West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie has ruled himself out of the Super Eagles must-win 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar and the friendly match against Argentina next month due to injury.
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WORLD record holder, Usain Bolt, inexplicably leapt out of his blocks before the gun, instantly ripping off his vest as he realised what he had done. The false start left the triple world champion utterly distraught as he stalked off down the tunnel, and the drama of the incident overshadowed.
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The postponed fight between Nigeria’s Power Uti and American Super Felix will now hold on Monday (today) in Abuja.
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A note of caution has been given by the coach of Cameroon, who warned that Nigeria is still the team to beat despite the cagey display by the Super Falcons in the first leg of the final round of London 2012 qualifier at the National Stadium, Abuja.
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Usain Bolt and Kenenisa Bekele relinquished their world titles on Sunday when the world’s fastest man and the most successful distance runner false-started and failed to finish in the 100 and 10,000 metres finals.
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THE action of President Goodluck Jonathan in accepting the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to retire the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, cannot be excused on any account.
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When this newspaper got wind that the state governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum were opposed to the accretion of oil receipts in excess of the budget benchmark as well as excess proceeds.
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I was settling down on my lunch table when news about Nigeria popped out of the huge television screen of the university senior staff canteen. In that moment of relative calm, I hit upon the incongruous discovery that there was fresh trouble back home as the British Broadcasting Service.
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With the cameras rolling and a large crowd of local and international journalists present, the event was expected to be an earth breaking seminar to re-focus the country’s foreign policy direction. The recent foreign policy review in Abuja showed that our leaders have recognised that Nigeria.
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SINCE President Goodluck Jonathan revealed his great idea for saving our democracy by way of a single six-year tenure for the president and state governors, a lot has been written ridiculing him for his astonishing misplacement of priorities.
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