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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, March 30th, 2012
March 30, 2012 by Agency Reporter The Nigeria Football Federation and the South African Football Association have agreed on two international friendly matches between their senior women’s teams in June. In a letter to the NFF on Thursday, the SAFA confirmed that the Banyana Banyana, will take on the Super Falcons in the first leg […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 30th, 2012
March 30, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja 20 Comments Marilyn Ogar | credits: File copy State Security Service on Thursday paraded seven suspects aged, between 22 and 33, in connection with the alleged abduction of a United Arab Emirate national, Mohammed Khamis. The suspects, who were arrested on March 20, are Ojo Ajibade, Lamidi Akinkunmi, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, March 30th, 2012
From MURPHY GANAGANA, Abuja Friday, March 30, 2012 •Friends and relations consoling Mrs Olayinka, wife of the late DIG Haruna John at the funeral parade in Abuja yesterday. Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Goodnight Haruna, may your soul rest in peace”. That solemn statement by the Inspector General of police, Mohammed […]
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Edo, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, March 30th, 2012
A body known as New Nigeria Parliament, some civil society groups, workers and students in Edo State, on Thursday, protested against the endorsement of Governor Adams Oshiomhole by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for a second term of office. The protesters, drawn from the 18 local government areas of […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 30th, 2012
The Former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc (now Access Bank), Dr Erastus Akingbola, has dragged the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, before Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of a Federal High Court in Lagos over moves by the anti-graft agency to continue to deny him access to some of his […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, March 30th, 2012
THERE was confusion around Tolu area of Ajegunle, Lagos State, on Thursday, following the recovery of bodies of three out of the eight Hausa scavengers, who drowned in a well at Fasasi Street in the area. The corpses of Ishan Abdul, Malik Suberu and Momoh Bari were recovered by a combined team of fire-fighters and […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 30th, 2012
LEADERS of Russia, Brazil, China, India and South Africa meeting under BRICS, have called for the review of the weighted voting system that gave Europe, the United States of America and Japan 54 per cent of the votes in the selection of the World Bank president. This is coming as an international non-governmental organisation, Youth […]
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Abuja (FCT), Cross River, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Friday, March 30th, 2012
NO fewer than 15 persons lost their lives while 54 sustained injury in an accident that occurred at ‘Crusher’ on the Okene- Lokoja- Abuja highway on Thursday morning. An eyewitness said the accident involved a luxury bus belonging to the Young Shall Grow Transport Company and a stationary truck. According to the source, the luxury […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines, Women Politics
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that “emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance or they will end up going their own way.” Okonjo-Iweala, who is developing countries candidate for the World Bank presideny said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
AS leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) meet in New Delhi, India, today, intensive lobbying is ongoing as United States’ diplomats and BRICS officials slug it out over plan by the leaders to adopt a common candidate for the World Bank presidency. The BRICS is an international political organisation of leading […]