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Daily Archives: Mar 23, 2012

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Nasri: I Want United To Win Next Six Games

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Football/News/Sports

SAMIR NASRI is willing Manchester United to win their next six games — to set up a sensational Premier League 'final' on April 30.Manchester City sit a point behind the champions with just nine games remaining of what promises to be an ep...

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Reps Will Not Legislate On NYSC Posting – Committee Chairman

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

The House of Representatives say it will not restrict the posting of corps members to any part of the federation through legislation. The Chairman, House Committee on Youth Development, Hon. Kamil Akinlabi (ACN-Oyo), said this in an interview with news...

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Unidentified Gunmen Kidnap Sekibo George’s Wife In Port Harcourt

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Crime/News

The wife of Sen. George Sekibo, representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt. Sekibo’s wife, Mrs Asime George-Sekibo, was kidnapped on March 22 along East-West road  while returni...

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World Bank Race Heats Up As Deadline Looms

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Business/Finance/News

The U.S. faces an unprecedented challenge to its grip on the World Bank presidency with emerging African economies nominating a candidate on Friday to set up the first contested bid for the top job at the global development lender. Angola, Nigeria and ...

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S/Africa, Angola Endorse Okonjo-Iweala For World Bank Top Job

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Cover Stories/News

Nigeria's bid for the position of the World Bank president on Friday received a boost as South Africa and Angola endorsed the candidature of Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the job. The South African Finance Minister,...

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NSCDC Deploys 15,000 Personnel For PDP Convention

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 5,000 personnel for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention and 10, 000 others for the JAMB examination both slated for Saturday in Abuja. A statement signed by the Corps Public Re...

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Forgery: Court Dismisses Keyamo’s Bid To Prosecute Customs Boss

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed a suit asking it to compel the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, for alleged certificate fo...

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PDP Chairmanship: Delegates Will Decide – Mantu

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

Sen. Ibrahim Mantu, Chairman, Bamanga Tukur Campaign Organisation, said on Friday that the election of  national chairman of  the PDP rested on delegates to Saturday’s convention of the party. He stated this  at a dinner Abuja whil...

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Whitney Houston ‘Planned To Remarry Bobby Brown’

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Entertainment/Music/News

WHITNEY Houston planned to remarry ex-hubby Bobby Brown, claims a pal.Derrick Handspike, who wrote a book about Bobby, says the pair reunited weeks before her death.He said: "They were planning a small wedding with just their daughter Krissi....

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CJ FCT High Court Appoints Justice Ojo As Vacation Judge

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

Justice Lawal Gummi, Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, has appointed Justice Folasade Ojo as the vacation judge during the Easter break. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FCT High Court will proceed on Easter break from Friday, April 6...

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PDP National Convention: More Than 4, 500 Delegates To Attend

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

More than 4,500 delegates are expected to participate at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for  Saturday, March 24 in Abuja. The delegates are to decide the fate of the more than 78 aspirants vying for the membership of...

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NCC Confiscates Ecobank’s Radio Equipment In Benin

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News/Politics

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday confiscated some telecommunications equipment, belonging to  a branch of Ecobank  along Akpapkava Road in Benin, for alleged breach of NCC's frequency regulation. Mr Reuben Muoka, Hea...

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World Bank, African Development Bank Suspend Mali Funds

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News

The World Bank and African Development Bank has condemned the military coup in Mali and suspended project financing to the West African country, the institutions said in a joint statement. "Our development operations are suspended, with the except...

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Usher To Play Sugar Ray Leonard In Upcoming Film

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:Entertainment/Music/News

Usher has confirmed that he's set to play Sugar Ray Leonard in an upcoming boxing film called Hands Of Stone. Leonard, a world champion in five different weight divisions, finally retired from boxing in 1997 after a number of comebacks. The film is...

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Jonathan, Norway Prime Minister Co-chair Commission On Women

  • Post author:Leadership Newspapers
  • Post published:Mar 23, 2012
  • Post category:News

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg  are to serve as founding co-chairs of the Commission on Life-saving Commodities for Women and Children. UNICEF and UNEPA stated this in a joint statement made availabl...

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