The News Nigeria

Gunning For Azazi

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:31:30 +0000

Calls for the sack of the National Security Adviser, General Owoye Azazi, over his reference to the zoning policy of the Peoples Democratic Party as responsible for the worsening Boko

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Sleaze Upon Sleaze

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:12 +0000

The reconstituted probe panel investigating the near collapse of the nation’s capital market further exposes fraudulent practices by top management officials of the regulatory bodies Last week, the House of

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Pushing For Sustainable Development

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:18:55 +0000

An Expert Group Meeting convened by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs charts a way for sustaining the gains of the millennium development goals

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Rage Over Road

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:46 +0000

Slow pace of work on the East-West Road sparks disenchantment in the Niger Delta Hellish. That is the word most frequently used to describe travelling on the East-West Road, the

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A Hanging Threat

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:03:32 +0000

Government softpedals on threats to sanction foreign airlines for alleged exploitation For foreign airlines plying the Nigerian route, it is a season of indictments. From being under fire for disparity

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The StarGame Begins

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:58:12 +0000

Nigeria Afro-pop singer Susan Bimpe Harvey, better known as Goldie, joins other African celebrities for the seventh series of the Big Brother StarGame Goldie Harvey’s face lit up as she

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Curious Death Of The ‘Goalsfather’

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:50:23 +0000

Nigerian soccer legend, Rashidi Yekini, dies, leaving behind a trail of controversy As a player, there was no debate about the ability of Rashidi Yekini, one of the most prolific

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Yekini Should Have Been Helped

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:47:30 +0000

Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, former national team coach, tells GBENRO ADESINA that the society failed the late footballer How did you feel when you heard of the death of Rashidi Yekini?

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Yekini Was Sane

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:21 +0000

Muhammed Jubril Olanrewaju, Rashidi Yekini’s lawyer, speaks to GBENRO ADESINA on the controversy surrounding the former footballer’s death How did he become your client? There was a time he had

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The Girls Are Here!

TheNEWS — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:41:19 +0000

Nigerian female singers break through the wall of male dominance of the music industry to stake their claims to diva status The release of Tiwa Savage’s first single, KeleKele Love,

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