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Flamingoes launch final attack on She-polopolo

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Nigeria’s Under-17 Women team, popularly known as Flamingoes, looks as the most favoured side to book a ticket to the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup holding in Azerbaijan later in the year at the expense of the She-polopolo of Zambia after today’s decisive return leg of […]

Gunmen kidnap senator’s wife in Rivers

Posted by admin Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Wife of Senator George Seiko, representing Rivers Senatorial District, Princess Seiko, has been kidnapped in the outskirts of Port Harcourt. Mrs. Seiko was abducted by gunmen on new Airport Road by Oberg Ikwerre Complex on the East-West Road axis. The incident occurred just as the lifeless body of a man identified simply as George was […]

Ex-militant returns from US as Marine Engineer

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Saturday, March 24th, 2012

By Emma Amaize, Warri THREE years ago, he was one of the militants carrying guns in the creeks of Niger-Delta, but on March 19, he returned from an 18-month intensive training in the United States of America, USA, a qualified marine engineer. His name is Engineer Moses Gbogun, a beneficiary of the Federal Government’s amnesty […]

Police to deploy 10,000 personnel for PDP convention

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Abuja – Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of FCT, Mr Michael Zuokumor, said that 10,000 policemen would be deployed to monitor Saturday’s PDP National Convention in Abuja. Zuokumor, in a statement in Abuja, said the Police would be assisted by other security agencies to ensure hitch-free convention. He said the team, comprising police mobile […]

I look forward to a contest of very strong candidates – Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Friday, March 23rd, 2012

PRETORIA, March 23, 2012 (AFP) – Nigeria’s finance minister Friday joined the race for the top World Bank job, backed by Africa’s leading economies in a push for greater influence at global financial bodies dominated by rich nations. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, flanked by counterparts from South Africa and Angola, unveiled her candidacy at a press conference […]

Jonathan, Norway Prime Minister co-chair Commission on women

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Friday, March 23rd, 2012

United Nations – President Goodluck Jonathan and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg are to serve as founding co-chairs of the Commission on Life-saving Commodities for Women and Children. UNICEF and UNEPA stated this in a joint statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in New York. Launched by UN […]

Corruption in EFCC shocking – Lamorde

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Friday, March 23rd, 2012

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA — Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has disclosed that the rampant corruption in the Nigerian society may have permeated the supposed iron curtains of anti-corruption agencies, including the commission he heads. Lamorde, who made the disclosure, yesterday, at a two-day Public-Private Sector Workshop on […]

Okonjo-Iweala nominated to head the World Bank

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics Friday, March 23rd, 2012

PRETORIA (AFP) – Nigeria’s finance minister will run for the World Bank top job, her South African counterpart announced on Friday, the deadline for nominations to succeed Robert Zoellick. “We are proud to confirm that the Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be a candidate,” Pravin Gordhan told reporters at a press conference, standing alongside […]

Eminent Nigerians eulogise ‘superman’ Tinubu at 60

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Tinubu The celebration of the 60th birthday of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, begins today in Lagos with a Cultural Night organised by the Lagos State Council of Arts and Culture at Muson Centre, Onikan. The event, to be witnessed by eminent Nigerians, kicks off at 6.30pm, according […]

Current Challenges to Doing Business in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) – By Chidi Anyaeche

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Articles, Chidi Anyaeche, Columnists, NNP Columnists Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

By Chidi Anyaeche | London, UK | March 22, 2012 – This article is a summation of responses to a question posed by this author on Harvard Business Review section of the website Linkedin.com. The question was “What are the biggest challenges in doing business in Sub Sahara Africa? Those that responded came from all […]