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'Fela!' brings African music legend to vivid life
Lagos :: Nigeria | about 6 hours ago
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A smash hit Off Broadway, this wildly entertaining show will need all the help it can get to attract mainstream audiences, though the late addition of producers Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith will surely help. Directed, choreographed, co-written...
Tags: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, african music, Nigeria, Lagos, Sahr Ngaujah, Lillias White, Afrobeat, Bandleaders, Nigerian musicians, Zombie, Entertainment Culture, Fela!, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Woman duped out of $50K in Internet love scam
Lagos :: Nigeria | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Nigeria — Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a Nigerian man who said he was her "Mr. Right." Lawal Adewale Nurudeen was sentenced to 19 years in prison and ordered to repay the woman. On Monday,...
Tags: Nigerian, Nigeria, Lagos, Economic Community of West African States, Law Crime
Haj gives annual boost to money exchange industry
Lagos :: Nigeria | about 23 hours ago
Credibility The vast numbers of pilgrims from over 160 countries bring with them foreign currencies that provide the money exchange industry in Makkah, Madina and Jeddah with thriving business at all hours of the day and night, and trade has been given an extra boost...
Tags: exchange rate, Jeddah, money exchange, Nigeria, Lagos, Saudi riyal, Hajj, Money changer, Mecca, Fixed exchange rate, Red Sea, Economy of Saudi Arabia
Letters to the Editor
Lagos :: Portugal | about 23 hours ago
Credibility Terlion, who works for Highmark, as pointed out by the PG, exclaimed, "Insurance companies aren't the bad guy here!" Well, can anyone at Highmark or any other insurance company explain to me why my quadriplegic friend was denied by his health-care provider...
Tags: insurance companies, Portugal, smoke ban, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Insurance, care provider, Congress, Lagos, Healthcare reform in the United States, Habits, Smoking ban, Health insurance, Insurance, Smoking, Tobacco, Public health, Health Medical Pharma
Overpopulated With People and Cars
Moscow :: Russia | 1 day ago
Credibility Russia�s traffic fatalities, which are bound to exceed 25,000 for 2009, are nearly 10 times higher than in Britain on a per vehicle basis. But the quote has a sardonic ring for Muscovites stuck in horrific, life-devouring traffic snarls. While the economic...
Tags: Greater Moscow, Russia, traffic jams, Moscow, Lagos, Overpopulation, Federal cities of Russia, Traffic congestion
Kusuro heads for Obudu race
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
Credibility Mountain running champion Geoffrey Kusuro will lead Uganda�s assault on the lucrative Obudu Mountain running championship in Nigeria where the winner will walk off with $50,000 (sh93m). Kusuro won the world mountain running title top prize of $30,000...
Tags: Geoffrey Kusuro, mountain running, Obudu Mountain, Nigeria, Lagos
British lawyer laundered bribes to Nigeria, court told
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
Credibility Jeffrey Tesler, 61, faces jail in the US if sent there and convicted. He claims extradition would be unfair because he might also face prosecution in Britain, where the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been conducting its own prolonged investigation. Tesler,...
Tags: Nigerian, Jeffrey Tesler, Britain, west London, David Perry QC, Nigeria, Lagos, NatWest Three, Gary McKinnon, Halliburton, Corporate crime, Extradition, Enron, Law Crime
'Indo-US trade bonds can fortify strategic ties'
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
Credibility In an interview with rediff.com , he said that the thesis of his book is that economic engagement is a vital part of foreign policy and thus should be treated in a more integrated and systematic manner by policymakers, and in examining this thesis, Vickery...
Tags: US-India Commercial Alliance, US-India Business Council, America-India Foundation, economically engagement, case study, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton-Gore, india economically, economically development, United States of America, Nigeria, Lagos, Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, Foreign relations of India, Politics, India ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Nuclear proliferation, India
Africa: Erratic Rains Threaten Crop Yield in Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
Credibility Erratic Rains Threaten Crop Yield in Africa 22 November 2009 The World Food Program (WFP) has called for more contribution to urgently assist about twenty million individuals in Africa who may be affected by erratic rain fall. According to WFP, erratic...
Tags: erratic rain, Nigeria, Lagos, Economy of Africa, Economy of Asia, world food price crisis, World Food Programme, Peak oil, Food politics, Malnutrition, Environment, Weather, Disaster Accident
Africa: 'South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup, Here I Come' Says Diamond Bank's Customer
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 day ago
Credibility World Cup matches live in South Africa has become a reality with the presentation of the coveted prize to him in Lagos.
Tags: South Africa, fifa world, world cup, Diamond Bank's Customer, Diamond Bank's Head Office, Cape Town, Nigeria, Visa Inc., Business Finance, Lagos, FIFA World Cup, FIFA, allnews
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