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4 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Human Parts Available in Lagos - Price List Revealed

Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics.

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9 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

London police arrest two Arik cabin crew members over alleged drug trafficking

Both the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and Arik Air are investigating the circumstances that led to the drug trafficking by the duo said to be cabin crew members of the airline.

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13 hrs ago | Ghanamma.com

Tuface, Ras Kimono, Faze, others clean up Lagos streets, feed hungry destitutes

The exercise was organised by the Copyright Society of Nigeria as part of efforts to create awareness about the industry and bring music to the doorstep of every Nigerian.

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16 hrs ago | AlertNet

Alternative courthouse in Lagos speeds delivery of justice

Kehinde Aina on May 15, 2013, outside the Lagos High Court, where he started the Multi-Door Courthouse to improve efficiency of the judiciary.

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Tue May 21, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: Passengers Stranded At Lagos Airport As Strike Begins

Scores of air passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency embarked on an indefinite strike.

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Globe and Mail

Nigeria's $1-billion wealth fund to start investing in June

A view of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos April 10, 2013.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Newstime Africa

Nigeria to host African Business Women's Advocacy Forum: Women's...

Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service today announced the hosting of the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness Program and Forum in Lagos, Nigeria.

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PR-inside.com

New Market Study Published: Nigeria Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q3 2013

We do not believe implementing a selected import ban on pharmaceuticals should be considered by the government as a means of reducing import reliance.

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Voice of America

Nigeria Switching to Foreign Debt to Lower Costs

A view is seen of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos, April 10, 2013.

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Guardian Newspapers

Obasanjo decries Yar'Adua's reversal of policies

ALMOST six years after he left office, erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday reflected on his administration and deplored the failure of his successor, the late President Umaru Yar'Adua, to continue with his policies.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

United to restart 787 flights on Monday

The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.

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Examiner.com

'Beneatha's Place' touches explosive issues

It reads like a sequel to Lorraine Hansberry's 'Raisin in the Sun'. What happened between Beneatha Younger and Joseph Asagai? Enter 'Beneatha's Place', a play written by artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, directed by Derrick Sanders and now playing at Baltimore's Center Stage.

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Boston.com

'Love is Power, Or Something Like That' by A. Igoni Barrett

"Love Is Power, or Something Like That," a collection of stories set in modern-day Nigeria, pulses with an indomitable life force that is, by turns, tender and fierce.

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Ghanamma.com

Frank Edoho To Host COSON Songs Awards

Popular TV host, Frank Edoho of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' game show, will anchor the COSON songs awards holding on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the New Ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

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The Gazette

Staff wrote a new blog post: Chimamanda Ngozi...

The person you are at 15 is not - thankfully - the person you are at 30. The time in-between can be a period of great exploration and change, especially for those who move abroad and then attempt to return "home." This fleeting, often romantic notion of "home" is just one of many themes in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's brilliant new novel, ... (more)

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Sat May 18, 2013

Vanguard

I paid N2,700.000 for triplets, says victim of baby factory

A baby delivery syndicate was recently unearthed by the Police and a key suspect arrested and paraded in Lagos, alongside two other women who were believed to have paid certain sums of money respectively, to be delivered of babies.

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Vanguard

NAMA cancels its planned closure of airspace

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency staff have suspended the industrial action slated to start on Monday to press home their demand for additional welfare package.

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Fri May 17, 2013

News24

Dozens of insurgents killed in Nigeria

Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party's election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges". Lagos - A sweeping offensive against Boko Haram Islamists has left dozens of insurgents dead, the defence ministry spokesperson told AFP on Friday, as the ... (more)

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The Globe and Mail

In Americanah, Adichie notices the things you're not supposed to

Ifemelu, a Nigerian student recently arrived to study in America, is helping her friend, Ginika, also a Nigerian, who has been in America for some time, shop for a dress.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Vanguard

MasterCard to take 4 Nigerians to Wembley

Card holders of MasterCard, official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, will have the rare opportunity of watching the 2013 final live at the legendary Wembley.

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