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• Nigerian Merchant Navy — The Nigerian Merchant Navy (NMN) consists of ships, their crew and supporting organizations owned by Nigerians and engaged in cabotage and international trade with Nigeria. The name has also been used by private organizations seeking roles in… …   Wikipedia

• Letter bomb — For the song by Green Day, see Letterbomb (song). For sending large volumes of email, see Email bomb. A mail bomb on display at the National Postal Museum …   Wikipedia

• NGN (Nigerian Naira) — The currency abbreviation for the Nigerian naira (NGN), the currency for Nigeria. The Nigerian naira is made up of 100 kobo and is often presented with a symbol that looks like the capital latin letter N with two horizontal slashes through the… …   Investment dictionary

• Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish Prisoner — The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick dating back to the early 1900s [ [http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp Nigerian scam] , Snopes ] . In its original form, the confidence trickster (con man) tells his victim (the mark ) that he… …   Wikipedia

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Scam letters — A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner.The origin of scam lettersCurrently it is unclear how far back the origin… …   Wikipedia

• religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …   Universalium

• Kano Trovafloxacin trial litigation — In 1996 Pfizer conducted tests of the drug trovafloxacin in Nigeria on one hundred children (Source of number: http://www.irinnews.org/PrintReport.aspx?ReportId=72601 link leads to UN IRIN news report), five of whom died. Many others suffered… …   Wikipedia