Doom looms as Falcons lose 1-0 to France

France began their 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ campaign in winning fashion but were made to work hard by a competitive Nigeria, who eventually succumbed to a lone Marie-Laure Delie strike just after the interval.
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Pope’s envoy to visit Nigeria

The Papal/Jesuit Father General’s International Delegate to Apostleship of Prayer, Rev. Fr. Claudio Barriga, SJ, would be visiting the Apostleship of Prayer Nigeria from 27 June to 3 July.

Mexico rallies to beat USA in Gold Cup final

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Mexico won a sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title by rallying to score four unanswered goals and defeat the United States 4-2 in Saturday’s championship game at the Rose Bowl stadium.

Jonathan has no cause not to perform – Obahiagbon

Mr Patrick Obahiagbon, popularly known as Igodomigo, is one of the most outspoken lawmakers in the just concluded sixth Assembly. He represented Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo State but was unable to pick the ticket for re-election under the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) which he joined after he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in July last year. In this interview, Igodomigo shares his experiences in the National Assembly, the recent bomb blast, and other national issues.

Boko Haram: Security forces trade blames

Inter-agency trading of blames may have taken the centrestage among the security forces as they battle to survive a possible sanction from the Presidency over what Presiden Goodluck Jonathan described as “Intelligence failure” that orchestrated terrorism unleashed on Nigeria by Boko Haram.

Rejecting amnesty, making demands, What we want, by Boko Haram

The group, two months ago, in a three-page statement purportedly written in Hausa and distributed to newsmen in Maiduguri, vowed no end to the persistent attacks, explaining that the ward and village heads, politicians, police and the army, had fell victims of its serial killings, and that they have their list of targets which they will execute chronologically, “because they erred by associating themselves with the government in its effort to arrest Muslim brothers and sabotage Islam.”

Carnage they wrote: A catalogue of attacks by Boko Haram

In January 2010, the group struck again in Borno State, killing four people in Maiduguri metropolis. In September of that year, Boko Haram Islamists freed over 700 inmates from a prison in Bauchi State and torched the prison. By December 2010, the Boko Haram extremists had visibly graduated to the use of deadly bombs in […]

‘Critics can’t distract Ajimobi’

Governor Abiola Ajimobi will not allow himself to be distracted by needless comments by critics, according to his senior special assistant (public communication), Festus Adedayo.

‘How Edo PDP can bounce back’

 BY SIMON EBEGBULEM THE Restoration Project 2012, a group under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, has urged the leaders of the party in the state to urgently address the problems which led to the poor results recorded by the party in the just concluded general elections with a view to do better […]

‘Those behind Edo PDP crisis’

Edo PDP leader, Sunny Uyigue, in this piece, speaks on the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party.

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Falcons can beat France – Jossy Lad

Jossy Lad has said that Super Falcons hold the key to their success against France in today’s Group A opener of the 2011 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Germany.

2011 World Cup: Falcons may not go far – Amiesimaka

Former Nigerian Interna-tional Adokiye Amiesimaka has predicted that the Super Falcons may not go beyond the group stage in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany as they battle France in their opening game today, following their poor foundation and preparation.

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