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Ezekwesili seeks inclusion of the poor in PIB
Former Vice President of the World Bank (African Region), Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, said yesterday that federal lawmakers should integrate all the needs of the poor into the Petroleum Industry Bill,...
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Implementation process for the code of conduct for Super Eagles starts with CHAN
The implementation process for the code of conduct for national players will start with the Championship for African Nations billed to kick off in South Africa January 11. The decision to set a start...
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Uruguay legalises marijuana trade
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.After nearly 12 hours of debate, senators gave the government-sponsored bill their historic final...
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Match-fixing suspects in English non-league football appear in court
LONDON (AFP) – Two footballers appeared in court on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing in English non-league football.Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, who have both...
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White House dismisses critics over Obama-Castro handshake
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Obama has faced a backlash from Republican rivals after exchanging pleasantries with Castro, the leader of a Communist-run country that has been bitterly estranged from the United...
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Corruption: Tambuwal casts the first stone
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal’s assertion that the Goodluck Jonathan government is indifferent to the fight against corruption is a serious indictment against the administration. Was he right or...
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Obasanjo writes Jonathan, accuses him of lying, promoting corruption and...
An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written what clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of...
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CHAN: Amokachi laments players’ mass departure
Daniel Amokachi moaned about the negative impact players movement abroad has had on Nigeria’s preparation for the African Nations Championship (CHAN).The Super Eagles assistant coach decried the fact...
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Why entertainment industry can’t access $200m AFDB fund
The president of Gabosky Films Inc, Gab Okoye, has given insight into why stakeholders in the entertainment industry are finding it difficult to access the $200 million African Development Bank (AfDB)...
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Obasanjo’s letter unbecoming, self-serving and highly provocative – President...
The Presidency has reacted to the letter written by ex President Olusegun Obasanjo accusing Jonathan of betraying the mandate of Nigerians who voted him to power, and had, instead, been pursuing...
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D’ banj, Lagbaja, P-Square, Zeynab, to entertain in the 2013 GLO CAF Awards
As the countdown to 2013 Glo – Caf Awards begins, top artistes from different parts of the world have been lined up to light up the Awards night holding in Lagos, Nigeria, on 9th January,...
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PDP asks court to declare the seat of the five rebel governors vacant
Poised for a last fight, the Alhaji Bamangar Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, asked the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to declare seats of the five ‘rebel governors’ that...
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130 firms closed shop — MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has encountered numerous challenges ranging from deteriorating infrastructure in the operating environment to deepening weak domestic demand arising from...
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NPUGA: Student athletes warned against immorality
AS about 2000 student athletes converge on the Joseph Ayo Babalola University Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun state for the Nigerian Private University Games (NPUGA) they have been warned against committing...
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Firm introduces Xmas promo across networks
With over 100 million Nigerians without a plan for Christmas, trail blazing media firm Aviti international Ltd, with the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Lottery...
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Why ports are not working — ICPC
The port sector is crucial to the country in view of the role it plays as the gateway to the world.There have been steps to reform the sector to increase its competitiveness.These steps include the...
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NCD Fund: Timely intervention for indigenous oil and gas operators
Managing Director of Geomarine Systems Limited, an indigenous player in the oil and gas industry, Mr. ‘Mma Okezie, whose company is a beneficiary of the Nigeria Content Development Fund (NCD), has...
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Four killed, 15 injured in Kenyan grenade attack
A suspected grenade attack on a minibus in Kenya’s capital on Saturday killed at least four peopleThe incident occurred near a Somali-dominated area of the city. No immediate claim of responsibility...
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Impeach Jonathan now, APC urges lawmakers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to rise beyond partisanship and save Nigeria from imminent collapse by immediately kick-starting the process of impeaching President...
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MISSING $49.8 billion OIL MONEY: Nigeria may collapse - NNPC
*Crucial meeting of Finance, Petroleum Ministries CBN top shots underwayAs the furore over the claim by the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi that the Nigerian National Petroleum...
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