Syrian opposition groups last night poured scorn on President Bashar al-Assad's offer of an amnesty to his opponents, with one of the most senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood saying the time had come for foreign military intervention.
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A 67-year-old New Zealander has been killed during a gyroplane training crash in Australia. Robert William Brockbank and his instructor Sam La Bruna were found dead at the scene when their light aircraft crashed in a paddock after taking off from Mangalore Airport, 120km north of Melbourne on Sat..
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Lower exchange rate volatility and strong macro-economic fundamentals are forcing foreign exchange (forex) traders and investors in search of higher yields to look the way of Africa’s biggest oil exporter, Nigeria. This is because the elevated oil price helped the economy expand 7.68 percent Q4 20
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Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona has mocked Brazil legend Pele's remarks that Santos forward Neymar is a better player that Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
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Chief Olisa Metuh, the new national publicity secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP was until his election last Saturday, the national vice-chairman (Southeast) of the party. Following the election, he spoke in a telephone interview on the intrigues that shadowed the convention, the...
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Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has told John Obi Mikel he must fight for his first team status at Chelsea ahead of next month’s Africa Cup of Nations trip to Rwanda.
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Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi, said he is not at war with his employers over the pundit’s job that he plans to embark upon, neither is his assistant, Dan ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, fighting the NFF over the matter.
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As growth in the Nigerian economy moves towards double digits as a result of efforts by the Federal Government to diversify the economy, some experts in the financial service sector have predicted that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth would hit 8.1 per cent this year and to 8.2.......
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The Federal Government of Nigeria will redeem bonds worth N456 billion to investors this year. A breakdown of the bonds shows that five Federal Government of Nigeria’s, FGN, bonds, with five-year and three-year maturity periods will be redeemed between January and August of the current year.
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Nigeria 2002 World Cup skipper Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has been signed up to star in a lucrative football tournament in India, organisers said
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