Five die in Ondo auto crash

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At least five people died in the early hours of Tuesday in an auto crash that occurred along the Akure/Ilesha expressway. The accident which involved a Mercedez-Benz truck with registration number XCC739RSH and a Nissan Sunny commercial vehicle with number AE341BKN occurred around 6 o’clock in the morning. Eye witnesses said that the Mercedez truck which was heading towards Akure…

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INEC registers 600,000 voters in Ondo

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The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State yesterday said that it has registered over 600,000 voters since the exercise started on January 15. The commission also said that it has received an additional 527 Direct Data Capturing machines to address the hitches being recorded in the exercise. The administrative secretary of the commission, Folarin Awujoola, said this in a…

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Nigeria raises key interest rate to 6.5 pct

Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee raised its benchmark interest rate to 6.5 percent on Tuesday as it seeks to get inflation in sub-Saharan Africa’s second-biggest economy down to single digits. The MPC maintained a corridor of plus/minus 200 basis points around the benchmark rate for its lending and deposit rates respectively but increased the cash reserve requirement ratio to 2 percent…

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Commission receives 388 complaints in Anambra in 2010

The Public Complaints Commission in Anambra received 388 complaints from persons in private and public organisations on acts of injustice against them in 2010. The Director of the Commission, Emeka Onuzulike, gave the figure in Awka on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.Mr Onuzulike said that 206 of the cases have been resolved, while the other…

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Mozambique to expand capital’s port

Mozambique’s Ports Development Company (MPDC) said on Tuesday it would increase the handling capacity of its Maputo port to 12 million tonnes this year from the 8.7 million of 2010 to take more coal from South Africa. “We will use Maputo port as a gateway to the most important world markets,” MPDC chief executive Dave Rennie told a news conference…

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‘Jay Jay’ laments fallen Nigeria

26 January 2011 Nigeria are no longer a giant in African football, the players are over-rated and officials have failed in their responsibilities, according to the countrys former skipper Austin Jay Jay. Everything is wrong, right from the players, coaches and the management. And the fans expect too much, moaned Okocha as a guest on a programme of pay television…

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Is there something you have always wanted to know about the history of the game? Or what about the present day clubs and stars of African football? We're giving you the chance to Ask The Expert, and we'll select the best questions to get answered every Wednesday, only on MTNFootball.com! This week's question: Posted 26 January 2011 by Holyyommex, Osun State, Nigeria  Question: Do…

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Mazembe chase second Super Cup

26 January 2011 TP Mazembe will look to further entrench their reputation as the dominant force of African club competition when they host FUS Rabat in the CAF Super Cup on Saturday in Lubumbashi, DR Congo. The reigning African champions, who claimed a second successive African Champions League title last year and became the first team from the continent to…

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Real sign Adebayor on loan

25 January 2011 Real Madrid confirmed on their website on Tuesday they had signed Manchester City's Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan till the end of the season. The 26-year-old has been brought in to add urgently needed firepower after Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain underwent surgery to fix a slipped disc earlier this month and is expected to be out…

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SA football hopes for 2011

25 January 2011 The year 2010 was a tumultuous one for South Africa as the country hosted the FIFA World Cup and on the field the national side showed signs of improvement. But that is now all in the past and the country will look to 2011 to keep the steady progress of the past 12 months going. It promises…

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Five goal mark still a long shot

25 January 2011 Going past the four-goal mark is proving to be a bridge too far for strikers in the Nigeria Premier League. Rather than any of the strikers notching his fifth goal of the season at the weekend, two others were happy to make the four-goal club Ekigho Ehouson (Warri Wolves) and Abdulrahman Bashir (Bukola Babes). This means that…

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Candidate gives PDP conditions for senatorial rerun

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