The 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 1204 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 51 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 47 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 49 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 155 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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The debut of 5 new varsities
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 59 ViewsUniversities in Nigeria are now 122: 36 federal, 36 state and 50 private universities. In less than a year, the Federal Government has approved provisional licenses for nine private universities and
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FEC approves 100 rice mills nationwide
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 71 ViewsThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the setting up of 100 large scale integrated rice mills across the country in the next 12 to 18 months. Minister of Agriculture, Dr.
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New personal income tax will help the poor
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 29 ViewsThe Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that the new Personnel Income Tax law will protect low income earners and make high income earners to would pay more taxes. The Chairman
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Fly Nigeria policy will deepen capacity in aviation
March 1, 2012 Comment Off 67 ViewsThe Managing Director of Air Nigeria, Kinfe Kahssaye, has tipped Nigeria's aviation sector to grow phenomenally if the Fly Nigeria policy is encouraged. Nigerian carriers in 2009 had sent a
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