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  • Nigeria hit by Moses Uche injuries

    Injuries to Victor Moses and Kalu Uche have left Nigeria short of attackers for June's World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup in Brazil. The pair's withdrawal from the squad deepens problems for coach Stephen Keshi, who was already without Nations Cup joint-top scorer Emmanuel Emenike. Keshi said: "It's unfortunate that they informed us when we have already ...

  • Davido releases hot new single ‘Kalo Connect’

    By Charles Mgbolu Davido is not resting on his oars just yet when it comes to entertaining fans with club raving music as a new single ‘Kalo Connect’ comes hot from his ...

  • LGs not ripe for financial autonomy says Sen. Obende

    Senator Domingo Obende (ACN-Edo), has said that local governments in Nigeria were not ripe for financial autonomy.Instead, he advocated that local governments should only be granted administrative autonomy. Obende made his opinion known in Abuja on Monday during an interactive session with National Assembly Correspondents. He cited `recklessness of elected officials' in the management of ...

  • Nobody can stop Jonathan – Fasehun OPC founder

    Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI - FOUNDER of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. He stated this in Warri, weekend, just as the founder of the Oodua People's Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun , said nobody can stop ...

  • Spain jeers departing Mourinho’s record

    ';The Special End'; ran the front page headline of top-selling sports paper Marca, superimposed on a photograph of a football shirt being held up by Mourinho and club president Florentino Perez. ';Much ado about nothing,'; concluded the headline of rival sports daily AS, which recalled the price tag of Mourinho’s term. ';50 million euros in contracts and another ...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Premier League team of the season

    LONDON (AFP) – Premier League fans have been treated to dazzling displays from some of the world’s best players over the last nine months. And with the season at an end, AFP London Sports Desk unveils its team of the ...

  • How Boko Haram Turned to Kidnapping to Raise Funds in Borno

    Since 2009 when the Islamic religious sect, Yusufiyya - which later became popular with its ideological identity, Boko Haram - began to blossom, the deadly sect has continued to deploy various tactics to sustain its resolve in undermining the Nigerian state. From a bunch of radicalised Islamists with versed but seemingly skewed orthodoxy seeking to impose a totalitarian rule of Sharia in a ...

  • Nigeria’s Central Bank Will Probably Hold Rate to Support Naira

    The Central Bank of Nigeria will probably keep its benchmark lending rate unchanged at a record high to bolster its foreign-currency reserves and support the naira after oil prices fell last month. The Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Lamido Sanusi, will hold ...

  • Achebe’s body arrives Abuja

    The remains of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe arrived Abuja, the federal capital territory, Tuesday morning and wasreceived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport by government officials, writers, cultural organisations and other ...

  • Military seeks civilian cooperation

    Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff, Adm. Ola Ibrahim, on Monday in Abuja solicited the cooperation of the civilian population to ensure the success of military operations. Ibrahim, who made the call at the opening of a three-day Seminar on Civil-Military Relations and Counter-terrorism Strategy, noted that the cooperation was necessary to minimise friction. Ibrahim said, ';the ...

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