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Results 1 - 20 of 16,245 in Nigeria

  1. NIGERIA : RadaarHoops Top 50 Camp BeginsRead the original story

    54 min ago | Basketball in Africa

    ... of the Lagos National Stadium with players drawn from across the country. The 50 young players assembled from across Nigeria will work with about 8 foreign coaches from the United States and Europe who will work along side their 12 Nigerian ...

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  2. Nigeria's Samuel Peter loses WBC titleRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Panapress

    Nigeria's Samuel Peter lost his World Boxing Council heavyweight title to come-backing former champion Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night in Berlin, Germany, via an eighth round technical knockout.

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    Related Topix: Berlin, Germany, World News, Germany

  3. Man sent home after '900-mile commute' planRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Scotsman.com Sport - Latest South West News

    An immigrant has been sent home after telling border officials at Gatwick Airport he intended to commute to university in Belfast - from Essex.

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  4. Nigeria/Sierra Leone: Eagles Romp Past Sierra LeoneRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu made some major changes to his starting line-up and was rewarded with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Sierra Leone in a 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday in ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Sierra Leone

  5. Nigeria: Laloko - Kanu, Aiyegbeni Should Quit Eagles NowRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    FORMER Nigeria Football Federation, , Technical Director, Chief Kashimawo Laloko, has advised Super Eagles head coach, Shaibu Amodu, to beef up the present Eagles with new players who are at their peak in their ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa

  6. Nigerian civil aviation authorities to shut Kaduna AirportRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

    The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority , the country's civil aviation watchdog, would shut the Kaduna Airport for 10 days for runway maintenance with effect from ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Kaduna, Nigeria

  7. Nigerian president seeks joint efforts in tackling global financial crisisRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

    ... onomic Summit "will come up with policy directions and programs that will critically address major challenges facing Nigeria". Source: Xinhua

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  8. Giving Life To A Dying SportRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... of Lagos (UNILAG), writes on the impact such championships would have on the game. W hen Kasali Lasisi left Nigeria for Congo Brazzaville in 2003, table tennis in Nigeria was in the doldrums, as there were barely competitions to keep the players in ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

  9. Gowon, Osoba, Balarabe React On Odinga LectureRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... his panacea for the problems of democracy in Africa. Speaking with The Guardian at the event, which was held at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos, General Gowon said the stand of Odinga represented a new phase of African ...

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    Related Topix: Kaduna, Nigeria, World News, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  10. AC Leads In Council PollsRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... of democratic governance in Lagos State and set a benchmark and an example for all other parts of Corporate Nigeria to emulate. A foreign observer, Mrs. Fatima Ali from Chad Republic, said the exercise was very peaceful and commended the arrangement ...

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    Related Topix: Lagos, Nigeria, World News

  11. Bethel Ministries Is One indivisible Family, Says Gabriel-OduyemiRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... Christ." Gabriel-Oduyemi said the ministers are drawn from different parts of the United States of America including Nigeria and other African countries. While assuring that accommodation, registration and food would be free, she said ministers ...

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    Related Topix: Lagos, Nigeria, World News

  12. Armed Robbery And The BanksRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... handful of the criminals have been killed or caught. It has been a field day for robbers as repeated failures of the Nigeria police have merely emboldened them. In Ibadan, teenage robbers attacked a first generation bank near the Oyo State ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Ogun, Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, Opinion

  13. Contractors Chide Govt Over Non Settlement Of DebtsRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    ... of Transportation said. One of the measures being put in place to make the economy liquid, said a Central Bank of Nigeria official, is to facilitate payment of local contractors. It was also gathered that government had since given approval that ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  14. ARTSVILLERead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Guardian Newspapers

    Uncle Ebo Has All Of Accra Giggling A CCRA's middle class turned out en masse for the two performances of James Ebo Whyte's Unhappy Wives, Confused Husbands, a melodramatic take on the challenges of love ...

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    Related Topix: Wedding, World News, Ghana, Africa

  15. .com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about AfricaRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... new Prime Minister to replace Antoine Gizenga w h o resigned 25 September. 11/10/2008 Full Text... IN-DEPTH Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Flight Data Recorder of the 19-seater Beechcraft plane that crashed in Nigeria about six months ago has been sent ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Congo, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  16. SocietyRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... said that nations are duty bound to protect human rights while countering terrorism. Peacekeeping conference ends in Nigeria Nigeria Friday pledged to support efforts to shore up sub-region, regional and global security, as the 14th annual ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mauritania, Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia, Drugs

  17. CultureRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... foreign delegations, including those from Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Spain, Netherlands and Italy. Nigeria to host arts summit, exhibition in Abuja Nigeria will from 7 September host the first one week of African Regional Summit ...

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    Related Topix: Pais Vasco, Spain, Spain, World News, Bilbao, Spain, Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, Africa, Botswana, Benin, France, Ile-Del-France, France, Paris, France

  18. AgricultureRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... of a project that will provide US$6 million for regional agricultural research and technology transfer. Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Mozambique, World News, Africa, Mauritania, Yahya Jammeh

  19. HealthRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... outbreak of cholera has killed three people in northern Zimbabwe, health officials said Thursday. 09/10/2008 Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - African-based researchers and institutions have the capacity to develop new drugs and diagnostic tools for diseases ...

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    Related Topix: W., World News, Africa, Maputo, Mozambique, Mozambique, Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Centre, Cameroon

  20. Rivers govt faults graft allegations against gov's aideRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Vanguard

    ... to the governor. "All what you have been reading in newspapers were planted, it is part of the usual politics of Nigeria , the way politics is done in this country. First of all, you heard all these stories about the change of a private account into ...

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    Related Topix: Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Africa, Rivers, Nigeria, World News