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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Celtic defender Efe Ambrose will miss Nigeria World Cup qualifier against Kenya next weekend because of accumulated bookings. Coach Stephen Keshi had called up Ambrose, who played as a make-shift right back during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. However, an official statement from the Nigeria football Federation (NFF) on Thursday said […]
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Party Politics
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
BY Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Gabriel Ewepu …Unveils logo, acronym, emblem ABUJA—The battle for ascendancy among the political opposition got messier, Thursday, after the brains behind the controversial African Peoples Congress, APC, emerged to unfold their logo, constitution and emblem. The new group whose aspiration for registration with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has thrown […]
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Headlines
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
By Chioma Obinna As Nigerians,yesterday,joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Kidney Day, an expert has said that 36.8 million Nigerians (23 per cent) are suffering from various stages of kidney disease in Nigeria. With this figure, it means that one in seven Nigerians is suffering from some form of kidney […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Lokoja – Eight persons, including a child died instantly in an accident which occurred on the Okene-Lokoja highway on Thursday. The victims were among some some 22 passengers travelling in two commercial vehicles from opposite lanes of the road. The accident happened at about 2:55 p.m. at a spot in Zariagi Village, near Lokoja. The […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Top Stories
Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Jos – The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would reopen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) farms in each state of the federation. The Minister for youth Development, Dr Inuwa Abdulkadir, said this in an interview in Jos, Plateau. Abdulkadir said that the establishment of the farms would go a long way to complement […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
CAIRO (AFP) – The Muslim world on Thursday expressed hopes for better ties with the Vatican under new Pope Francis, after years of strained relations with Benedict XVI who was seen as hostile to Islam. The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, came out with similar statements expressing […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
BY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI – EBONYI State House of Assembly, Thursday, impeached its Deputy Speaker, Hon. Valentine Okike representing Afikpo South West state constituency for alleged misconduct, insubordination and plotting to impeach the leadership of the House, gossiping, wearing of boxers to official functions and lack of respect for his colleagues. Moving the impeachment motion, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Ben Agande Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on his historic election wednesday as the first Pope from the Americas and 265th successor to the Chair of St Peter. A statement by Dr Reuben Abati, special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity yesterday said with Cardinal […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Newly appointed Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Thomas Amolo, yesterday, revealed that Kenya was the greatest supporter of Nigeria during the just concluded African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013 in South Africa. Speaking during the official opening of the Kenyan Tourist Board/Kenyan Airways road show held in Abuja yesterday, Amolo who arrived Nigeria two weeks […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN—A middle-age woman alleged to have been serially raped by four men while in police custody in Abraka, Delta State, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, accusing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and his men of negligence and failure to protect her. In the petition by counsel […]