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Headlines, Legislature, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
OVER 2,000 men of the Nigerian Police Force have petitioned the Presidency and the National Assembly over what they described as alleged discrimination in the promotion of officers of the force who have acquired additional educational qualifications while in service to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP. The officers in the petition which […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Onyeabo Ihejirika, has advised criminals in the Niger Delta to embrace peace, warning that the military will no longer condone lawlessness in the region. General Ihejirika, who was on a fact finding tour of the Delta creeks, on Sunday, where the renegade militant leader, John Togo, was threatening the […]
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Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
SUPER Eagles coach Samson Siasia will lead a largely home-based team to an invitational tournament in the United States of America. The competition, which is in honour of American President, Barack Obama, will take place from February 12-20 in the new year. Organizers of the United States President’s Day celebration soccer invitational tournament, the Green […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
United States of America Soccer Federation, has lined up a series of matches to keep its national team in good shape towards the proposed 8-team invitational tournament, involving Nigeria’s Super Eagles next year. According to the information from the US football body, the team is billed to battle Chile on January 22 at home before […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Former Super Eagles’ coach, Paul Hamilton, has taken a look at Nigerian football as the year comes to an end and concludes that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has to be up and doing to ensure that Nigeria does not again experience the type of setbacks she witnessed in the game in 2010. Hamilton said […]
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Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Greek club Iraklis have opened discussions with the Ukrainian club of Nigeria international Sani Kaita over a loan move for the player this winter Iraklis president, Giannis Takis, told Greek l radio station that his club have opened talks with Metalist Kharkiv for Kaita to join his team in January till the end of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Dec. 29, 2010 Dear Ugochukwu, I was sufficiently provoked by your recent column captioned, “Criminalisation Of Poverty,” to share my great and exciting success story with your numerous readers. Let me start by proudly informing you that I am a prominent, highly-placed lady, a distinguished member of the nation’s […]
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Governors, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Plateau, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Plateau state governor Jonah Jang said Friday bombers’ objective was to stop the congresses that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state was planning to conduct. The governor stated this yesterday while receiving the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi, who was on a tour to the […]
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Kwara, Latest Politics, Party Politics
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The presidential aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The meeting, which was held at the Ilofa country-home of the statesman in Ilorin, was well attended by […]
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Presidency, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
President Goodluck Jonathan has been commended for approving the location of one of the proposed federal universities in Yobe State. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Ahmed Lawan, who represents Yobe North under the platform of the ANPP, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the establishment of the institution would […]