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Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Monday, June 11th, 2012

The Nigeria Police in Delta State, on Sunday night confirmed that they have rescued Super Eagles player, Christian Obodo from the abductors who snatched him at gun point. The midfielder who has not played for the Eagles in recent years was early Saturday kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in Warri, Delta State. The state Police […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, June 9th, 2012
Malawi celebrate late goal against the Super Eagles Nigeria’s stuttering start to their World Cup qualifying campaign continued on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw away by Malawi in their African zone Group F tie in Blantyre. The result follows a narrow, and late, triumph in their opening qualifier over lowly Namibia […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, June 9th, 2012
Nigeria midfielder Christian Obodo has been abducted in the Effurun suburb of Warri in Delta State. Obodo, who was driving alone in his car with a customized number plate, was abducted soon after visiting an in-law on Saturday morning. A family member told KickOffNigeria.com that the player’s car was left behind and no ransom demand […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
As Dana Air’s woes continue to mount over its plane that crashed on Sunday in Lagos, its senior managers of Indian nationality have reportedly fled the country as Nigerian aviation officials investigate the cause of the crash. LEADERSHIP gathered that the managers hurriedly fled because of the anger the death of more than 200 people […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Bribery is an all pervasive phenomenon; and most people in the country engage in it one way or another on a regular basis. It is the linchpin of all financial crimes, yet it is a highly elusive concept, so much that countries around the world have struggled to pin it down with any degree of […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, June 8th, 2012
June 8, 2012 by Akinpelu Dada The Federal Government has created about 1,401,242 jobs within the last one year through the implementation of trade and investment reforms, policies and programmes, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, has said. Aganga, according to a statement made available to our correspondent by his Special Adviser […]
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Lagos, State News
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that in spite of the security challenges in the country, the Nigerian environment remains suitable for local and foreign investments. Speaking while playing host to an Austrian business delegation led by that country’s Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Mr Michael Spindelegger, the governor submitted that, “in terms […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, June 8th, 2012
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State, on Thursday, berated the leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly for calling for the resignation of the Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, over the recent crash of DANA aircraft in Lagos. The party, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, noted that […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, June 8th, 2012
MEMBERS of the Jama’atul Ahlu Sunnah Lidda’awa Wal Jihad, popularly referred to as Boko Haram, have denied holding any dialogue with the Federal Government through respected Bauchi-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi. The cleric, had on Tuesday, told journalists in Bauchi that he had initiated a dialogue between the group and the Federal Government, […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, June 8th, 2012
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, admitted the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, to bail in the sum of N100million with one surety in like sum. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had slammed on him a six-count criminal charge bordering on corruption and money laundering, an offence contrary […]