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	<title>Vanguard &#187; Sports Bassey</title>
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		<title>In the matter of Chukwudi and co</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/16/in-the-matter-of-chukwudi-and-co/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/16/in-the-matter-of-chukwudi-and-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adokiye Amiesimaka esq.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adokiye says he has licences, he has documents, now he has people who have come out to say “we have more. We will testify”The former commissioner for justice laughed at a suggestion by Taiwo Ogunjobi, one that says this team will be our next U- 20(?) our Under-20 at age 40?, he asked. He wants the sports, education and youths ministries to come together and evolve an enduring system that will guarantee the evolution of our youth. He wants more.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Adokiye Amiesimaka</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/09/letter-to-adokiye-amiesimaka/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/09/letter-to-adokiye-amiesimaka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amiesimaka]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have just received a request asking me to do a letter to Barrister Adokiye Amiesimaka. It reads in part “ dear sir, you must be abreast with the current news making the rounds, especially the claim by former international Adokiye Amiesimaka that certain members of the Golden Eaglets are over the 17 year age limit.]]></description>
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		<title>That NFF argument on other sports</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/02/that-nff-argument-on-other-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/02/that-nff-argument-on-other-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eaglets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Under-17 championship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you are reading this, the World Under-17 championship is grinding to a close. Whether we like it or not, it will go down on record that we hosted. Leave all this argument of hosting well or not. We are hosting and it is going on, iced by the gradual success of the Eaglets.]]></description>
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		<title>U-17? We go manage am</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/26/u-17-we-go-manage-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/26/u-17-we-go-manage-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA U-17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosquito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend called me early Friday to discuss the ongoing FIFA U-17 competition. He has just been told how in the attempt to disinfect a pitch, mosquito flit was sprayed on it and the grass turned brown immediately!
I could not stop laughing. He said it was not a laughing matter and asked what we were doing about it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer thoughts from Congo DR</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/19/soccer-thoughts-from-congo-dr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/19/soccer-thoughts-from-congo-dr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo DR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I doff my hat for technology. For advancement in communication science. It is that technology that made it possible for me to get out of Nigeria on Wednesday, destination Lubumbashi, via South Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Minister, President, come to Eket</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/12/dear-minister-president-come-to-eket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/12/dear-minister-president-come-to-eket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAF Champions league]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN-AIT Football Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Bassey
For the benefit of my rising band of readers let me repeat the fact that this column usually goes in on Friday sometimes as early as noon.
What this means and sadly too is that I will not be in a position to discuss the decisive CAF Champions league return leg cracker between Kano [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanguard Conference on football</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/05/vanguard-conference-on-football/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/05/vanguard-conference-on-football/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, I was a member of a panel put together by Vanguard Newspapers to discuss the way forward for Nigeria football.]]></description>
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		<title>“This is Big  Brother…. Gov Fashola, come to the diary room…”</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/28/%e2%80%9cthis-is-big-brother%e2%80%a6-gov-fashola-come-to-the-diary-room%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/28/%e2%80%9cthis-is-big-brother%e2%80%a6-gov-fashola-come-to-the-diary-room%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov Fashola]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Brother: Your Excellency, Big Brother has noticed the dwindling fortunes of Nigerian sports and Big Brother wants to find out your opinion on this.
Gov Fashola: Big Brother, I am aware, but it is not as bad as some of us portray it.
Big Brother: Gov what gives you this hope?]]></description>
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		<title>That NFF romance with Pillars, Heartland</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/21/that-nff-romance-with-pillars-heartland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/21/that-nff-romance-with-pillars-heartland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champions League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sani Lulu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Bassey
Events of the last three weeks, including two editorial pieces on our sports, coming as it were from two top newspapers – Guardian and The Sun – have set me thinking on the future of sports in this country, the most recent being the reelection bid of the outgoing President of the Nigeria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Sudan with hope</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/14/from-sudan-with-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/14/from-sudan-with-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world cup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[September  6 was a terrible day in the history of Nigeria football. It was a day confidence was buried alive and a buried “hope” was exhumed, becoming a bride courted by Nigerians from Maiduguri to Uyo. September 6, our World Cup qualification was put in dire straits, to say the least.]]></description>
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		<title>How to spend N800m in one week</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/31/how-to-spend-n800m-in-one-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/31/how-to-spend-n800m-in-one-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitchel Obi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world cup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bonuses and Allowances – This is a no-go area. In fact you may have to pay this money in advance for players to know how serious you are. If, for whatever reason, things are not going too well at half time, it is from this budget that members of the PTF are expected to draw from when they run into the dressing room to increase the bonus from $10,000 to $20,000 each.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Berlin as metaphor</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/24/berlin-as-metaphor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/24/berlin-as-metaphor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you are reading this the World Athletics Championship would have come to an end. At the time of going to press, Nigeria had no hope of getting into any final, not to talk of winning a medal of any metal, colour or shade.]]></description>
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		<title>AIT Football Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/17/ait-football-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/17/ait-football-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was followed by a confirmation by AIT’s Aisha Falode. I thought this was credible given the calibre of people behind the award, the personalities I was to serve with, but most importantly, the concept which was quite refreshing coming from a private sector player that is constantly seeking ways of affirming its good corporate citizenship.]]></description>
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		<title>The funny side  of Lokoja</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/10/the-funny-side-of-lokoja/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/10/the-funny-side-of-lokoja/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warri Wolves]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please don’t get me wrong. The headline does not suggest that there were any serious deliberations in Lokoja. None that I knew of.]]></description>
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		<title>That N8.2b cost of “refurbishment”</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/03/that-n8-2b-cost-of-%e2%80%9crefurbishment%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/03/that-n8-2b-cost-of-%e2%80%9crefurbishment%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA Media Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nations Cups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A sport consultant would have let the MTN know that accreditations are necessary, that a mixed  zone or media centre had to be established and that players had to meet the media before, during and after the match.]]></description>
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		<title>Who is our U-17 Captain?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/27/who-is-our-u-17-captain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/27/who-is-our-u-17-captain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA Confederation Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U-17 Captain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Needless to tell you that Nigeria is not here. Although we are automatic qualifiers  for the World Cup as host, this is a competition that has become our birthright in Africa only for coach Alphonsus Dike and his hapless squad to get us knocked out by Benin.]]></description>
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		<title>Of Pillars, Heartland, Bayelsa, and our football</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/06/of-pillars-heartland-bayelsa-and-our-football/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/06/of-pillars-heartland-bayelsa-and-our-football/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederations Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super eagles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Simple” things like travelling arrangements have affected the chances of most Nigerian club-sides who oftentimes arrive their destination too close to kick off. You can imagine the dilemma of a team that arrives Lagos on a Friday for a Saturday match that is billed for Sokoto!]]></description>
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		<title>Of South Africa and Egypt&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/28/of-south-africa-and-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/28/of-south-africa-and-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnabayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bafana Bafana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Bassey
I followed the Confederation Cup with keen interest. I wonder who did not. The rights acquired by the Broadcasting  Organisation of Nigeria (BON) further brought the cup nearer to Nigerians and with it, the attendant excitement.
The Confederation Cup was also expected to be a dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup scheduled for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Story…. Story… Stooory ……</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/22/story%e2%80%a6-story%e2%80%a6-stooory-%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/22/story%e2%80%a6-story%e2%80%a6-stooory-%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports Bassey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Sports Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since we are so helpless, I  need time to go back to my village and consult, ask for that Dele Giwa type  scenario where the gods of the land decreed that whosoever killed the ace  journalist will run out onto the streets, naked. I want to  consult and get assurance that if Akwa United two seasons ago and Zamfara now did fix their matches, soon, very soon, let them come out confessing. I will wait for that to happen.]]></description>
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