Yobo, who was in action for all the duration of the encounter said apart from the relief of returning to competitive football, it feels like three years since he kicked the round leather game, given God the praise for seeing him through his period of travails through injuries and the long period it took for him to negotiate his way from Everton to Fernabahce.
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Prime Football Club of Osogbo, Osun State Wednesday failed to qualify for the final of Federation Cup after the club failed to find the net during the penalty shoot-out against Heartland FC of Owerri. The match, which took place at the Ilorin Stadium on Wednesday, saw the two clubs exhibiting their talents but at the end of the day, the Heartland FC of Owerri won the match via penalty shoot out.
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Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened on a positive note on Wednesday after the two-day Eid El-Fitr holiday. The All-share Index appreciated by 57.94 points or 0.25 per cent to close at 23,199.02 against 23,141.08 recorded on Friday.
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About 3,000 less-privileged persons were recently given relief materials and different machines to start small businesses, by the Kingdom Welfare, an arm of the Good Tidings Bible Church International.
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LAGOS—NO fewer than seven people were killed in two accidents in Lagos and Ogun states. In Lagos, two unidentified persons died instantly on Moshood Abiola Road (Ikorodu Road) when a Lagos Bus Service, LAGBUS, vehicle rammed into a Sports Utility Van they were in.
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LAGOS—An electric spark at the Magistrate’s Court, venue of the ongoing coroner court, yesterday, prevented a renowned pathologist, Professor John Obafunwa, from given further testimony on the Deoxi-ribonucleic Acid, DNA, test carried out on victims of Dana Air crash before the ongoing coroner’s into the Dana Air Crash of June 3.
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The negotiations between the Federal Government and organised labour over the issues in the power sector have again been postponed to Tuesday next week as the government intensifies efforts to resolve the crises with NUPENG. The negotiations have however been taken over by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) expressed doubt at the capacity of the Ministry of Labour to drive the process that would resolve the issues in contention. The President General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele briefing newsmen after the closed door meeting at the Office of the SGF said talks are still ongoing with both sides misinformed about the demands of the other side.
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ABUJA— Capital Oil and Gas Industry Ltd, owned by Mr. Ifeanyi Uba and three other companies are to account for a whooping N11. 4 billion for subsidy payments received without evidence of fuel supply. The four companies are on the list of indicted oil marketing companies that have been recommended for criminal investigation by the Aig Imoukhuede Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation of Fuel Subsidy Payments. There are now 25 companies in that category.
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President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all ethno-religious groups in Nigeria to works towards peace and unity of the country, describing it as two necessary ingredients for attainment of genuine progress.
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motions and appointments of senior officers at the National Youths Service Corps headquarters in Abuja is causing disquiet over allegations of bias towards a section of the country, Daily Trust investigations revealed.
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