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October 12, 2010

YouTube - Nigeria Must Investigate Bundu Shooting

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Amnesty International has gathered clear evidence that the security forces opened fire, shot and injured several people on 12 October, however the governor o [...]
October 22, 2010

I'll Come Out Clean, Says FIFA Board Member

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Nigeria's Amos Adamu, a FIFA executive committee member, who was suspended by FIFA in cash-for-vote scandal in relation to the bidding process for the 2018 [...]
October 13, 2010

Another Nigerian Athlete In Dope Net

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NEW DELHI: Nigeria's Osayemi Oludamola, who was awarded the women's 100m gold medal following the disqualification of Australian Sally Pearson, was stripped [...]
October 12, 2010

Iran To Play Friendly Football Match Against Nigeria

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TEHRAN - Iran football team is scheduled to play a friendly match against Nigeria on November 17 here at the Azadi Stadium. “Nigeria will travel to Iran [...]
October 19, 2010

5 More People Arrested, Charged In Nigerian Bombings

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Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Five more people will face criminal charges this week in Nigeria, suspected of being linked to deadly car bombings earlier this [...]
October 23, 2010

Travails Of PDP In South West

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IDOWU SAMUEL writes on the impact of the loss of Ekiti State to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) by the ruling party. The National Chairman of the [...]
October 14, 2010

Nigeria: $180m Halliburton Scam

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Abuja — The federal government yesterday kept to its promise to arraign the first set of the suspects in the $180 million Halliburton scam, as a personal [...]
October 19, 2010

Sect Challenges Nigerian Government

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A rash of mysterious killings and an audacious prison break in northern Nigeria appear to be an outright challenge to [...]
October 14, 2010

Fafunwa And Our Heroes Past

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When he died last Monday, aged 87, a former minister of education and one of Nigeria's key players in that sector in the last 50 years, Babatunde Aliyu [...]
October 19, 2010

Nigeria: Yobe Begins Airlift Of Hajj Pilgrims

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Maiduguri — The first batch of pilgrims for the 2010 Muslim pilgrimage from Yobe State have been airlifted to Saudi Arabia, the Maiduguri Zonal Coordinator [...]
October 18, 2010

Winner Of Nigeria's Longest Electoral Legal Tussle Installed

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LAGOS — The winner of Nigeria's longest governorship legal dispute finally took office on Saturday as governor of southwest Ekiti State, a day after an [...]
October 22, 2010

Nigeria's Cholera Epidemic Kills More Than 1500: UNICEF

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GENEVA — About 1555 people have died of cholera in Nigeria this year, marking a likely peak in a three-year-old surge in the disease in the country, [...]
October 22, 2010

Nigeria: Feared Muslim Sect Issues New Threats

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A Muslim sect suspected of a series of targeted killings and a massive prison break has issued new threats in northern Nigeria, [...]
October 18, 2010

Nigerian FIFA Exec Wants 800 Grand Paid Directly To Him For World Cup Vote

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Nigerian FIFA executive committee member Amos Amadu allegedly told undercover journalists he was prepared to accept $800000 in exchange for his vote in [...]
October 19, 2010

Nigeria, Politics, People And Future

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Let us take a very good and serious look at the political standing of the rulling parties in Nigeria today and see how far we can go in the quest for [...]
October 14, 2010

Nigeria Guns For Last Commonwealth Gold Medal

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By Tunde Eludini Team Nigeria are hoping to round off their spectacular performance at this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India by adding another [...]
October 22, 2010

Nigeria: Closure To Ekiti 2007 Governorship Saga

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The AC, now Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), candidate had disputed the result the INEC had announced through its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in [...]
October 22, 2010

Fitch Lowers Nigeria Outlook On Crude Account Withdrawals

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Fitch Ratings moved toward a possible downgrade of Nigeria's junk-level ratings, raising concerns about the country pulling money from a crude-oil account [...]
October 12, 2010

Operators Laud Sanusi's Award, Call For More Transparency

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Operators at the nation's financial market have joined others in applauding Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) governor over his award as [...]
October 13, 2010

Nigeria: President Approves $2.5B Sale Of Telecom

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Nigeria's president has approved the sale of the struggling state-run telephone company to a consortium of other companies for $2.5 billion -- a price [...]
October 22, 2010

Nigeria, King Of Big Brother Africa

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Nigeria did the unexpected, what was considered impossible, when it won the Big Brother Africa (BBA) prize two years in a row in a landslide victory. [...]
October 12, 2010

Nigeria At 50: Jubilee Without Jubilation (II)

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Last week, we reviewed the situation in Nigeria as we clocked 50. There was no need to conduct any research on that; I just browsed the newspapers for a few [...]
October 13, 2010

Islamist Group Linked To Nigerian Attacks

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The Islamist Boko Haram sect in Nigeria is to blame for an attack in the north of the country that destroyed a police [...]
October 12, 2010

Groups Demand Justice For Bundu Waterfront Killing

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There must be an end to the impunity enjoyed by Nigeria's security forces. “Despite clear evidence that the security forces opened fire, shot and injured [...]
October 18, 2010

Povetkin Not Happy With His Fight, Return Likely On 12/18

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before a return in Germany on October 30, turned into a tough fight before Povetkin knocked out his foe, Teke Oruh of Nigeria, in the fifth round. [...]

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