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  • Confederations Cup Oduamadi hat-trick sinks Tahiti

    Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat-trick as Nigeria crushed a spirited Tahiti 6-1 in their Confederations Cup football Group B clash here at the Mineirao stadium. Uwa Echiejile opened the scoring Monday with a deflected long-range drive before Oduamadi danced around two defenders and coolly chipped over goalkeeper Xavier Samin, reports Xinhua. Oduamadi, AC Milan winger, then doubled his tally by ...

  • Sports Nigeria rolls to 6-1 win over Tahiti at Confederations Cup

    Tahiti's team of amateurs, ranked 138th in the world and competing in their first major tournament, scored when Jonathan Tehau headed in from a corner. At that stage they were 3-0 down after an own goal from captain Nicolas Vallar and two efforts from Nnamdi Oduamadi. Tehau scored an own goal before strikes from Oduamadi and Uwa Echiejile. , ranked 31st in the Fifa world rankings, wasted a ...

  • Eleven killed in Nigeria

    The attackers were said to have stormed student living quarters on Sunday night in the city of Damaturu and shot sporadically, killing seven students and two teachers. Two insurgents were also killed, the military ...

  • Keshi thankful as Nigeria emerge unscathed

    Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said he was relieved his side had avoided any further injuries after they thrashed minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening game at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Belo Horizonte.Forwards Victor Moses, Kalu Uche and Emmanuel Emenike were all ruled out by injury before the tournament, while midfielder Ogenyi Onazi missed Monday's game with a knee problem.Keshi hopes the ...

  • Doubts raised over Niger police attack

    NIAMEY, Niger -- An inquiry into shooting at a military police academy in Niger's capital Niamey found no evidence of an attack on the camp, suggesting it could have been an over-reaction by nervous guards, the foreign minister said on ...

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Broken Lizard's Club Dread

Broken Lizard's Club Dread

Thank God for Bill Paxton, the anchor of Broken Lizards Club Dread, a generally limp horror-comedy about a homicidal maniac loose on a paradisiacal resort island. Paxton plays Coconut Pete, an aging, one-time 70s folk-rock star whose peculiar brand of stoner sing-along mu ... ...

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  • What Is Stunting Our Democracy

    In ancient times, the first emperor (246-214 BC) of the Qin dynasty wanted to keep his people illiterate so that they would not challenge his rule; he had books burned and scholars killed. The ruling elite in Nigeria has not been as obvious but the results are identical - the majority is illiterate and mis-educated, books are scarce, the educated are scorned ('you speak too much ...

  • Abia No Longer a Family Business

    My achievements are all great. Which one will I begin with? I will say that the security of life and property which I brought to Abia is my greatest achievement. I say this because there was a time security in Abia was terrible. Remember when some of your colleagues were kidnapped in Abia State? But we fought against it to the extent that Abia is today very peaceful. If you start ranking states ...

  • Be Patient With Jonathan Power Minister Appeals to Nigerians

    The minister of power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Goodluck Jonathan as he tries to transform the power sector. This was just as said that the roadmap to achieve it was being implemented determinedly. The minister stated this when a team of senior staff members of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group Limited visited him in Abuja, yesterday. Professor ...

  • Masquerade Kills NURTW Man

    Following the murder of the Chairman, Agbeni mini truck branch of the National Union of Road transport Workers (NURTW), Mr Rafiu Adebayo, a.k.a Ola Ruffy by suspected masquerade around Apaana, Foko, Ibadan, Oyo State, the popular Agbeni market in market was shut down in the early hours of yesterday. LEADERSHIP gathered that the late Adebayo had gone to Obafemi Awolowo Stadium on Sunday ...

  • Confed Cup - Eagles Thrash Tahiti 6 - 1

    Nnamdi Oduamadi claimed a hat-trick as Nigeria shook off the jet lag to thrash minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening Confederations Cup game in Belo Horizonte yesterday. The African champions only arrived in Brazil 36 hours before the game after a row over bonus payments, but they could even afford some wasteful finishing as they leapfrogged world champions Spain to the top of Group B. It was a ...

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