From the monthly archives: November 2009

Lagos Islanders withdraw from African Cup

On November 28, 2009 · In Sports

Nigeria’s second representatives to the 24th FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Men, Lagos Islanders have fallen out of the competition without even taking a shot.

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World Cup Draw: Excitement mounts

On November 28, 2009 · In Sports

The glare of the global football world will be on the Cape Town International Convention Centre at 7 pm on Friday 4 December 2009, when the 32 teams who made it through to Africa’s first FIFA World Cup™ and their legions of fans find out exactly where they will be playing —and who they will be playing against.

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NOC Presidency : Give others a chance, Maduka urges Gumel

On November 28, 2009 · In Sports

WITH the incumbent president of the Nigeria Olympic Commission (NOC), Alhaji Habu Gumel battling opposition to retain his seat, former President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Dr. Cosmos Maduka has said he (Gumel) should allow others contribute to the body.

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Kaduna hosts 2009 CBN Cup final

On November 28, 2009 · In Sports

The facilities in Kaduna that hosted some of the games of the recent FIFA U-17 World Cup would face yet another test as is host the final of this year’s CBN All Financial Institutions Football Competition, which has been scheduled to hold next month.

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Federations secretaries are idle, George-Taylor declares

On November 28, 2009 · In Sports

Abuja -Rotimi George-Taylor, the president Nigeria Boxing Federation has said that most secretaries of the National Sports Federations are redundant and has therefore urged the Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanusa to ensure henceforth they are given mandates.

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Pericarditis : The risks confronting President Yar’Adua

On November 28, 2009 · In Headlines

THE pericardium is the thin layer of specialised tissue that covers the outer surfaces of the heart. This tissue helps to anchor the heart in place, prevents excessive movement of the heart in the chest when body position changes, protects the heart from infections and tumours that develop in and may spread from nearby tissues, and may help keep the heart from enlarging.

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We’ve not had good leaders — Chief (Mrs) Opeolu Solanke – Ogunbiyi

On November 28, 2009 · In News

This is one interview that should have taken place 50 years ago. But then, where were we? (That is, these two writers). Chief (Mrs) Opeolu Solanke-Ogunbiyi, born April 12, 1910, is a woman of steel yet full of compassion. First married to Ladipo Solanke, they moved from Nigeria to Sierra Leone and then England not [...]

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New Press Council Bill cannot be enforced (2)

On November 28, 2009 · In News

THE Council had to concentrate on other areas of its functions. Apart from the Complaints Committee was the Registration and Disciplinary Committee which was to work with the NUJ to produce a register of Journalists. No such register was ever produced and handed over to the Council.

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High politics, thy name is budget

On November 28, 2009 · In Business

THE meeting was meant to be brief. Yes, it was. But did it achieve the set objective? No, it did not. This was a meeting between a former Senate President then and President Olusegun Obasanjo. There appeared to be what a senator described as a stalemate.

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The recurring trouble with Nigeria’s annual budgets

On November 28, 2009 · In Business

EVERY year the executive and the legislative arms of the federal government of Nigeria test their power base and flex muscles to determine who is in charge of the national resources and how they ought to be allocated. What is upper most in their minds is who is entitled to the lion share among the various arms of government.

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National Hospital records 6 accident victims

On November 28, 2009 · In Latest News

The National Hospital, Abuja, has so far admitted six car crash victims on the second day of the Sallah Sallah festive period.

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Bankole: Why some hate his guts

On November 28, 2009 · In Viewpoint

When on November 1, 2007, the House of Representatives elected Dimeji Bankole as its speaker, following a protracted wrangling for the enthr-onement of accoun-tability, good governance and integrity of the House, many expected a radical departure from a hitherto docile House. But not many would have expected the new Speaker to thread where even the angels tremble in the Nigeria power equation.

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I watched helplessly as soldiers beat my dad to death- DJ Humility

On November 28, 2009 · In Music

My father was beaten and thrown out from a storey building

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EFCC asked to probe currency printing scandal

On November 28, 2009 · In News

THE Movement Against Corruption in Nigeria (MAC), has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the currency printing scandal involving the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo.

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