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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, November 9th, 2013

U-17 WINNERS: Nigeria players celebrating after winning the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dhabi, Uae… on Friday | credits: AFP After getting increased match bonuses for winning the 2013 U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the Golden Eaglets will further receive cash rewards from President Goodluck […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
The Interim National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said the party was optimistic that the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and other rebel Peoples Democratic Party governors would join APC. Mohammed told SUNDAY PUNCH that they were still waiting for Amaechi to get back to them after consulting […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has urged Roman Catholics in the state to sustain the grip of their control on the politics of the state by ensuring that the next governor of the state remained a Catholic. Speaking on Friday on behalf of the governor at the […]
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EFCC Politics
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde | credits: File copy A Plateau State High Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced one Mohammed Umar, alias Terror, to 15 years in prison. Justice Yakubu Gyang Dakwak convicted him after finding him guilty of the charge for offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and impersonation. According to […]
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Education, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Saturday, November 9th, 2013

National President, ASUU, Nasir Issa-Faggae Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have given the Federal Government certain conditions to be met before the union could call off its four-month old strike. Part of this condition, Saturday PUNCH learnt, is that all federal parastatals in charge of fund, labour, and education must sign the […]
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Enugu, Governors, Headlines, State News
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime | credits: File copy The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday commenced hearing in a suit seeking to remove Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State from office. In the appeal, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Chief Alexander Obiechina, is challenging the refusal of […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Night travel may be fraught with a lot of dangers in Nigeria where highways are not in the best condition and robbers use the state of the roads as an opportunity to ambush interstate commercial vehicles. But in spite of these inherent dangers, there seems to be no reduction in the number of people who […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Saturday, November 9th, 2013

U-17 WINNERS: Nigeria players celebrating after winning the 2013 Fifa U-17 World Cup at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dhabi, Uae… on Friday | credits: AFP Nigeria on Friday became the most successful team in FIFA U-17 World Cup history with a 3-0 win over Mexico at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu […]