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Friday, March 4th, 2011
Nigerian antinarcotic officials have arrested a suspected drug trafficker for overstaying in the toilet during screening of passengers on Turkish Airline flight to Turkey. Mbah Jude Ifunanya, a 39-year-old man, attracted the attention of narcotic detectives by his prolonged stay in the toilet during outward screening of the Istanbul-bound flight. The development raised the suspicion […]
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
It was a gory and bizarre scene, just like in a fiction or acting in Okota, Isolo Lagos yesterday as a middle-aged man was caught by the police with the lifeless body of his friend in a drum. The body was chopped in small pieces to make it fit into the blue plastic drum that […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, March 4th, 2011
THE Super Eagles will reconvene in Abuja on March 14 to begin preparations for the Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, which Nigeria must win to retain hope of qualifying for the Gabon/Equatorial Guinea championship. According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), coach Samson Siasia will begin preparations with the home-based players, who recently returned […]
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
EUROPE’S mega carrier, British Airways, has appointed Kola Olayinka as the airline’s first indigenous country manager, in its over 70 years of operation in Nigeria. According to the carrier, the appointment followed an extensive search spanning several months to find the best person for the job. A graduate of the University of Lagos and the […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 4th, 2011
NO fewer than 92 Nigerians were yesterday deported from the United Kingdom (UK), Spain, The Netherlands, Hungary, France and Austria. They arrived aboard a chartered airplane about 9:00a.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An Immigration source at the MMIA said the deportees included 77 males and 15 females. The source, who pleaded […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Friday, March 4th, 2011
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has lost its Director of Technical Services, Assistant Commander General of Narcotics (ACGN), Mr. Adesola Abiodun. He died on Tuesday in a Lagos hospital shortly after close of work. Saddened by the sudden demise of the newly promoted director, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, described […]
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Headlines, Sports
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Nigeria’s prestigious sporting arena, the National Stadium, Abuja, is gradually withering away like a dry grass. The stadium, which was purposely built for the 2003 All Africa Games that was held in the capital city, is fast losing its beauty and would require an urgent and adequate attention to regain its beauty. Abuja, which became […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The agent, Pius Oleh, who was responsible for the ill fated Obama Greenbowl invitational tournament in Dallas, US has agreed to compensate the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on the expenses it incurred in the botched trip. The agent blamed the problem on the failure of the ticketing company as NFF’s spoke person, Ademola Olajire, revealed […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
THE Federal Govern ment has concluded plans to install close circuit televisions (CCTV) in all the major airports in the country. The Minister for Aviation, Mrs Fidelia Njeze, disclosed this in Abuja, while speaking to a group of journalists. She said the installation was to monitor what came into and went out of Nigerian airports, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Between February 9 when Nigeria played Sierra Leone in a friendly match in Lagos and now, the home-based Eagles have improved tremendously. This was the assessment of national team handler, Samson Siasia, yesterday while still lamenting the disappointment that was the Green Bowl Tournament in Dallas. Samson Siasia Siasia went with the home Eagles after […]
