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Proprietors of Southern Sun Hotel in Lagos has defended the reason they did so much to bring the recently concluded World Cup Finals of South Africa 2010 to the Nigerian populace and have not followed that up with
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Nigeria s legendary footballer icon late Teslim quot Thunder quot Balogun will be the subject of celebration today which marks his anniversary of his transition Activities of the memorial event billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium include a novelty match between the
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The prospect of the board election of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF holding in Lagos on August 21 now looks unlikely after sports commissioners from the 36 states of the federation yesterday resolved that the election should not
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With 149 runs recorded to beat Swaziland in their last match of the ICC Africa Division 2 Cricket World Cup Qualifier going on in Swaziland in their last match of the series Nigeria yesterday afternoon gained an extra
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The National Sports Commission NSC yesterday reacted to the mind blowing gale of scandals that have been the appendage of football management in the country in recent time by setting up a five man Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit
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Niger State Handball Championships Arrangements have been concluded for the successful hosting of the National Under 18 and Under 21 Handball Championship slated to kick off tomorrow in Minna the Niger State capital The President of the Nigeria
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The Public Private Partnership initiative of the Lagos State Government received a big boost with the partnering of Best Western Island Hotel with the Government on the forthcoming Lagos International Youth Cup which will take place from Sunday August
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Blessing Okagbare yesterday erased Mary Onyali Omagbemi s 12 year old African Senior Athletics Championships 100m record of 11 05 set at the Dakar edition with a new 11 03 here at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi Kenya Running in lane 4 Okagbare who
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Germany Women s U 20 Finals Nigeria became the first African team to reach the FIFA U 20 Women s World Cup final as they overcame Columbia with a 2nd minute goal in Bielefeld They now face Germany in the
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Fct ABritish clergyman Reverend Alex Brown and a Nigerian born legal practitioner Michael Adelasoye have been convicted alongside an accomplice from Ukraine Mr Vladymyr Buchak for conducting more than 360 sham marriages in the United Kingdom with the
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LAGOS The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency PPPRA has stated that petroleum import licences are issued to marketers based on some criteria which include historical supply performance quantity of products requested and capital investment base But
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Lagos Despite objections to some of its projected expenditure by many Senators the N240 553 billion 2010 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC scaled through the Senate crucible yesterday The passage of the budget was
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Nigerians are extremely resilient people They can adapt to any situation And that includes a situation where the economy is in coma It also includes a situation of near total collapse of the national infrastructure and where the
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Justice Olusola Williams of a Lagos High Court yesterday refused the bail applications filed by former Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA Bello Lafiaji and his erstwhile Special Assistant Usman Amali praying the court
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Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Mr Timi Alaibe has announced that non violence transformational training for the second batch of ex militants will commence in the Presidential Amnesty Camp in Obubra Cross River State on Sunday
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Kano State Governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has officially expressed his intention to run for the presidential race in 2011 on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP insisting that his ambition to become the Nigerian President
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Ripples of the redeployment of Resident Electoral Commissioners REC have remained unabated as the Action Congress AC has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Chairman Prof Attahiru Jega to redeploy Mrs Ayoka Adebayo from Ondo State as
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The investigative panel set up to look into the allegations of misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor of Abia State Chris Akomas by the State House of Assembly commenced its inaugural sitting yesterday in Umuahia amid very tight
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The Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation NIDO yesterday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFFC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ICPC to conclude the probe of all allegations of corruption levelled against the leadership and members of the
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The Federal Government has sought continued support from the United States as it aspires to strengthen the country s young democracy and to build the country economically and infrastructural Minister of Foreign Affairs Odein Ajumogobia speaking at the farewell
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The Petroleum Industry Bill PIB an amalgamation of over 16 existing laws covering the entire oil and gas sector in Nigeria contains stringent guidelines that will protect the environment from oil spills and other forms of degradation when
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Comedy impresario Julius Agwu is poised to unleash another set of novelties on his fans A new album and upcoming shows exude the tirelessness in his forte ADEWOLE AJAO writes Just for Akwa Ibom I can bring it
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The English Premiership League Nigeria s most lucrative television rights changed hands last Tuesday in a 100 million high wire business deal signed in London CHINYERE OKOYE spoke to the Managing Director of MultiChoice Joseph Hundah on the deal
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He lived a life of rascality while in the university but suddenly his life was transformed from that of a rebellious young chap to that of an almost timid but matured lawyer Chief Philip Ndubisi Umeh a lawyer
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Nigerian equities extended their gains for the ninth day yesterday thereby pushing the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE All Share Index close to the 26 000 points range The index ended the day at 25 905 36 while the market capitalisation closed at N6 336
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e BANKING Standard Chartered Bank has migrated all its payment cards to the chip and pin version The cards include the Vpay Visa Electron Visa Gold Visa Platinum Visa Infinite and Visa Business debit cards The bank said
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e BANKING Interswitch Nigeria s electronic transaction switching and payment processing company has rolled out Quickteller services its value added service platform on all available payment channels on its network The Quickteller services are currently available on all Interswitch
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BANKING The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN is to approve equity holdings of 5 per cent and above in banks as one of the measures to address the challenges of weak corporate governance in the banking sector
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BANKING The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN is to approve equity holdings of 5 per cent and above in banks as one of the measures to address the challenges of weak corporate governance in the banking sector
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Following recommendations by medical experts on the need to embrace good nutrition as a way of reducing the huge burden of lifestyle diseases among Nigerians one of the nation s leading mechanised farms has introduced enriched eggs often referred to
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The Minister of State for Health Alhaji Suleiman Bello has condemned the attitude of health workers to patients and their jobs claiming that it s the reason why the healthcare service delivery sector of the country is in a
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Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has officially commissioned a state of the art haemodialysis centre donated to the General Hospital Onitsha by the MTN Nigeria Foundation MTNF The new Haemodialy sis Centre the only one of its kind in a public
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The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee chaired by Dr Chris Isokpunwu National Co ordinator VVF to work with Ebonyi state Government for the final takeover of the Vesico Vagina Fistula VVF Centre in the State as a National
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Result of a recent research finding suggests that eating less meat may be the key to keeping a healthy weight A study of almost 400 000 adults found that eating meat was linked with weight gain even in people
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In a bid to arrest the rising incidence of meningitis in the country a community awareness campaign has been embarked upon by the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre Ijebu Ode Ogun State to create awareness about the disease and
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For the first time a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa Scientists called it
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New medications being created could be the answer to millions of cancer sufferers who go through pain during the illness Professors David Lambert and David Rowbotham at the University of Leicester as well as physicians Guerrini Calo and
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National Co ordinator of Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms CODER and erstwhile General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition NADECO Mr Ayo Opadokun in this interview with Omololu Ogunmade rejects Federal Government s proposal to spendN6 6 billion on the
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Last Tuesday the 19 Northern Governors met in Kaduna to take a position on the controversial zoning arrangement of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Ademola Adeyemo reviews the governors resolutions The outcome of the meeting of the
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The new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Prof Attahiru Jega is at present a troubled person He is saddled with the gargantuan task of conducting a credible election and rewriting the nation s history of flawed
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