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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
MANCHESTER City’s defender Pablo Zabaleta is one of the players listed by Argentina’s coach, Sergio Batista, for the international friendly between his country and the Super Eagles of Nigeria, christened, Guinness The Match, and holds at the National Stadium, Abuja on June 1. The Argentine Football Association announced the team list yesterday, saying the choice […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) may have suspended two pilots of Arik Air, for flying a Boeing 737-700NG aircraft with one functional engine from Owerri to Lagos, at the weekend. According to reports, the aircraft was flown to Lagos, where it had an emergency landing, after one of the engines had been damaged by […]
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Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2011
The Nigerian media has been commended for its prompt and incisive reporting of issues affecting women and children in the country during the first quarter of 2011. The media also recieved kudos for eliciting appropriate response and interventions from the three tiers of government and relevant agencies. UNICEF Communication specialist, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku who gave […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, May 16th, 2011
The defeat of the Super Falcons by Ghana over the weekend has lowered the medal estimation of the National Sports Commission at the forthcoming All Africa Games in Mozambique in September. Reliable source at the NSC said the officials at the commission were ruing over the Falcons defeat because it has reduced the number of […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Monday, May 16th, 2011
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, weekend, intercepted six female hand bangs containing 2.300kg of high grade heroin into the country at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA. It was gathered that the seized drugs, with street value of about N25 million was discovered during the inward screening of Emirate passengers from Bombay. The […]
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Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2011
The United State Agency for International Development, USAID, has in the last five years, given loan facilities worth $64.83 million to Nigerian farmers to boost agriculture in the country, as well as create 242,811 jobs The facilities come under the auspices of the Maximising Agricultural Revenue in Key Enterprises and Target Site, MARKETS. Timothy Prewitt, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Pedigree Gardens Kabusa Village, located in the Logogoma District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is off the beaten path. Though surrounded by the pleasant and pricey Sunnyville and Kabusa Gardens Estates, there is no good road leading to the sleepy community. The community, whose population has soared in recent times on account of low […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, weekend, affirmed its judgment for the award of N100 million and N10,000 as damages in favour of citizens Nnamdi Anyaogu and Felix Anyaogu, respectively, against the Nigerian Police Force for their illegal shooting and abandonment at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. Trial judge in the matter, Justice […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
FORMER Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), who established the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in 1973 and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have opposed calls for scrapping of the NYSC because of incessant killing of corps members especially in northern parts of the country during recurring ethno-religious and political crises. Noting […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Headlines
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
A non-governmental organisation has warned the Federal Government against allowing the establishment of a United States, US, military base in Nigeria. Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC in a statement, yesterday, charged the government not to agree to the establishment of a US military base in the country, saying that it will jeopardise the country’s fragile security. […]
