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NIGERIA : First Deepwater Begins Camp Ahead New Season

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:11:24 +0000

By Ishaku Kigbu, Defending champion of the Zenith Bank sponsored Nigeria Basketball Federation organised women league First Deepwater basketball club has commence preparation ahead of the first phase of the league slated for March.

Nigeria: ‘Raining Bombs’ Causing Hundreds to Flee North

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:11:24 +0000

“I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us Kano is no longer safe,” said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.

Reporters Locked Out Of Nigeria’s Busiest Airport

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:11:23 +0000

The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement Tuesday that authorities at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos also held equipment belonging to more than 60 journalists at the center during Saturday’s lockout.

Nigeria: Sanusi – Unemployment Rate Doubled Over Past Five Years

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:09 +0000

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that while the Nigerian economy grew at the rate of seven per cent for the past five years, unemployment has actually doubled at same period.

How to save Nigeria – Eminent citizens

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:09 +0000

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE & DAPO AKINREFON LAGOS -A Eminent citizens, yesterday, took a critical look at the state of affairs in the country and returned a grim verdict: Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and needs to be saved.

Suicide attacks rock Nigerian city

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:08 +0000

EXPLOSIONS have rocked an army barracks, a bridge and an air base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, a set of co-ordinated attacks claimed by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

Bomb attacks strike military bases in Nigeria

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:39 +0000

People gather around a minibus struck in an apparent explosion as it sits near a highway overpass in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb.

One More Step Closer to Civil War: Islamists Bomb Nigerian Military Base

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:39 +0000

An army source said earlier on Tuesday that security forces had killed eight suspected Boko Haram members in a raid on an alleged hideout of the group in Kano that prompted a five-hour shootout.

Police arrest Nigeria Premier League board accountant over fraud charges

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:39 +0000

The official who was alleged to have stolen funds from the organisation is now in custody, at a time when the league has suffered hardship The accountant of the Nigeria Premier League board, Joe Ogbewe, alleged to have forged the signature of the acting executive secretary to withdraw 12 million naira was on Tuesday morning arrested by the Police … (more)

Explosions hit near military bases in Nigeria

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:57:17 +0000

Explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said.