Decries exclusion of wrestling from NUGA Games ONLY a deliberate policy for the provision of sports facilities and equipment will return Nigeria to its pre-eminent position in international
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London 2012 Football test event tickets on sale
March 2, 2012 Comment Off 41 ViewsThe final qualifying place in the men’s Olympic Football Tournament at London 2012 will be up for grabs in a play-off match to be held at the City of Coventry Stadium on 23 April 2012.
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London 2012 encourages UK to ‘Garden for the Games’
March 2, 2012 Comment Off 30 ViewsThe London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) is bring the excitement of the Games to gardens and neighbourhoods across the UK through a 'Garden for the Games' initiative.
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FG puts up NITEL for liquidation
March 2, 2012 Comment Off 73 ViewsThe Federal Government is to liquidate the moribund telecommunications company NITEL after series of failed efforts to sell it with its debts over the past 11 years. Liquidation involves
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Yinka Shonibare, MBE
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 1200 ViewsYinka Shonibare, MBE was born in London and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. He returned to London to study Fine Art first at Byam Shaw College of Art (now Central Saint Martins
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Duke of Gloucester unveils new landmark on London 2012 walking and cycling route
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 50 ViewsThe Duke of Gloucester has unveiled a new permanent landmark for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on the Greenway, a key London 2012 cycle and walkway.
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Poet Laureate’s tribute to sports club rooted in Olympic Park
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 45 ViewsThe first reading of a specially-commissioned London 2012 poem has been performed by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to members of a sports club founded more than 100 years ago on what is now the
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Amos Adamu loses Cas appeal against Fifa ban over World Cup bribes
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 47 ViewsCas says ban imposed by Fifa 'was not disproportionate' Punishment 'relatively mild given seriousness of the offence' Nigeria's former Fifa member Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a
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Second British man sentenced over Nigerian government bribes
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 152 ViewsLawyer Jeffrey Tesler has been jailed for 21 months by a Texas courtroom for conspiring to channel bribes A British man has been jailed for 21 months by a Texas courtroom for conspiring to
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Dangote to expand Ibese cement plant to 12m metric tons
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 77 ViewsPresident of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has unveiled plans to expand the newly commissioned Ibese cement plant’s capacity from six million metric tons per annum to 12 million metric tons per
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