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  • Nigeria Uruguay set for decisive showdown

    By Tatiana Ramil FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) - Neymar, inspired by the protest movement which has swept Brazil in the last few days, gave possibly his best performance for his country in a 2-0 win over Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. The Barcelona-bound 21-year-old, who has often struggled at international level despite his billing as the next great Brazilian player, set the hosts ...

  • Keshi wants Nigeria to step up

    Nigeria head coach Stephen Keshi has challenged his team to go to 'another level' in their FIFA Confederations Cup clash with Uruguay. Keshi was left underwhelmed by his team's finishing ability in their tournament opener against Tahiti, which Nigeria won 6-1, the 51-year-old coach feeling his forwards should have converted more goal-scoring opportunities. Although Nigeria ...

  • Ex-Lagos Deputy Governor Wanted For N130m Fraud - PM News Lagos

    By PM News, Lagos Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, former deputy governor of Lagos state has been declared wanted by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU), in Lagos, over an alleged fraud of N130 million. Mrs. Ngozi Isintume-Agu, DSP, spokesperson of the unit said in a statement that Sinatu was wanted along with her son, Samson Ojikutu, who is now in the United States of America. "We are ...

  • Fear of post-election violence in Benin

    Benin's Constitutional Court today started examining the opposition's claims of vote rigging after the elections had given a surprise outright win to the incumbent. Observers fear "Ivorian conditions" in ...

  • Nigeria farmers double cassava yields

    Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ...

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Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

As a raw, provocative portrayal of the horrors of black poverty in America, Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is drawing sharply mixed responses, with some praising what they see as its brutal honesty while others view it as ... ...

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  • Nigeria not yet at food sufficiency destination – Jonathan

    President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday admitted that his administration had yet to reach the desired destination in its quest to eradicate hunger in the country through food ...

  • ‘150000 Nigerian children born annually with sickle cell’

    Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle-cell anaemia with over 150,000 children born annually with ...

  • We’ll stamp out kidnapping – Lagos CP

    Manko, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin), Mr. Felix Ogundeji, at the inauguration of the Lekki Police post, said this in Lagos on ...

  • Niger Delta amnesty ends in 2015 – Kuku

    Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said the Federal Government is finding it difficult to stop the amnesty programme initiated for ex-militants in the Niger ...

  • Child Trafficking Dramatic story of suspects’ arrest

    By Uju Mbanusi IT is longer news that those recently paraded as members of a child trafficking syndicate at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, were arraigned at the Apapa Family court on Thursday, May 30, 2013. It is also no more news that three of the defendants, Benedette Ogbonna, Chibueze Mba, and Adaeze Mba who were alleged to be directly involved in the stealing and selling of ...

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