THE third mainland bridge in Lagos will be closed to traffic for repairs in four months starting from July 1, 2012. The first signals for the proposed closure came through several banners hung in strategic places that show that maintenance works would be carried out on the all-important bridge from July 1 to Nov 6, 2012.
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Justice Abdul Kafarati, a Judge of the Federal High Court, on Thursday in Abuja threatened to discharge the 24 suspected Boko Haram members standing trial before the court.
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DESPITE the fury over the alleged $620,000 bribe collected by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated fuel subsidy management, Farouk Lawan, Senate President David Mark, yesterday said that the upper chamber would not be distracted in the conduct of its constitutional role.
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A VIOLENT protest by hundreds of people has trailed the death of a Nigerian in police custody in China’s southern city of Guangzhou, state media and police said.
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THE Police yesterday aborted the efforts of thieves to cut the armoured cables that supply light to the National Stadium in Abuja, and arrested one of the vandals. The vandals had made several efforts to cut the armoured cables, restored in April when the previous ones were stolen in November 2011 to leave the stadium in total darkness for about six months. Until the cables were replaced, the mainbowl of the stadium was in bad state as there was no electricity to power its amenities.
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NIGERIA will on July 5 know its opponent in the final qualifying round of the South Africa 2013 Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed. The Super Eagles defeated Rwanda 2-0 on aggregate to pick the final qualifying round ticket, which draw will hold at Tanz Cafe, Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni in Johannesburg.
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THE Nigerian rugby community is still in celebration following the donation of kits by two officials of the British Development Team. The two officials, Andrew Sarek and Brian William White, are committee members of the Rugby Football Union. They were part of the British Development Team that had been on tour of Uganda and Kenya in the past two weeks but decided to pass through Nigeria on their way back to London to offer some assistance towards the development of the game in the Nigeria.
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The Nigeria Football Federation has withdrawn the Nigerian Futsal team from the race to the World Cup which will be hosted in Thailand in November. The team, coached by ex-international Oladunni Oyekale, were expected to host Egypt in a return-leg qualifying fixture on Saturday in Lagos but the football body said on Tuesday that the match would not hold due to paucity of fund.
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Three-time champion Obinna Metu has reclaimed the 100m title from Ogho-Oghene Egwero in a hotly contested race at the All-Nigeria/Cross River Athletics Championships in Calabar. Peter Emelieze, who came to the London Olympic trials in Calabar as a contender, posted the most disappointing time of 10.39 to finish sixth despite winning his semi-final in 10.21.
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The activities of terror group, Boko Haram, in northern Nigeria have denied the Super Eagles of a high-profile friendly against Brazil. The Eagles were due to play the former world champions in Nigeria during a FIFA window in September but the recent bombings in some northern states forced the Brazilians to reconsider their proposed visit to Nigeria and sought another African side for the friendly.
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