nigeria – with its rich ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity – to ensure minority rights, equality and peaceful coexistence for all its citizens, an independent United Nations human rights expert …

Nigeria: actionable US intelligence needed to combat Muslim terrorism

Feb 28, 2014 - 19:29 GMT
Nigeria is still reeling after a murderous terrorist attack in the northeastern state of Yobe, where Boko Haram Muslim marauders killed more than 40 students at the government-operated Buni-Yadi college. In the February 25 attack, Muslim terrorist spared …

Is Pornography Harmless or Toxic to Nigerians?

Feb 28, 2014 - 18:38 GMT
MOST video sellers stock it; they know their customers who often are hooked to it, but no one discusses it, although everyone knows it is there growing, catching young converts and destroying them slowly. Religion pulpits avoid it for fear of offending …

Nigeria: Nuns may be among victims of suspected Boko Haram attack

Feb 28, 2014 - 18:15 GMT
Dozens of people have been killed in another suspected rampage by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. The group is believed to be behind a string of attacks in the Madagali and Michika Local Government Areas, in Adamawa State, on …
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Insecurity, lack of infrastructure, bane of tourism in Nigeria – Adekanye

Feb 28, 2014 - 18:12 GMT
Bukola Adekanye’s first degree was in Educational Management and Economics, but today, has built a career in tourism and travel. In this interview with Asst. Editor, Life, Temitope Adegboye, she speaks about how she got into the industry and why Nigeria …

Nigerian Activists Fear New Wave of Homophobia

Feb 28, 2014 - 18:04 GMT
— Nigerian activists say anti-gay legislation passed this year has sparked mob violence, blackmail, homelessness and joblessness among gays across the country.  The legislation is somewhat different than the anti-homosexuality law adopted this week in …

Group Asks Nigerian Government to Rescue 20 'Kidnapped' Female Students in Borno

Feb 28, 2014 - 17:06 GMT
A group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has asked the federal government to direct security agencies to immediately commence the search and rescue of 20 female students allegedly kidnapped a month ago by suspected members of the …

Gani Fawehinmi's Family Rejects Nigerian Government's Award for Late Legal Luminary

Feb 28, 2014 - 16:46 GMT
The family of the late lawyer and activist, Gani Fawehinmi, has rejected a posthumous award planned by the Federal Government for him. The family cited the inclusion of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, in the list of awardees; the recent …

Indian man charged with swindling USD 9,700 in Nigeria

Feb 28, 2014 - 16:38 GMT
An Indian man has been indicted by a court here for swindling a Nigerian man of 1.6 million naira (USD 9,700), according to a media report. Thakkar Mitulkkma was charged with two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating by the court yesterday. He …

Yobe School Massacre - Nigerian Military Puts Official Casualty Figure At 29

Feb 28, 2014 - 15:20 GMT
The Joint Task Force, JTF, in Yobe State on Thursday said 29 students were confirmed killed from the massacre in Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, on Tuesday morning. The JTF is the joint operation of the military and other security agencies and is …

A letter to the Nigerian ambassador to Zimbabwe

Feb 28, 2014 - 13:51 GMT
2014-02-26, Issue 667 Zimbabwe’s gay community expresses solidarity with their counterparts in Nigeria where President Goodluck Jonathan signed a stringent bill into law in January outlawing same-sex sexual relationships. Solidarity among gay movements …

Islamists blamed for Nigeria attack

Feb 27, 2014 - 14:43 GMT
27 February 2014 Last updated at 09:02 ET Suspected militant Islamists have killed at least 28 people during an assault on a town and village in north-eastern Nigeria's Adamawa state, witnesses said. Banks, shops and houses were also looted and burnt …

Nigerian authors condemn country's new anti-gay law

Feb 27, 2014 - 13:41 GMT
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says the new law goes against the 'live and let live' values of many African cultures. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images Leading authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jackie Kay have condemned Nigeria …
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Michael Adebolajo gets whole-life jail term for Lee Rigby murder

Feb 26, 2014 - 18:07 GMT
Violence broke out in court on Wednesday as Michael Adebolajo was sentenced to die in prison by a judge who found he had led the terrorist attack that saw the British soldier Lee Rigby "butchered" in the street. Adebolajo, 29, was given a …

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