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There were indications yesterday that the embattled Acting Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Dr Yakubu Sankey may have run into troubled waters with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), as the commission has commenced investigations into the subletting of the Institutes properties in Abuja.
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A 25-man contingent of the Sierra Leonean national football team, Leone Stars arrived in Lagos at 2am on Wednesday morning aboard Bellview Airlines flight and proceeded to the Federal Capital, Abuja in the morning aboard the same carrier.
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Nigeria skipper Nwankwo Kanu breezed into the Super Eagles camp on Wednesday along with two of the team's biggest guns, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and deputy skipper Joseph Yobo.
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Nigeria defender Danny Shittu is under no illusions about how difficult Saturday's 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in Abuja will be, but the Bolton man is hoping the Super Eagles can extend their clean sheet figure to six games.
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Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) yesterday in Abuja advocated a stronger relationship between the public and private sector to make Nigeria one of the top 20 economies by 2020.
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Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu is still doubtful for tomorrow's 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Leone Stars in Abuja.
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Players and Coach of the Leone Stars have been talking tough ahead of tomorrow's clash with the Super Eagles at the Abuja National Stadium even as the team shunned breakfast yesterday morning at their Chelsea Hotel abode.
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Chief of Staff to the Governor of Rivers state, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before an Abuja High Court sitting in Gudu for allegedly converting over N5 billion belonging to the state government into personal use.
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As Ondo State and indeed Nigerians await the Appeal Court verdict in the pending appeal by Governor Agagu over the disputed April 14, 2007 polls, the Izon (Ijaw) Business Association (IBA), Abuja branch, says they are praying to Almighty God to grant victory to embattled Governor Agagu for his love for the Ijaw.
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NUPENG and PENGASSAN yesterday in Abuja gave the federal government a14-day ultimatum to suspend the proposed sale of PPMC and Nigeria Gas Company (NGC).
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A medical equipment maintenance agreement contract worth N500 million (about 3.075euros) for the revival of the National Hospital Abuja was on October 8, 2008 approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
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A thirty year old driver was yesterday arraigned before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly cheating a man of N45,000.
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The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) generated N548 billion from 1999 to date, remitted only N11 billion into the Federation Account and squandered the rest, Minister of State for Water Transportation Chief John Okechukwu Emeka said in Abuja yesterday.
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The Global Environment Facility [GEF] programme has spent US 11.3m and US 5.7m [about N1.53bn] for the mitigation of climate change and biodiversity respectively in Nigeria, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, said in Abuja yesterday.
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As the Super Eagles pounce on Sierra Leone in tomorrow's 2010 World Cup and Nations Cup qualifier in Abuja, Peak Milk said yesterday that the Man of the Match winner is to pocket $5,000.
