THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) yesterday denied that it was holding talks aimed at alliance/merger with the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) or any other party.
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(Yahoo News) The White House pressed Greece to form a new government quickly to tackle the country's deep economic woes after voters there gave a narrow edge on Sunday to political parties that support keeping the country in Europe's common currency.
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Cristiano Ronaldo finally found the form he was lacking at the European Championship, scoring twice Sunday to give Portugal a 2-1 win over the Netherlands and a spot in the quarterfinals, while Germany ended Denmark’s hopes with a 2-1 win.
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Zimbabwe's Mighty Warriors' midfielder, Ruvimbo Mutyavaviri, has singled out Super Falcons' defensive midfielder, Onyinyechi Ohadugha for her outstanding performance in Saturday’s African Women Championship qualifying game against Nigeria.
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2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medallist, Blessing Okagbare and First Bank of Nigeria Plc, believe Nigerian youths have what it takes to excel in life.
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No fewer than five persons were crushed to death at Pako in Isolo area of Lagos on Saturday and several others severely injured as a container loaded with goods fell off a truck at the Plank market in the area.
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For a while, it looked like the dreaded Armageddon had come. The unusual cool morning of Kaduna city soon erupted in chaos and violence. In no time, the city with a history of ethno-religious violence had turned wild and dangerous again. The combatants were delineated along ethno-religious camps. The rage was spontaneous, an involuntary reaction to the coordinated bomb attacks on three churches in the state.
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Parties supporting a bailout saving Greece from bankruptcy won a slim parliamentary majority on Sunday, beating radical leftists who rejected austerity and bringing relief to the euro zone which was braced for fresh financial turmoil.
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Fresh facts emerged at the weekend as to why the suspended chairman, House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Monitoring of Fuel Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the clerk of the committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, were not arrested on the spot after they took $620,000 as bribe from the Chairman, Zenon Oil and Gas, Mr. Femi Otedola, to doctor the report of the committee.
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The composition of the mem- bers of the Federal Board of Parastatals has driven a wedge of discord between members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Working Committee (NWC), as some of the aggrieved members who were not favoured are accusing the NWC members of cornering the juicy boards for themselves.
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