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    Ongoing violence in the country  has exacerbated tensions between  Muslims and Christians, according to  a report of the Religious News Service (RNS)  in United States which reported  that hundreds of Christians and Muslims have died this year alone, including scores killed early  this month when Muslim militants attacked Christian villages in the nation's central plateau, where the mostly Muslim north and the mostly Christian south meet.

    For making what is now referred to as uncomplimentary remarks about US officials' connections with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Congress woman, Michelle Bachmann is now under attack by fellow Republicans for making unfounded accusations.

    As the London Olympics kicks off, Nigeria would among other sports be eyeing medals from her Basketball Team's maiden outing in the global sports fiesta with USA based international, Tony Skinn.

    Hundreds of thousands of people could lose Internet service on today when the FBI shuts down servers from an online fraud ring that allegedly planted a virus among computer users.

    Agric Sector Now Worth $99b

    The  value of Nigeria’s  nation’s agricultural sector has been projected to hit about $256 billion by the year 2030 up from the current $99 billion, the African Journal, a publication of the Corporate Council on Africa stated in its  July  2012 edition.

    The United States (US) recorded another trade deficit with Nigeria in 2011, according to latest information from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on trade between the two countries.

    Nigerian Embassy bankers in Washington D.C,, the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Bank (M & T Bank), United States (US), says  that the  bank accounts of the Nigerian embassy were at no time frozen.

    Mrs. Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of States has given the assurance that the third country multi-fiber provision in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA would be renewed.

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