CSKA Moscow winger, Ahmed Musa, is eyeing the league title with his Russian outift next season after his side came third behind eventual winners Zenit St Petersburg and Spartak Moscow last season, while also reviewing the Super Eagles performance in the recent games he featured in.
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Nigeria’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, yesterday leapt to a new 6.97m personal best in the long jump event to win the gold medal as the curtains were drawn on the 66th Cross River State/All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships in Calabar.
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Mosta FC of Malta top scorer last season, Obinna Obiefule, believes that judging by the Super Eagles results in the last three games, Nigeria will make it to the 2013 ANC and the 2014 W/Cup. In this interview with JAMES AGBEREBI, he also says he is waiting for his Eagles time to come
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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has dismissed a report in a national daily that there is preferential treatment in the handling of athletes’ welfare ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has moved to weed out over age players from the U-17 national team, as it is insisting that the Golden Eaglets must undergo Magnetic Resonant Imaging (MRI) test, before they can represent the country, we learnt Thursday night.
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Suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Monitoring of Subsidy Regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, waxed philosophical yesterday over his travails stemming from the $620,000 bribery scandal rocking the lower chamber, but remained confident that he would be vindicated.
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He practically died on his feet. At 78, he hardly bore the signature malaise of his age. He was a regular face at public forums, especially when it had to do with the arts, culture and refugee-related issues. Perhaps, one of his outstanding trademarks was his ability to speak such perfect English with the phonetic accuracy of a quintessential broadcaster.
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Bakassi natives numbering about 1,000 yesterday staged a peaceful protest over alleged ill- treatments and indignities meted out to them in recent times.
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Security agents yesterday recorded a breakthrough in their fight against terrorism with the arrest of Habeeb Bama, one of the alleged masterminds of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State last year. Bama was apprehended in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
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The Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Ibrahim Bolaji Bello, Thursday met with the Council of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) as part of efforts to resolve the current challenges and move the market forward.
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