The Federal Government spent more than N900 million to sponsor 150 students abroad in 2011, Mrs Hindatu Abdullahi, the Director of the Federal Scholarship Board, has said. Abdullahi told the News
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The ABC of a Nigerian joke for Western audiences
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 94 ViewsThe self-deprecating joke is an art invented by Nigerians. I have studied cultures and I have been to places. No culture and no people come even remotely close to Nigerians in this specific domain of
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N439m pension scam: Ex-Director secures N50m bail
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 238 Views
After spending two days in prison custody, former Director of the Pensions Department, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Sani Teidi Shuaibu, who was accused of stealing N439
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FG Targets Heterogeneous ICT Backbone in 5 Years
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 122 Views
The Federal Government has said that it will build a national backbone that will provide heterogeneous broadband services for Nigerians in the next five years. Minister of Communications
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Reviving National Arts Theatre
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 102 ViewsThe National Arts Theatre located at Iganmu, Lagos, is a monument that has been synonymous with the Nigerian state since it was built in 1977. But after its glorious opening 35 years ago, the culture
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London 2012 test event programme hailed a success
May 9, 2012 Comment Off 37 ViewsThe London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) Chair Seb Coe has hailed the London Prepares series a success as the final?test event – the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge –
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$868000 mystery: Yacht, Rolexes bought by Nigeria stock exchange disappear
May 9, 2012 Comment Off 26 ViewsA yacht and dozens of Rolex watches bought by Nigeria’s stock exchange for a total of more than $868,000 went missing during an outbreak of share-price fixing, fraudulent accounting and insider
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Qaeda bomber adept at breaching aviation security
May 9, 2012 Comment Off 56 ViewsA Saudi bombmaker believed behind several failed but ingenious attempted attacks on the West is the most likely creator of an improved "underwear bomb" discovered in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied
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London 2012 confirms Olympic ticketing timeline
May 8, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsThe London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has confirmed details for the sale of 900,000 contingency tickets for the Olympic Games, going on sale from 11am on 11 May.
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Bobby Brown Set To Remarry June 15th
May 8, 2012 Comment Off 202 Views
Bobby Brown and his fiancée Alicia Etheridge have finalized plans to consummate their relationship and become husband and wife two years after they announced their engagement. The wedding
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