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“We support the ongoing probe of the expenditure on these projects, but we must not because of that abandon the projects into which the country has sunk billions of dollars. It will amount to throwing away the baby with the bath water”

THE Action Congress has warned the Yar'Adua administration against abandoning the National Integrated Power Projects , saying the country risks a total collapse of its power system unless something is done ... via AllAfrica.com

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“Peace Sandberg is a heartless woman. She brought the baby from his home environment for the purpose of her own ends without any regard for the future of that child.”

A Nigerian woman bought a baby in her home country and pretended it was hers so that she could qualify for a council flat, a court has heard. via Telegraph.co.uk

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Among the dead were three brothers. Some accounts put the casualty figure at 100. via Vanguard

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“When the Caterpillar driver came, the people here warned him there was a pipeline under the ground. He said he'd be careful, but the minute he started work this happened”

Nigerian firefighters battled on Friday to put out flames pouring from a burst oil pipeline a day after a huge explosion that Red Cross officials said killed 100 people. via Independent Online

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F IVE months into the nine-month course of Mr. Nuhu Ribadu at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday approved the appointment of a new acting chairman ... via Guardian Newspapers

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HBO's late-night boxing series presents a trio of emerging young stars in the toughest tests of their careers when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. via Boxing Blog

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“About 100 people have so far been confirmed dead from the fire. We have so far rescued more than 20 people with injuries and taken them to hospital for treatment”

At least 100 people were killed and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by an earthmover caught fire and exploded in a Nigerian village near the biggest city of Lagos, the Red Cross said on ... via Reuters

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“These widespread and ongoing evictions have resulted in the massive displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, with a disastrous effect on health, education, employment and family cohesion”

Some 800,000 residents were forcibly evicted from their homes in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, over a four-year period to make way for development in the fast-growing city, a rights group said Thursday.

Many of those removed from their homes between 2003 and 2007 were not given due notice or other usual eviction rights. Some were sprayed with tear gas or beaten to force them to leave, the Switzerland-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions said in a new report.

The group _ providing a rare firm estimate of the number of people forced from their homes in Abuja _ called on the government officials to stop evictions it says are pushing many Nigerians further into poverty. Read more

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Just spent 3 days in Rome to check out FotoGrafia , the 7th edition of international festival of photography which runs until May 25th in several venues throughout the city. via WorldChanging

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“The contribution by Ghana is to provide the location for the site to serve the centers”

News AU, India Make Progress on Pan-African Systems Network By Emily Aggrey The African Union in collaboration with the Indian government is moving forward with a plan to build a pan-African network to ... via CIO

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